The terms of peace proposed, but not insisted on by
Turkey, and which it is at least understood that the Great Powers do not regard as in any way acceptable, are six, and all apply to Servia only :—(1), Prince Milan, or the Prince of Servia for the time being, whoever he may be, to do homage again at Constantinople ; (2), the four fortresses surrendered in 1867 to Servia to be garrisoned again by Turkish troops ; (3), the militia to be abolished, and the number of the forces retained to keep order in the interior not to exceed 10,000 men ; (4), all but the ancient fortresses to be de- stroyed, and emigrants into Servia from neighbouring provinces to be sent back ; (5), Servia either to pay an:indemnity for the war, or the interest on the sum so assessed to be added to her tribute ; (6), the Imperial Ottoman Government to have the right to construct the line of railway which will unite Belgrade to Nisch. The Servian Foreign Minister, M. Males, is understood to regard all these conditions except the last as impossible, and the Court of Russia is said to have declared them " impertinent ;" but the danger is, as Mr. Gladstone has justly pointed out, lest the case of Servia should be separated from that of Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Bulgaria, and determined without relation to them. Servia nobly went to war for the two former provinces, and is ready to continue it, if she cannot get terms very different from these. The conditions of peace for these provinces and the securities for Bulgaria should be an organic part of the arrangement as regards Servia herself.
