The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
puLGARIA BACKS DOWN.
Turkish AmbassaaOr Says There VIII
 He No War.

Turkish Ambaasad0r says Tnane WaM
 Be No War.
 Paris. Oct, 1s-Bulgaria has backed down, according to Naoum Pashs, the Turkish Ambassador, and not only has the probability of war which appeared imminent last night been eliminated. but an understanding between Bnl- Rarta and Turkey Is In sight. The Ambassador today practically admitted that yesterday the two countries wera on the verge of war.
 ''The Oriental crisis has been devei- opinR with such rapidityS ne eaio. ''that every hour has its importance It Is true that my government, after warning the powers in circular letter that Turkey would be compelled to take measures for It's own protection unless Bulgarian activities ceased. without result. decided on Friday to proceed with these necessary prceau- l tionary measures which included plan | of niobilization and the drawing up Of orders which later were Issued 10 the 1 railway lines for the transportation Of the troops.
 irn the meantime the projected measures were abandoned because last night we received the assurances we demanded from Bulgaria. Within for ty-eieht hours the situation will be modified in a way most favorable 70 the maintenance of peace. Already dispatch from Sofia announces that the decree convoking the reserves was annuIled last night. This is the com nnencement and a confirmation of the assurances we demanded
 From official sources the story ts learned of how the crisis was averted at. ConstantInople. On Friday night a confidential report reached the porte from Sofia that the Bulgarian cabinet was about to resign and would be sue ceeded by the council for national de. fense. This was interpreted as a pre- lirninary move to a declaration Of war. The Turkish cabinet fortnwitn ws sS
 eurnmoned 1t decided to order tns mobilization of the troops immediate ly. not only in Asia Minor but to com nlete the mobilization in Macedonia
 The French Ambassador. M. Con- stans, was apprised of this deelaion on Saturday afternoon and informed M Pinchon. the French Foreign Mn ister of the situation. The French Foreign once notified M. Palalo@ue' the French Diplomatic Agent af Sona- M Constans called upon Klamn Pasnss the grand vizer and informed nim that the displacement of troops ces- tainly would be considered a hostLle wouId be followed immediately by an invasion by Bulgarian troops across I He was convinced that Kiamil PaEha and Czar Ferdinand were sim cereIv opposed to war and he was ahle to give confdential assurances re- garding Bulgaria's attitude. me Turkish cabinet re-assembled ana tns order for the mobilization was eoun- termanded. It Is believed that M. 1 Constaus assurances went further l than the promise of compensation 10 l Turkey for the Oriental Railroad. Although the government Is great ly relieved that an acute crisis nas been averted and there is prospect or A peaceful adjustment of the Tureo- Bulgarian quarrel, there is still dread | of connplications Ferdinand evidently has won a victory over the war party but he still has to reckon with the sem | tlnent of the people and a spark may Yyet start a serious connagrauon.
 M. Iswnlsky, the Russian foreign minister, insists upon keeping tne negotiations looking to the proposed conference of the powers in his own hands. After a visit to Germany ne | has Intimated his intention of going to Vienna. The bad reception the nrozram has had in Constantinople and Budapest has somewhat dampen- ed the arder of France and Great
 Advices from the Young Turks in- dicate that the situation in the in- terior is growing grave and that tnere ia much reactionary excitement Tn | Asta Minor where martial law has been declared. There has massaeres of the Jews at Bagdad and of Armen' Ians at Varien- -Shehr, The Young
 Turks claim to possess proof of g
 nIot against Prince Sahab Eddine
 chief of the Young Turk party and they believe that if the prince IS mur-
 dered desperate internescine strifs