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ENGLAND ON THE BULGARIAN QUESTION.

(BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.) [KKI'TKB's TELEGRAMS.] London, January 5. The reply of the Foreign Office to the circular note issued by the Porte lust month, ursring the Powers tu come to some under standing on the Bulgarian question, and recommending the appointment of the Prince of Mingrelia as successor to Prince Alexander, has been published. The Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Iddesleigb. states that England is nnahle to recommend tho candidature of Prince Nicholas, but is prepared to negotiate with the Powers for a settlement of the Bulgarian difficulty, through the medium of a, general conference, ■ir by the exchange of views. His lordship :irges that diplomatic negotiations between ;he Powers should precede the choice of a Prince of Bulgaria.

The Times' Vienna correspondent telegraphed >m the 18th November as follows: —The North German Gazette, the Cologne Gazette, and the Berlin Past, three journals which receive official inspiration, have announced that Russia had sounded the Great Powers on the subject of the Prince of Mingrelia's candidature, and had been as sured that no objections would be raised to this prince. This is premature. Up to last night Count Kalnoky had only been ■ounded in an unofficial way, and had given no answer. No answer had been given frcm Rome either. The source of the rumour indicates, however, that Prince Bismarck is desirous that Russia's candidate should be quickly accepted, without parley. But there is no reason why England ■ihould approve the Prince of Mingrelia as a tit person for the Bulgarian throne, since all that is known of his antecedents shows him to be quite unfit for such a position. It is certainly desirable that Bulgaria should have a strong Prince, and no Prince will be really strong in that country unless he enjoys a measure of Russian favour. But it h an insult to the Bulgarians to nominate i man whose conjugal relations and financial embarrassments have been an •pen scandal, a man who has never distinguished himself in any way whatever. The Russians could find "some more eligiblicandidate than this, and England would iot gain in the estimation of the Bulgarians, or of Continental nations generally. • f she sanctioned tho nomination of a man whom she would hesitate to appoint to any important post in the British service,

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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2262, 8 January 1887, Page 2

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ENGLAND ON THE BULGARIAN QUESTION. Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2262, 8 January 1887, Page 2

ENGLAND ON THE BULGARIAN QUESTION. Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2262, 8 January 1887, Page 2

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