A declaration to this effect was drawn up by the
Turkish Plenipotentiaries and submitted to the Austrian Government. They refused to sign it, declaring that Austro-Hungarian public opinion would be roused to violent indignatien if they assented to any such declaration. Ultimately, however, the declaration was signed on condition that Turkey should not publish it. The Turkish representatives gave this under- standing, and the Porte has kept its promise to this day, "It was not through any official channel," adds the Times corre- spondent, " that a copy of the document has come into my hands." No denial that this statement represents the facts has been given, and we have no doubt that it is true. More disingenuous conduct than that of Austria-Hungary it would be difficult to find in the whole tortuous course of European diplomacy. In face of such a record it will not be easy to talk of Oriental duplicity.
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