Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1908 — LOOKS HOPEFUL FOR PEACE [ARTICLE]

LOOKS HOPEFUL FOR PEACE

Sharpest Issues in the Balkan Struggle May Be Settled by the Nations Themselves. London. Oct. 20.—The latest phase of the Balkan difficulty potuts to the possibility of, the most serious issues belpg settled by direct negotiation before tlie proposed International cengres meets, leaving to the congress the work merely of ratifying and legalizing the arrangements already made. Confirmation Is had from Vienna of the statement that negotiations have been opened between Turkey and Austria concerning Bosnia and Herzegovina. with fair prospect of sutg-ess, while Constantinople dispatches are more hopeful that Turkey and Bulgaria will reach an understanding on the Oriental railroadand Rumelian tribute questions. The Bulgarian charge d’affaires, Informed Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, that his government officially authorized him to give most positive assurances that Bulgaria would take every possible ■tep to avoid war with Turkey