| Show SITUATION IN THE BALKANS Kaisers Influence Thrown iu Favor Favof of Allowing Sultnn Utmost Freedom London Sept 21Thc Balkan situation ilion i-lion present few new features this morning The German Emperors influence in-fluence Jil Vienna l is said to have been > thrown in favor of allowing1 the Sultan the utmost freedom in suppressing1 the insurrection Both Turks and Macedonians Mace-donians claim the victories In the dally cncoun tens A report from Sofia states that Bul i garias military preparations are reaching the stage of perfection that I will enable the concentration of 200000 I men on the frontier within a week and i the stocks of provisions weapons and ammunition are rapidly becoming elli dent According to a dispatch from Constantinople Con-stantinople the Sultan Is BO firmly rc solved to avoid a war that on the report re-port that France was sending a fleet to Turkish waters and again when It was stated that Bulgaria Vas mobilizing mobiliz-ing he drafted IL decree forbidding massacres In Macedonia and conferring more extensive local administrative privileges than had been demanded by the Insurgents themselves but on each occasion finding the rumors unfounded unfound-ed the decree was rescinded It is be llevedi however that should any power threaten a demonstration In Turkish writers the decree will be signed A Sofia correspondent gives a similar report r that the Sultan Is ready to concede con-cede local autonomy hut will not grant a Christian Governor to Macedonia I Instead he would propose a mixed commission com-mission composed of Turks Macedonians Macedoni-ans Bulgarians Greeks and Walhiohl arms to administer the provinces The Servian newspapers are discussing dis-cussing the probability of a reconciliation reconcilia-tion with Bulgaria on the basis of free trade between Servia and Bulgaria and a defensive alliance against the Turks A dispatch from the monastery of Rlla says the Greeks fire joining the revolt in the districts of Melnik and DemlrJlassir The Constantinople correspondent of the Times declares that he has good authority for asserting assert-ing that several Servian bands have already crossed the frontier and are now fighting In Macedonia 1C Bulgaria fights Turkey he continues It will ba difficult for Servia to lag and It is quite clear that a TurkoBulgarian war would not be so onesided as at first sight it appears |
