He was later to recall that his only instructions from the Foreign Secretary Lord Salisbury was to "keep an eye on King Milan".
After the Treaty of San Stefano (March 3, 1878), the Debar county, along with 11 other counties of Slavic Macedonia, sent deputies and appeals to Prince Milan of Serbia (r. 1868-1889), asking him to annex the region to Serbia.
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