The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-22
THE SULTAN GIVES IN
Issues an Trade SanctlonIng the Settlement
Of the Frontier Question,
WISHES OF THE. POWERS RESPECTED
Withdraws His S,ennnd for II llig
Grab Of Grcelz Territory Roun-
dnry 20 bc Rcctincd for Strategic
Purposes ,Only--IndcInnity 0ucK.
} tiOn StkIk Unscttlcd.
Constantinoplc. July 81, 1897

| 81. F..
The Sultan has issued an Trade sane
tioning the settlement OF the iron tier
question in accordance with the wishes
OF the powers.
The original demand OF the Turkish
government, submitted June 29th was
FOR all the northern frontier OF TneSs.l-
~, down to the river Pencios (Salam-
briN, in the district of Larssa AS
the Salhmhria rises in Mount Dhubimi
Il western peak Of the khassas, and cx-
tends across the whole OF Thcssaly east
ward to the Gulf or Salonica Il conccs-
sion OF this demand would have meant
an important increase in ottoman terri
tory. This proposal, The powers have
unitedly refused to consider for O. mo-
ment as practicable. In reply they in
formed the Turkish government that all
which Turkey could hope for was Il roe
tiiication OF the existing mountain from
tier for strategic purposes only; and the
European military attaches submitted IL
line drawn just south OF the Khnssiu
mountains, which includes one or two
small villages inhabited by Greeks, in
tlmatinE 10 the Turkish government
That In It's acceptance of this line the
Greek inhabitants affected would be
transferred at the expense OF the Greek
government and under the protection Of
lhe powers to Greek territory beyond
'''S f'''S. 'it ptiS VI Ill IeDlS ~ inc
| note OF the ambassadors containing this
proposal n specia! counci1 OF the Turk
iSh ministers drafted Il mazbatn stating
that the Porte could not consider the
frontier proposed by the powers nor
any other line north Of The Penclos. the
| natural boundary"
This attitude OF the Porte was firmly
| maintained for a week until Baron
| Saurmh Won Jcltsch, the German am
I Oh t>r,t
! from The German foreign office to insist
! upon the strategic frontier line proposed
| by the military attaches. This unco1n-
| promising attitude was evidently tho
! result OF misconccption on the part OF
| the Sultan who had been led to believe
| from sunury small differences OF opin-
| ION on matters Of secondary Importance,
mat Germany was not in agreement
! with the other powers On learning
| from the quarter where he had hoped 10
find support for his pretcnsions that
| there was no alternative but to accept
! the decisions Of the six co-npcrn ting
powers, he appealed successfully to the
| Russian and 10 the Austro- Hungarian
! cmperors, receiving In each case the
definite assurance that the stra tegic
! frontier line was the maximum OF ter
| ritory that Turkey could hope TO OBJ
| tain.
The Sultan stin haggcd, explaining
| the delay as thc result OF The demands
Of the pricstly and military parties IN
| Turkey; and 1t was not until the RUS
| sian government issued q circular to
| the powers suggesting that steps should
| be taken for cXpcditng the conclusion
Of peace, that the Turkish government
| began to give way. The final suilmis-
| sion was not made until the ambassa-
| doris on Monday broke off the nSgotin-
| tlons. referred the whole mattsr to
| their respective governments with n
view Of applying cocrcive measures
and il made, the Porte that and subse-
| qucnt decisions at which 1t might arrive
must be communicated in writing, in
stead Of orally, as heretofore
The question OF indemnity still re-
mains to be settled. The ambassadors
appear to have assumed that the capital
sum would reach four millions OF pound 3
| Turkish. which is. however. highly prob
| lcmatical. Financiers in London, Paris
| and Vienna consider that the ambassa-
| doris are inclined TO be somewhat too
| generous.
The Pour Parlers may drag on for
some time yet. 1t Is regarded as GER
tain, however, that n definite under
| standing between The powers ana tho
| Porte on all questions connected with
! the peace negotiations will eventually
| be reached. and that the Ottoman troops
Will be Withdrawn from TheSSay be-
| fore the rainy season sets in in October
!