EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1688, 19 January 1888, Page 1

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

London, Jan. 16. An English firm has received orders from the Bussian Government for the construction of war balloons. Bishop Mcorhonse, in the course of a sermon on Sunday, declared that the fear of the military alone averted a bloody Socialistic revelation. The Daily Telegraph slates that Italy will send two hundred thousand troops to Galicia, in the event of an outbreak of war. Paris, Jan. 15. A French sentinel on the frontier reports that he has been attacked by Germans and bis rifle stolen from him, The Comte da Paris, in the course of a speech, said (bat Lord B. Churchill’s visit to St. Petersburg has led M. Flourens to believe that an arrangement was possible between England, France and Russia, and that be was now considering terms on which such an arrangement might be effected. St. Petersburg, Jan. 15. Typhoid fever has broken out in the army in Poland, and forty men have been frozen to death. Jan. 17. The Czar is at present staying in Moscow. Ha expresses a firm hope that tbs year will be one of peace and prosperity." It is reported that one hundredweight of dynamite and a number of bombs have been seized at a suburban police station at St, Petersburg, Russia desires a mandate to restore order in Bulgaria in the event of Prince Ferdinand refusing: to withdraw from that country, and insists on the establishment ot a Bussian regency until a nominee of the Czar has been elected prince. Berlin, Jan, 15. There is feverish activity among the Russian troops m Poland, where the commissariat, hospital, and railway staffs are making large additions to their plants and rolling stock. In many towns foreign merebans have been ordered by Russian officials to close their premises and leave the country. Jan, 16The fears of an outbreak of war in the spring have been strongly intensified by the presence of prominent Italian officers in this city, who are said to be concerting a scheme of action to be carried out by the Triple Alliance in the event of war. Vienna, Jan, 14. The Austrian military press declare that one hundred thousand Russian cavalry are being massed oh the German and Austrian frontiers. Jan. 15. Frequent meetings of the Austrian Military Council have been held during the past few days. The alarmist feeling prevalent some time ago has been thus revived. The Hungarian Press are distrustful of Germany. Sofia, Jan. 14. Prince Ferdinand delivered an address to the garrison here, in the course of which it was announced that events might soan force him to defend the rights of Bulgaria, and that when the time came be would be prepared to die for his country. Jan. 15. Russia is massing troops at Kiev, Odessa, and Risbenev, and other corps have been ordered to proceed farther along the Austro-Hungarian and Roumanian frontier.