Garland Globe | 1907-04-27 | Page 2 | Pressure on the Porte

PRESSURE ON THE PORTE. Another Opportunity for the American Ameri-can Ambassador, Constantinople. Having obtained an irade granting all their demands concerning tho .Macedonian gendnr.-mio, gendnr.-mio, tho ambassadors of tho. powers mot Saturday to sign a protocol accepting ac-cepting tho :! per cent Increase in customs cus-toms duties. Thus tho question which has ngltntcd tho porto for tho past twelve years and has been tho subject uf laborious diplomatic negotiations nego-tiations for two years is nowflnnlly settled mid the bnrgalu completed by-which by-which foreign commerce Is taxed to pay tho cost of maintaining order In Macedonia, 7fi por cent of tho rovonuo derived from the Increase In customs being sot nsldo for the requirements of tho Macedonian budget. Tho porto has, however, still to obtain tho nBScn, ot tho United States and smaller powers to the agreement, and this will afford Ambassador Lclshmnn the opportunity op-portunity of bringing presstlro to bear In presenting tho school question.