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Show I POWERS MAY BE I TOO LATE WITH I PMLCT H People of Turkey, Greece and H the Balkan States, Inflamed 1 H With War Spirit, Demand HI That Sword Be Drawn. 1 ENGLAND ACCEPTS HI FRENCH PROPOSAL H Pressure Will Be Brought to B Bear to Prevent Further D Hostilities; Many of the H Diplomats Pessimistic. 1 CETTINJE, Oct 7. A sanguinis sanguin-is I ary engagement is reported to have KI occurred yesterday in tho Bcrana 1 district between Turkish troops and Hl insurgent Christians. Bl 0FIA Bulgaria,' Oct. 7. Tho cx- Sl trnordiuary sesfrion of tho So- Bi i branje closed after voting all HI - the bills submitted by tho rov- Bjl cmnicnt and adopting by acclamation 1 a roplv to tho nddrcss from tho throne in which tho ' deputies pledged thorn- Wmm fehes to civo their wliolo support to 111 the i:o rnmioiit. The deputies have jf donated their salaries to the army for HH1 the purchase of au aeroplane. Hl The Sobranjo has addressed a telo- HI gram to tho parliaments at Belgrade, HJ1 Athens and C'ctlinje, expressing tho B;I "P that-" the Christian states aro in- dfssolubly united iu tho common strug- Bl "lc against the aunrchy which is op- El pressing their countrymen in Turkey HI and that they will achievo a triumph Htjj of order, jusMro and liberty. B Great Britain Agrees. Bit PARIS. Oct. 7. The European pow- J rrK have, decided to intervene in the Mm rialkans and nt Conftantinoplo as soon Bjjj a? it is poFiblo to mako arrangements EI to that effect. Hjl Great Britain today signified her ne- Hjf rrptaneo of the French proposals, bo Bl a" l)0vrfirs now 3r0 n ac" 111 cord. HN Premier Poucairo immediately com- Ml nwniented Great Britain's acceptance WSm to Sergius Sazonoff, tho Russian foreign H minister, who then telegraphed to tho H T?usiau diplomats accredited to tho Bnlkau states telling them to join their H Austrian colleagues in a mutual pre-HB pre-HB gentation to tho Bnlkan governments of the note agreed upon. This is to be Hi done at the earliest possible moment. B Verbal Notification. As to tho steps to be taken in Con-stnuiinople Con-stnuiinople the embass'idors of .Franco, HI Great Britain, .Russia, Germany and ustria-irungar3' will there present, to HB the Ottomau government an identical HI -verbal communication, tho Icrins of HH which have boon agreed upon but have H not been officially announced. It is known 'that tho powers in H their communication strongly disap-H disap-H lrove of the warlike attitude of the Balkan states, and urgo a prompt ecs-ration ecs-ration of the military concentration. H They state in the most precise terms that no change will bo permitted in the territorial standing of tho Balkans, H and demand that tho Balkan govern-H govern-H ment leave to tho cabinets of tho great H powers the task of assuring Inco- H donian reforms. Bf GoCS Berlin. H M. Sazonoff left today for Berlin, having completed his immediate task H of securing an accord of tho powers. H JIo t wns accompanied by Baron H Schilling. IH At t lie suggestion of Great .Britain tho representations made by tho powers at Constantinople, v.hilo identical in form, arc not to be collective, but individual. in-dividual. Great Britain feared that collective netion would savor too much of a threat, which should be avoided. The representatives of tho powers j at Constantinoplo aro likewiso to In-l In-l form the porto of tho naturo of the representations being mado at the Balkan capitals by Russia and Austria. Still Some Danger. PARIS. Oct. 7. Tho tension in tho Balkan filiation, it is thought tonight nt the foreign office and among diplomats, dip-lomats, shows a slight slackening. It k a hard fact, however, that the I danger from martial enthusiasm remains, re-mains, nnd it i3 realized that tho crisis will persist as long as a million mil-lion troons, spoiling for a fight, continue con-tinue undor arms. Over optimism, thcretore, is discouraged, dis-couraged, but it is pointed out that Russia and Austria, when really united, can go far in tho Balkan states. There appears to bo solid ground for the belief be-lief that tho governments of Turkcy and tho Balkan coalition though not necessarilv their peoples aro still amcnablo" to pressure from the powers. pow-ers. , , The combined ultimatum demanding roforms, which tho Balkan states were to havo dispatched to Turkey, has now, under the guidance of doplomacy, taken the form of "a note which will be sent simultaneously to all tho great powers and Turkey." Turkey Recedes. Tbo Ottoman government., which protested that it would not listen to proposals touching on tbo internal affairs, af-fairs, from any source, has itself opened the door to receive the demands de-mands tho powers intend to make by 'voluntarily granting tho Christian vilayets a wholesale measure of reform. re-form. Official Franco has noted thoso signs of concession as hopeful. The government gov-ernment thinks that with some extension ex-tension and an adequate guarantee that the powers themselves will take in baud their accomplishments, these reforms ought to satisfy Bulgaria. Tfc is believed that Scrvia, Grcoco and Montenegro can easily be induced to aecopt, but there is not tho same confidence con-fidence that tho Bulgarian government govern-ment will be able to control the war fovcr that has