THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 2

THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

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London. F^hra»ry 14. The reply given by Sir James Ferguson, Under-Secretary for Foreign afifairs, relative to the reported coalition of the English and Italian naval and military forces, is regarded as ambiguous.

Prince Napoleon has been requested to order hiß son, Prin.co Louie, to leave i the Italian army, which, it is said, is 1 being organised to operate against France. 1 ondow, Febrmry 15. The Army Estimates include the sura of £45,000 as an inntalmenc towards ! providing an auxiliary squadron. IST. Pktbksbdho hVbruarr 15 The whole of the freight traffic has been stopped on the railways m Southern Russia m order to facilitate the convey* ance of troops, which are being despatched to the various stations on the Western frontier. Over half a million Russian troops, with 2000 guns, are stationed on the western bank of the River Dnieper. The sanitary arrangements of the camps are extremely bad, and large numb -rs of tue men are stricken down with disease . OONBTANTINOPbK Prtr. n*y 15 It is feared that < v tia meditates an early seizure of rzerouru m Armpnia. 'Jhe forte, yielding to the represerilations of M. Mdidoff, Russian Ambassador to Turkey, has released tlie forty-one insurgents who were arrested for entering Koumelia with the object of instigasing a revolt at Cairgas. ROM* F brn**v 15 Bear-Admiral Hewitt, speaking at Genoa, said the friendship at present I> existing between < ngland and Italy may result m the union of the fleets of the two countries.