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(Per a.a. Waihora at Auckland.)
THE BULGARIAN SITUATION,
A DELIBERATE AFFRONT.
WAR REGARDED AS IMMINENT.
RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS
London, O'tober 14
Th.’ I ell case rpTit i t d*y by day becoming more threatening and the impression in tvell-informed circles Is that an European c< nfl tgration is imminent. The Busman Press has been very violent In its attack upon the English Government and the rffi ial organs of the Russian Government have gone so far as 1 1 say that the British consul In Sofia has been advising thBulgarian authorities to resist the demands made by Ru?m to Bulgaria To these accusations Lord Iddesleigh, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has replied in a strongly worded protest r-gainst the accusation addressed to M. de Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign Aff»ira. M. de GRra declined to correct the ?t-ti-meni. This deliberate affront on the part of the Russian Minister greatly Incensed Lrrd IddedeCh whoa oped the very unusual 0 -urao of h "’tag an ofli dally Issued denial to the charge m-do to the dfect that efforts had been made by the English Minister to ex net a promise frem Prit-ce Alexander that he would, if re elected by the Bulgarian Assembly, return to the throne.
The Bu'g-rian crisis is now very acuta mul a rupture may take plsc« at any moment Prime R'smtrck is critically witching the progress rf events. He daily holds Img consultations with other diplomatists in Varzin. Lord I idlesleigh has hid several long and anxious onBultat ; ona with M. de b'tael, Russian Aaibassad ;r in Loudon. The consultation between these statesm-n to-lay was of unusually lengthy duration. Wat like rumors are being received from all parts of Europe. England has revived the project for an European conference but the Powers are irresolute. The general impression is war cannot long be delayed. The latest news is that Russia Is massing troops on the ’ fghan frontier, and great alarm has been created in Cabul. It is further stited Russia has men ofwar ready to cut the cables.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1381, 27 October 1886, Page 2
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