The European Crisis

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 121, 12 May 1888, Page 2

The European Crisis

APPARENT UNEASINESS IN I ENGLAND.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. LPSB UKITED PKESS ASSOCIATION.] London, May~9. The deputation of members of Par- j liament who waited upon Mr E. Stan- | hope, the Secretary of State for the War Department, urged that the ! country should be placed in a proper state of defence. Mr Stanhope, in replying, said the country had confi- ' dence in Lord Wolseley and MajorGeneral Sir Redvers Buller, who were paying close attention to the matter. A sufficient sum had, he Baid, been placed on the Estimates to carry out the defence of the ports and coaling stations. The defences of the leading mercantile ports were almost complete as intended, and he thought that an attack on London by means of the Thames was impossible. The scheme for mobilising the army was being proceeded with and rapidily approaching completion. It would, he said, greatly depend on the patriotism and intelligence of the Volunteers if their numbers were adequate, and the only disadvantage under which they would suffer would be from incomplete preparation. Beblin, May 10 The Kreit Zeitung Official, in denying Prince Bismarck's peaceful predictions, says it must now be evident that Europe is an immense volcano, and that its outbreak is inevitable. Sofia, May 10. Prince Ferdinand, ia addressing the Tirnora regiment, said he was prepared to repeat the oath and become a Bulgarian. The achievment of the independ ence of Bulgaria would to him be a sacred task, as he would sacrifice his life in securing it: