THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1782, 28 August 1888, Page 1

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

Am»t*r»am, August 22. A rumor was Afloat to tl»® •flF*ct jihst Russia Was shout to pl«n<* on ; the mirki-t lipfo • loan of 200,000.000 fr, but ths report was subs'-queully. asoerisineil to be premature. Berlin, A ngast 23. It is beliered ’tbat the object OfSignor* Crispi’i Visit to Pfince ‘Bismarck Is to diac«Bß the result of the. Emperor Williara’B pßrlßjing with the Czar. I Ho starts for Carlsbad to-day. 'Prince Bismarck has resignedj the portfolios of Commerce and Industry in the Prussian Ministry. Signor-Grispi, who has arrived jon a visit to Prince Bismarck, was warmly welcomed. August 24. It is officially stsled.that the visit of Slgbor Ciispi to Prince Bismarck is in connection with the relations ir>| the Triple Alliance, and lb understand-the; definition of the conditions on which one 5 of-tbs allies could claim : the assistance of the other signatory- Powers, August 25. King; Christian, of Deismark,j has Orfired in: this city on a visit* to the Emperor William, and has met With a cordial reception. Paris, Angnst 23.. M, Goblet bis sent a final reply to. the Italian Premier re the Msssowah difficulty. The matter is now likely to drop. . Vice-Admiral Crantz, Marina Minister, has ordered the immediate equipment of eight new ironclads at the Toulon Dockyards. August 25, M. Goblet, the French Minister of War, has referred the question of the Italian annexation of Massowab to the Great Powers. St, Petersburg, August 28. The statement that Abyssinia; had offered to cede an island in the Rod Sea to Russia, providing the latter sent a military inspector to Abyssinia, is denied.