BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2494, 18 March 1881, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter’s Aqenoy.j On Dangerous around. St. Petersburg, March 16. It has been discovered that the place which was occupied by Emperor Alexander 111., when Czarewitch, is undermined, and sappers are now searching, with the object of ascertaining whether any explosives are concealed in the passages. The Porte In the Dock. Constantinople, March 11 Definite information has transpired regarding the results up to the present time of the negotiations which have been proceeding during the pait three weeks between the Ambassadors of the Powers and the Ottoman Government, with a view to determine the TurcoGreek frontier question. It is now known that the Porte recently offered to cede Thessaly to Greece, but the European Ambassadors were at once unanimous in declining to accede to this arrangement, declaring that the proposed transfer of territory was totally inadequate to satisfy the legitimate demands of the Greek Government and the provisions of the Treaty of Berlin. The Porte thereupon expressed bs willingness to cede the Island of Crete to Greece, hut absolutely refused to surrender the Province of Epirus, which it was provided by the Berlin Treaty should form part of the extended Greek frontier. It is not known what reply has been returned by the Powers to this last proposal of the Porte.

Blood Money. London, March 17. The House of Commons to-day yoted

a grant of £5,000,000. which, is to be paid to the Indian Government as England’s share of the cost of the last Afghan war.