Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
RUSSIAN MINISTER AND
BRITISH SECRETARY MEET

LONDON, Oct. 10.-Sir Edward Grey,
British foreign secretary, ana M. Is
Wolsky the Russian minister or Iorelsl u
affairs, who arrived mere last hlsnt
from Paris, spent several hours thls
afternoon discussing the near eastern
crisis. but did not reach decision as
to the best means of sowing the queS-
tions involved.
Officially 1t was stated that the meet
ing resolved itself into a preliminary
exchange of views, and the ministers
were hopeful that friendly solution
would be found.
This the foreign office will not admit
must necessarily be by means of a con-
ference of the powers, as Great Britain
is still endeavoring to reach Settle
ment without recourse to meeting OF
the signatories of the treaty of Berlin,
fearing that 1t will be impossible TO
limit the scope of the conference anu
establish the facts upon Whlcn she anu
Turkey are insisting.
After the conference the two minis
ters had long talk with Sir Charles
Hardinge, the permanent under sec
retary of the foreign Office and for
mer ambassador to Russia, with whom
they discussed far eastern AFFAIRS.
Sir Edward and Nj. 1swolsky VIII
meet again tomorrow when King Ed
ward will receive the Russian repre-
sentative at Buckingham palace and
later entertain him at dinner, and on
Monday the discussion between the
two ministers will be resumed at the
foreign office.
The British government is In receipt
of a dispatch from Belgrade that the
Seryian government has taken the sug-
gestion Of the powers and Is doing It's
hest to quiet the radical element In
the country which is clamoring for
war.
Situation Delicate
The situation in the Balkans has
been found to be very delicate one
to handle, for it's ramifications have
been far reaching.
Sir Edward Grey had a busy day
before the arrival of M. Iswolsky, the
Greek minister being among the earlier
callers He presented a proposal TO
Great Britain, France. italy and Rus
sia that the matter of the Cretan pro-
clamation of union with Greece be con-
sidered at the proposed international
conference simultaneously with the
questions of Bulgarian independence,
and the annexation by Austria Hun
gary of Bosnia ard Herzegovina. In
the reply to his proposal, however, the
Greek government was notified that
until legal status quo had been re-
stored in the island of Crete, Great
Britain cannot hold out any hope that
lHe 1I6ldD dSDildllOho Will oAoAih@N'
The Italian ambassador, Marquis
San Giualianc, called en- the British
foreign secretary also and conveyed
assurances that his government was
fully Il, accord with Great Britain and
that there jught to be no departure
from me C nditious OF the Berlin
treaty without the knowledge and as
sent of the signatories and that con-
ference IF the powers should be called.
Still another ambassador, Count
Wolff Mette Mich, repre- senting Ger
many, was among the visitors to the
foreign office He assured Secretary
Grey that his government had no
knowledge previous to the notification
given TO tho other powers of the action
of Bulgaria and Austria and that as
a power Germany was not interested
in the Balkans.
Germany's main desire, he said, was
TO cooperate with the other powers,
with vieW tc bringing about friend