Eureka Reporter | 1907-04-26 | Page 7 | Pressure on the Porte

PRESSURE ON THE PORTE another opportunity for the ame american ra ambassador constantinople having obtained an trade granting all their demands concerning the macedonian gendar ale 1 the ambassadors of the powers met saturday to sig sign it a protocol ac ae hepting the 3 per cent increase in cus lot toms duties thus the question which has agitated the porte for the past pas t twelve years and has been the subject of laborious diplomatic negotiations tiati ons for or two years is now finally settled and the bargain completed by which foreign commerce Is taxed to pay the cost of maintaining order in macedonia 75 per cent of the revenue derived from the increase in customs being set aside for the requirements of the macedonian budget the porte has however still to obtain the assen assent of the united states and smaller powers to the agreement and this will afford ambassador Lel leishman the op port unity of bringing pressure to bear I 1 in n presenting the school question