The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
RUSSIA WILL NOT LET GO'BALKANS ARE AGAIN.
Russia and Austria Are About 10 SOh.
Scheme to the Powers. y
MACEDONIA TO BE GIVEN Au1o,,
And the Government Of That ProvIne.
aanlzed-The sultan VIII Be co,,..s y
Aequieselng in the Arranaemer, y
Especial to The Post (,

London, January 10.--Once mora q, III
And in this case the question is linked ~,
OF warships other than Turkish armsa 6
to pass the Dardanelas in time of peacs =
issue is subordinate, but might easily a..
nant should Balkan concerns enter ~ ~
phase, as the Macedonian agitators arr i.
make it.
Russia and Austria acting In concert =. Il
submit to the other powers a scheme for A. !. N
tiou of the condition Of the Christians /, y q
Should the powers approve their plan it viii !. M
upon Abdul Hamid by Austro-Russap d.
coupled with representations by the v,eOr, NJ
Petersburg governments that If the sultan i, a
acquiesce, then Austro-Hungary may be CONE NJ
occupy the sphere of interest assigned n N
monarchy under the Berlin treaty while pN..s "
assume the task of kesping the Balkan ns,nu
in restraint pending the consolidation n "
regime
Such are the main features OF the asrass.
to have been reached between Count Iamsss.. +
Count GOluchowski at the recent confs,s. 4
Vienna Its protested object is to maintain X. 4
quo, il possible, and in any event to modliv I 4
to the extent necessary TO stamp out the revolrIX
movement conducted by the Macedonian Co.
on Bulgarian soil Count Lamsdorh accnys..
the st. Petersburg correspondent of the pSsl
Correspondent Is responsible for the priuaS1
tail
He proposed to Goluchowsk that TIA Ma.
called upon to grant autonomy to Macedonia NH
governor general acknowledging the suzeraInty Nj
sultan. In addition to this administrative rstos
Au5tro-Russian entente contemplates the reairs|
tion of the gendarmerie in Macedonia
The force is now composed exclusively 81 And
mussulmen. bigoted and mercenary BODY n
after it win consist largely of Christians
Finally the system of collecting taxes xsN
terribly oppressive and probably the worst 4 h
ann I1f'lv gaa II
he replaced by methods of collecting revenue ncr
accordance with Western ideas.
The unknown quantity in the situation Is tn
attitude of the sultan. The Macedonian COMMIT
whose leaders seek not autonomy but indepsDss
and union with Bulgaria in a greater Bulas
would probably he suited were he to refuse 10 d
autonomy.
Should refusal be followed by Austrian on
ton of Sandiak and Novibazar. step would be- ID
that would greatly increase the esteem OF ths
tators and render them less amenable than sFs
control Many of them proSlav in poitical
pathy, and Count Lamsdorff's visit to Sofia bal
followed by d general recrudescence OF Slsy d
ment among them.
Abdul Hands FIRST impression OF the Al
hungarian alliance is said to have been one Of Td
alarm. Subsequent explanations that Austria vil
to have free hand on her eastern boundaries
less the reform scheme was rejected. and that u
would he no occupation of Ottoman TERRITORY
the scheme had been proved worthless, reassurA
porte which in the meantime had learned that
'old game of playing Off the powers against oha
other might still be of service, si
Whether the sultan will agree to the reform
rangement will depend largely upon the repts
the other powers to the Austro-Russiau notes. n
fayors the Macedonian program of Vienna and
Petersburg in principle, and Italy is worried oyf
possibility Of Austria extending her influence To-
Albania Germany, having large stake In the
man debt and the trade OF Asia Minor, urges hs
tan to institute reforms throughout the empire
in the next breath tells him that neither Russs
elusive interests.