Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-05

Oriental Railroad In eastern Rumelias
Bulgaria. took possession OF this line in
September because of a strike and
started to operate it with her military
forces. When the strike had been set
lied she refused to return control to
Turkey, which action led to d sharp
conflict between the two states,
In spite OF the peaceful endeayors
of the powers concerned in this near
eastern difficulty the military forces
OF both Turkey and Bulgaria are pre-
pairing for eyentualites. The Turkish
army is stronger numerically. but the
Bulgarian army Is in a better condition
OF efficiency.
That all energies are being bent to-
ward the maintenance. Of peace is clear.
The foreign Offices Of Europe are keep
Ing the wires hot today in an effort to
find basis of agreement satisfactory
to the powers chiefly concerned that
shall take the place of the treaty or
Berlin. This Austria Hungary and
Bulgaria have torn up and thrown into
the faces OF the signator;ess Of the con-
Vention which has governed the situa-
ton In the near east for the past two
years.
The action taken today by Bull
! garia and Austria Hungary is
practically condemned in all official
! illt ulplpI1lclli' siIItlpS wv
at the same time the British govern
ment is prepared to cooperate many
pacficatoiN steps which may be de-
cidcd upon by tho powers concerned.
The main idea is the prevention of
q War-lilec outbreak.
News no less interesting than the
act Of Prince Ferdinand is brought
in the Vienna dispatches to the effect
that Hungary has practically
decided 20 annex the occupied pro
yinces Of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Emperor Francis Joseph has address,
cd an autograph letter 10 the heads
OF all states, in which he explains
the necessity of altering the political
status OF these provinces. rms COM
muncatlon is being delivered today.
Prices on the bourses of Europe
| have fallen sharply on these Two po-
| litical developments. r
Count Memsdorff, the Austro-Hun-
! garian am bassador to Great Brltian,
| went down to Balmoral today to pre-
sent to King Edward copy OF an
| autograph letter from Emperor iran.
| els Joseph addressed to the heads OF
\ all states and explaining the necessity
| of altering the political status OIL bos-
| MIA and Herzegovina.
| GERMANY N-cOMNIlTTAL.
Berlin. Oct. 5.--News was received
| al the freign Office last night that
| Turkey had been informed that Bul-
| garia was determined to proclaim her
| Independence at Tirnovo today
| The Associated Press is authorized to
4 state that Germany associates nerseit
with the mediation proposals summit
! ed by Great Britain to the TURKISH
| and Bulgarian governments
! 1t is recognized officially that Bull
| garia's proclamation gravelS compll~
| Gates the situation and mtil the atti-
tude of the sultan is nown the German
| government Is unable to foresee its
1 course or action, except that In no
| event will Germany bring pressure to
| bear at Constnope TO influence the
/, decisions of the porte.
| Should the Turkish government seek
| the advice of the powers regarding the
/ advlsabiity of asserting her supre-
| macy over Bulgaria by military force,
! Germany would not be able to advise
| the porte to go to war. Enc turkish
! army is not prepared but the Bulgar-
! ian army is ready.
The .Austro-1 Hungarian ambassador
i to Germany has arrived here with an
i autograph letter from Emperor Fran
4 cia Joseph. to Emperor William, This
\ communication probably relates toSthe
4 occupied provinces Of Bosnia and Her
,zogovina.
4 Emperor William is now shooting at
i Rominten, where the ambassador now
| proceeds.
| FRANCE AS MEDIATOR.
Paris, Oct. 5.--France has decided 10
/ enact the role Of mediator with the obs
/ iect of preventing war between Turkey
| and Bulgaria.
i Foreign Minister Pichon already had
/ begun series of conferences with
| the diplomatic representatives of the
! powers with the idea of reaching an
| understanding, the purpose of which
No he :, a n
! when the official news of Prince lFerdi
| nand's proclamation at Tirnovo ar
| rived.
The foreign minister conferred this
| morning with NJ. Iswolsky, the Russian
minister of foreign affairs and Naoum
Pacha the Turkish ambassador This
afternoon he will meet the Austro-
Hungarian, British and American am
bassadors as we'll as the Bulgarian
diplomatic agent. NJ. Stancioff
The situation is considered most
grave The proclamation OF the In
dependence Of Bulgaria actually mas
been made. and 1t probably would be
useless to attempt to. induce Prince
Ferdinand to withdraw it.
IT is known that the Bulgarian caYal-
~ already is modifying on the frontier
and Prince Ferdinand is going to stick
to his guns. On the other hand IT
would be equally difficult to persuade
=
the synpatbes of the powers are in
favor of the maintenance of integrity
of European Turkey under regime
of liberty.
The diplomatic representatives of the
powers believe that war would spell
ruin to the new constitutional rule in
Turkey and that the sultan would
use war as a pretext for Withdrawing
the constitution. This would be
repetition of his course in 1876, when
he withdrew this same constitution
prior to the outbreak of the Russo
Turkish war.
Russ1A's COURSE.
st. Petersburg oct. Sit is an
nounced with authority today that RUS
STA will propose a congress of the POW
ers for a general revision of the Ber-
lin treaty. This is an outcome of
the proclamation of Bulgarian indie
spendence.
Russia has reason to believe thnt the
annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Austria Hungaria is imminent.
FIRE IN san FRANCISCO.
san Francisco, Oct. ga fire which
started early today in the coal bunkers