WAR RUMOURS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 236, 7 January 1888, Page 1

WAR RUMOURS.

Vienna, December 30. Advices from the frontier state that 50,000 Russian troops, with a strong , force of.artiijiery, \ancf large quantities of p^mtapjis^of warj |iave,been, landed at B6nder r * close to the botfderof Austria. *>v■ -' : , - f " : ~t

'\ t ' • ' \ t (^ £pH^dy, Deqftmber 30. ? t } t)rders i*vi ioem given -^ French ; rifle factpriea to work day abd night to ; ; Fifty •thoua*fl4 Russian ?tioops are masaed oo the froptier of Bessambi*. 1

Count Schouvaloff has assured the Emperor of Germany of the friendly relations between Russia and Germany.

London", January lsfe. Latest intelligence from the Continent indicates that the Powers are concerting for a settlement of the Bulgarian question in a manner agreeable to Russia.

Vienna, December 30. Advices foom the frontier state that 50,000 Russian troops, with a strong force of artillery and large quantities of munitions of war, have been massed at Bender, a town situated close on the border of Austria,

Vienna, January lsfc; I The situation has improved, and 1 Prince Lobanof, the Russian Ambassador here, has peacefully assured Count Kalnoky by declaring that Russia is adverse to war. Heir Tisza, President of the Hungarian Council, in receiving the New Year's congratulations of the Liberal leaders, expressed a hope that war had been averted, ancj declared that Hungary had never provoked a breach of the peace, but if war was inevitable, the Hungarians would be prepared to do their duty. The reserves will shortly undergo a. week's drill with new repeaters. St. Petersburg, January 1. The despatches on Bulgarian affaire, alleged to be fictitious, have been published by consent of the Czar. The despatches purported to be addressed by Prince Ferdinand to the Countess of Flanders, imploring her to use her influence with the Czar, and enclosing a fictitious letter from Prince Russ Gleiz, promising him support, and stating that Germany, was favourable to his (Prince Ferdinand's) election to the Bulgarian throne ; but for political reasons she was obliged to dissemble. A despatch also showed thai Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Signor Crispi, the Italian Premier, were favourable to Bulgaria ; and another despatch from Prince Russ again reassured Prince Ferdinand of Germany's support. The Czar, in permitting the publication, stipulates that the authors should not be revealed.

Berlin, January 2. The German "Imperial Gazette," commenting on the alleged spurious despatches, asserts that they were invented for the purpose of producing an. impression that Prince Bismarck was acting in a double-faced manner.