The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-18 00:00:00

RUSSIA'S ATTITUDE.

SEPT. la

It will be remembered that when Prince Alexander
drew up the proclamation announcing his abdiction,
he had only the verbal answers of the Russian Consul
to the four questions which the Bulgatian notables
asked the Russian Government. To-day, at last, the
official answer of the St. Petersburg Cabinet to those
questions has arrived here. The answer runs as
follows:

"(1) Russia will support the present Government
as long as it represents the interests of the whole
country and peace and tranquility prevail.
"(2) Russia does not deem it well-timed to an-
nounce the candidature of a Prince previous to the
establishment of perfect tranquility.
"(3.) Russia is ready to promote the union of the
two Bulgarias, but not tbe present violent method of
securing it, which involves dangers.
"(4.) The re-establishment of good relations
between Bulgaria and Russia requires that the Provi-
sional Government should make amends for what it
has hitherto neglected. Russia considers It premature
to communicate all the conditions in detail, which
will not be made known till tranquility has been
established."

PRINCE ALEXANDER'S REPLY TO THE

DEPUTIES.

SOFIA, Sept. 13, Evening.
To-day, after the opening speech of the Council
Regency had been read, the Sobranje elected M.
Givkoff President, and it was then decided to pro-
ceed to-morrow to the appointment of a committee to
draft the reply to the address. The Government will
submit three measures to the Assembly. The first
enacts new regulations relative to the establishment
of a state of siege, the second is the Budget Bill for
the next financial year, placing the expenditure at
50,000,000 fr., and the third deals with the settlement
of Prince Alexander's property in Bulgaria. Under
this last bill the State will purchase the property,
which is valued at 2,000,000 fr., but will retain the
sum of 1,000,000 fr. due from the Prince to the
National Bank.

Gadbai, Effendi has informed the Bulgarian
Government that the Porte accepts the abdication of
Prince Alexander, and that no occupation of the prin-
cipality should take place so long as tranquility, law,
and order are maintained in the country.
SOFIA, Sept. 14.

Prince Alexander replied to-day to the telegram
sent to him by the Deputies congratulating him on the
occasion of his name-day, and also to that of his
officers begging him to return. The Prince thanks the
deputies and officers alike for a mark of devotion
which has deeply touched him.
The Sobranje to-day appointed the committee for
drawing up the reply to the address of the Council
of Regency. In the course of yesterday's sitting the
President of the Chamber proposed to send to the
Czar a telegram of congratulation expressing gratitude
for his proffered protection of Bulgaria. A hostile
demonstration, however, being threatened by the
Deputies, the motion was withdrawn.
Pitir.teroroms, Sept. 14.
By order of the Turkish Government the train
service from this place to Constantinople and vice
versa was resumed to-day. Tranquility prevui'e
throughout the province.

THE POWERS AND THE PORTE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 14.

All the Powers have replied favourably to the recent
Turkish Circular Note on the Bulgarian question.
They state that there will be no military occupation of
Bulgaria by any of the Powers.
Consular reports from Sofia announce that the Bul-
garians and Routnelians have come to an agreement
to avoideny trouble which might in the slightest
degree e&ourage foreign intervention.
An official denial given to the statements published
by some Austrian and Hungarian journals that a treaty
had been concluded between Russia and Turkey,
consisting of the following seven articles:
1. The solution of the Balga,ro-Roumelian ques-
tion by means of an understanding between Russia
and Turkey.
2. The restoration of the status quo ante in
Roumelia.
3. The renunciation by Russia of the war indem-
nity payable by Turkey.
4. Russia to give assistance to Turkey with a 'view
to the restoration of Bosnia and Herzegovina to that,
country.
5. Russia to guarantee the integrity of the Turkish
Empire as at present existing.
6. The cessidn of Erzerotun to Russia.
7. Russian vessels to be granted free passage
through the Dardanelles.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 14..

Commenting on the stale of affairs in Bulgaria, the
sewi-officialJourna/ de St. Petersboia to-day remarks
that the Bulgarian Assembly, assailed as it is with in-
trigues of every kind, should resolve to devote itelf
to the permanent interests and future security of the
country. The article concludes by observing that th 3
Assembly now sitting at Sofia has no authority to elect
a new Prince.