The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-23
TURKEY BACKS DOWN.
She Agrees to the boundary Line FyO ..
posed by the Allied Powers-BrouEht C.
this by Notice Of Negotiations BsAag
Broken on.

Sho Agrees To the boundary Line 70 .
posed by the Allied Power.-Broushs Co
this by Notice Of Negotiations BsAa8
Broken on.
Constantinople. July 21.-The sultan
has issued an trade sanctioning the sca-
tlement Of the frontier question I'm nc
cordance with the wishes OF the pow
ers.
The original demand of the TurkSxh
government, submitted June 29th WAS
for all the northern portion OF ThessA-
ly down TO the River Pencios and to u
point approximately twelve Kilometres
beyond the line OF the Pencios (SaErn-
bria) in the district OF Larissa. As thc
Salambria rises in Mount Dhobimi, -
western peak OF the Khassias and cx-
tends across the whole OF Thessaly
eastward to the gulf OF Salonica. n
concession Of this demand would have
meant an important increase In Otto
man territory. This proposal. the poxS-
ers have unitedly refused to consider
for moment as practicable. In rcIpiy
they informed the Turkish governmcsst
that all which Turkey could hope xw
was rectification of the existing
mountain frontier for strategic pur-
poses only; and the European military
attaches submitted "A line drawn itlmt
south of the khassias mountains, which
includes one or two small villages in
habited by Greeks, intimating to tlMe
Turkish government that In it's accept
ance of this line the Greek inhabitants
affected would be transferred at tfA-
expense of the Greek government ana
under the protection OF the powers to
Greek territory beyond the line.
On July 5th, in reply to the note uf
the ambassadors, containing this pro-
posal, special council OF the Turkfa0
ministers drafted a mazbata, stating
that the porte could not consider tRse
frontier proposed by the powers nor
ANY other line north of the Pencioz.
the natural boundary" This attitus1s.
of the porte was firmly maintained
for week, until Baron Saurma Won
Jeltsch, the German ambassador, re-
ceived precise instruction from tine
German foreign office to insist upon tlss-
stragetic frontier line proposed by thu
military attaches. This uncompromts-
ing attitude was evidently the resun
Of misconception on the part of the
sultan, who had been led to believe
from sundry small differences OF opiIH-
ion on matters Of secondary import
ance, that Germany was not In agree
ment with the other powers.
On learning from the quarter whexr
he had hoped to find support for hts
tive but to accept the decisions OF tkse
six cooperating powers, he appeaIx=tl
successfully to the Russian and to tfzE
Austro-Hungarian emperors, recefy-
ing in each case the definite assuraIxE
that the stragetic frontier lire was the
maximum Of territory that Turkey
could hope to obtain.
The sultan still haggled, explain
ing the delay as the result Of the dr.
mands Of the priestly and military par-
ties in Turkey; and ii was not unaN
the Russian government Issued a cir
cular to the powers, suggesting ths1
steps should be taken for expeditiss
the conclusion OF peace that the Turk
ish government began to give way. tn
final submission was not made until tn
ambassadors on Monday broke of the
negotiations, referred the whole ma1-
ter to their respective governments
with view OF applying coercive me&s-
ures, and Informed the porte that any
subsequent decisions at which IL miEfsa
ing, instead OF orally, as heretofore
The question of indemnity stiil rr-
mains to be settled. The ambassa63nrs
appear to have assumed that the cAp6K-
tai sum would reach 1000, 900 pouys2u
Turkish, which is. however. highly
problematical Financiers I'm Londors.
Paris and Vienna consider that itr~
ambassadors are inclined to be souxA-
what too generous.
The pourparlers may drag on fnr
some time yet 1t is regarded az Ger
tain. however, that a definite under
standing between the powers and the
porte on all questions connected with
the peace negotiations will eventuaItr
be reached and that the Ottoman
troops Will be withdrawn from Thessa-
ly before the rainy season sets In I'm
October.
The sultan's Trade appears to accerf
the frontier line fixed by the military
attaches or the powers with reserva-
tions. which probabl mean that there.
Will be further delays