The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-07-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Austrian army Of occupation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina will muster l4l 900 men, owing to the
hostile attitude of the population of both provinces.
Turkey consents to the occupation on condition that
its duration be previously determined, and that it be
confined to certain limits. A civil commission will
accompany the army of occupation for the purpose
of organizing the administration Of the country.
Warlike movements are spoken of as prevailing
among the Mussulman population, who dream only
of recovering the provinces invaded by Russia.
They readily yield to the occupation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina by Austria, on condition that the
same Power occupy Servia and Montenegro, so as
to leave the hands of the Porte free to contend
with its chief antagonist.
The condition of the Emperor William remained
unchanged on the Sd of July.
Berlin kilograms call attention to the endless
prosecution for reasonable utterances and seditioHs
crimes. Hundreds have been punished for public
~ regretting the failure of attempts against the
Emperor's life, but still there is no cessation Of
similar ofenses.
The Pope, after first making friendly overtures
to the Emperor Of Germany, has, by the advice Of
ecclesiastics surrounding him, determined to adhere
to the policy of Plus X.
1t is said the troop ships HimGlaya and Scraps,
and other powerful transport ships have been or
dered to Malta, because the conclusions of the
Congress may probably render a rapid movement
of Indian troops to Turkish territory necessary.
The demand by the Congress for the emancipa-
ton of the Jews by ROumania, excites more i'll
feeling among the people Of that province, than
even the retrocession of Bessarabia to Russia.
1t is said that a scheme is under consideration
by the Plenepotentiaries whereby England would
undertake the protection Of Armenia, in a similar
way that France undertook the settlement of the
Lebanon question.
The British Consular Agent at Constantinople,
reports DULY 81 that influential Turks in the dis
trict bordering on the RhodOpe Mountains have
offered to enlist, if required, $4,000 men for English
service. There is said to be more than 10000
destitute refugees in that region, and the said
Agent has just returned from a mission there to
inquire into the measures necessary for relieving
them.
memorandum setting forth the alarm and expense
caused TO Austria by the continued disturbances
in Bosnia. He did not ask for annexation he
only begged the Congress to find some solution.
1t is admitted, in principle, that every portion
Of territory detached from Turkey will have TO bear
a proportonate part in the financial charges Of tic
Porte. The interests of the holders of Turkis-
bonds will be certainly dealt with by the Congress.
The whole of the press of St. Petersburg
(Which represents the press of Russia) disap-
proves of the agreement between Count Schouva-
loft and Lord Salisbury lin regard to Bessarabia,
which is conceded to Russia
The Russian concession to remove the crisis in
regard to the Eastern situation excites popular
opposition in st. Petersburg.
The Turks are certifying the Balkans.
Greece has been admitted to a seat in the
Congress for hearing, but not to vote Russia,
alone, opposed her admission.
Lord Salisbury proposed that Austria should be
charged to occupy both Bosnia and Herzegovina,
to which the Plenipotentiaries Except the Turkish)
assented. The latter declared that Turkey could
not possibly consent. She was only bound by the
Treaty of San Stefano, the limits of which were
exceeded by the present demand besides which,
she, herself, was able to protect Bosnia, and they
had formal instructions to resist this construction.
Beaconsfeld declared that England could not but
adhere to the proposal. He reminded the Turks
that they had previously been unable to maintain
nrl0r in n nUInN 1TSoncCTO p.aaa-aIs
urged the Turks to ask for fresh instructions.
1t has been decided to transfer the DobrudschG
to Roumania, which will thus acquire a fertile
tract Of country, and be established on both banks
of the Danube.
A London special of the New York Tribune,
under date of July s, speaking of the Congress,
says: The partition of Turkey is fast being accom-
plished. Austria is to have Bosnia and Herze-
govina England is to take Cyprus Montenegro
is to be aggrandized by a strip of Albania, coming
down to the Adriatic; Servia is to be an indepen-
dent principality, with an increase of 102 square
miles of territory, and of 182, 900 people; Greece
gains Epirus and the shore of the Hgean Sea, and
Russia gains certain concessions in the East, not yet
accurately understood.
The Pan-Anglican Synod convened on the Sd
of July at Lambeth Palace, London. Ninety
Bishops were present. The Archbishop of Canter-
bury presided. He urged that the question of
maintaining the faith against infdelity be the
principal subject of thought of the delegates.
The great Lancashire strikes are ended.
\ motion is before the House of Commons
.(June 22) for applying one million of the
Church surplus funds toward middle class
education.
Reinforcements are being sent to the Cape
of Good Hope.
Mercedes, the young Queen of Spain, is dead.
A very strong shock of earthquake was ex-
perienced at Napier, N. H., at 3 o'clock p. H.,
Sunday, June ODD.
The winter in Australia and New Zealand
has thus far being very Indictment and cold.
Snow-storms have fallen, the heaviest known
since 1863. The extreme cold has caused a
good deal of suffering amongst the poor.