The Macedonian Question, 1908-1912

The Turkish revolution of 1908

Early in 1908 Russia and Austria-Hungary fell out over the execution of the Mьrzsteg program, by the terms of which a system of reform had been instituted in Macedonia. In January, 1908, Baron Aerenthal announced that Austria-Hungary had applied for permission to survey the ground for a railroad to connect the terminus of the Bosnian Railway with the line running from Metrovitza to Salonica. Russia was especially disturbed by this…