EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2989, 10 September 1891, Page 2

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

THE EASTERN QTESTION. (ll\ KI.K'TIUC KI.KGIIAI'II -Col' V KH; I IT.) St. PKTKitsmruf). September 7. Tuk St. Petersburg pi;ess is jubliant at. the Hussion triumph Over the' Triple Alliance, mid insists oil the necessity of eliding the Bulgarian quaiTPl by force if lccessary. It is reported that iirrangeinonlsare being ina.il': lit Warsaw to. iiiaiuuuvre a hundred'and fifty thousand troops. • Half a million of snMicrs ,'ire quartered on tlie Polish and western frontiers of Russia. Sofia, September 7. The Bulgarians arc' alarmed ut the demand ot the, Russian jires.s for in'«rveiition in' Bulgaria by fbrco. London, September 7. Tlie Standard urges that, England should not evacuate Egypt in the face of Turkish submission to, Russia. It is reported th.it, England iucreascs the Mediterranean fleet. Tho Standard, in referring io the Eastern difficulty, declares that England is able to safe-guard individual interests. It .advises that additional troops should be despatched to Egypt , and suggests that the Great Towers ought, to insist on equal rights with regard to the Dardenolles. September The "Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Homo says the Italian Government has instructed its Ambassador at Constantinople to support England. ; The Italian press hope a vigilant watch will be kept over Russia's intrigues in the East.' The Marqujs of .Salisbury declares' that Russia has no exclusive right to the Dardanelles. 11 is considered unlikely tliat Germany or Austria will movo ill this matter. Paris, September 7. Doubtful repnrts are current in this city to the effect that England proposes to convene a ••■conference to consider the revision of the treaties affecting the Balkans and tho Pardatiplls. A Russian loan of-60,0,000,000 franca (£24,000;000, sterling)! has . been ar r ranged in France. The Credit Jjyonnaiso will, in October, offer a Russian 3 per cent, loan of twenty million sterling at 84.