clutched the people of thnt countrj. Threats are t heard that King Pordinand will risk tho crown if he shows signs of weakening. Ho remarked on an occasion previous to tho upheaval: up-heaval: "T shall maintain peaco ns long as J can without exposing myself to tho stab of a knife. ' Recognition of the fact that danger threatens the "king of Bulgaria is now proving a check on the optimism to which diplomats otherwise would bo inclined to give rein. Pressure Applied. . LONDON, Oct. 7. Tho Balkan situation situa-tion is considered in all quarters as more hopeful. The powors taking joint action to put an ond to the crisis is greeted with satisfaction. They will proceed today, or at the latest tomorrow, tomor-row, to impress their -iowa both upon Turkey and tho Balkans. Austria and Russia have been selected select-ed to act on behalf of the othar great powors at the. Balkan capitals, while all the embassadors are to take part in the representations to be mado to tho Ottoman Ot-toman government. Tho British cabinet held a long session ses-sion today, at which Sir Edward Grey explained the policy of the powers. A dispatch from Constantinoplo say6 that the proposed joint action by tbo powers, taken in conjunction with tho decision of Turkey to introduce reforms re-forms on her European provinces is regarded re-garded as a sign that tho influence of tho powers has bceu successful, and that war is now improbable. The Bulgarian minister in London also expressed the opinion today that war would be averted, but addo'd that the Balkan states must bo given tho guaranteo of the powers that tho reforms re-forms will be carried out. The London stock oxchango was more cheerful today, consols gaining 1-36 Sir Edward Groy was questioned In' tho houso of commons by Andrew Bonar Law, the leader of the opposition. In rcsard to tho Balkan situation. Uo replied that the trouble on the ono hand was the difficulty dif-ficulty of proceeding- with reforma In tho face of mobilization of the armies In thn "" l"u wuicr nana or convincing con-vincing the Balkan states that tho reforms re-forms promised would be effectual In securing: se-curing: the welfare of tho population of Macedonia. Situation Changed. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 7.-Tho Balkan Bal-kan .situation has been considerably changed by Turkey's eleventh hour surprise sur-prise announcement of her willingness to grant a great measure of self government govern-ment to Kumella and Macedonia. It Is argued here that In Introducing In these provinces reforms elaborated by roprescntatl'es of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Russia. Turkey not merely dctdres to give tho powers an argument for bring pressure to I boar In the Balkan capitals, but probablv has in vlnw tho clrcumstanceH that the decision Is calculated to sow discord among tho members of the Balkan alliance. alli-ance. The Greeks In particular are likely to be dissatisfied, for It Is regarded In diplomatic circles as without doubt that they were counting on a general conflagration con-flagration In order to settlo various Issues Is-sues of long standing. These Include, for Instance, tho presence of Cretan deputies In Athens. Ilowever, although the position has Improved, Im-proved, war can not yet be said to have been averted. Possible events In Turkey Itself must not be lost sight of, especlallv after the warlike fovcr lately encouraged among the people. In many quarters tho fear Is expressed that tho excitement created by the war preparations of both sides has advanced too far for a conflict to be avoided on the basis of any reform short of complete Mncedonlan autonomy. Tho Ottoman government has ordered the prohibition of the export of grain from Anatolia. Turks Are Skeptical. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. '.The peo-plo peo-plo of Turkey are skeptical that war will be avoided by tho porto's offer to cavry into effect artlclo XXIII. of the treaty of Berlin. It Is felt horo that matters havo gone too far and now that all the armies are mobilized it would be preferable to settle accounts onco for all. War preparations contlnuo with unabated un-abated enthusiasm. The committee of the Red Crescent society has decided to establish nine hospitals with 200 beds, two each at Constantinople, Adrla-nople. Salonlkl and Ealassona and one at Scutari. Scu-tari. The government has proclaimed a state of Flcgo In Constantinople for three days. Pessimistic Feeling. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 7. Several of the diplomatic corps called at the foreign for-eign office today, but Acting Foreign Minister Nora toff was unable to give them definite Information with respect to the success of the Russo-Freiich proposal. pro-posal. The genoraJ feeling In diplomatic circles hero has been that war between Turkey and the Balkans could not be checked. No Wire Service. NEW YORK, Oct. 7. All tho telegraph wires In the territory of Turkey In Europe Eu-rope now arc unavailable for telegraphic correspondence, according to an official notice issued today by the international telegraph office at Borne, Switzerland, to all tho telegraph administrations throughout through-out tho world. The routes by way of Kustcngo, Odessa and Batum, however, are available for Turkish correspondence. |