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THE EUROPEAN PROBLEM.
How the Case Now Stands.
TRENTON, N. j., ELECTION.
SUIT AGAINST A UNION GENERAL,
THE EUROPEAN WAR CLOTD.
Indications of the Financial Barom.


quiet yesterday, but prices in the foreign de
partment were upheld by quotations from the
continent. Russians at one time touched the
highest point since Lord Derby resigned the
foreign SecretaryShip. It is SurmIsed in some
quarters that continental prices are supported
by a combination which is endeavOring to ne
g0tlate new Russian loan. One of the men,
berS OF the Berlin banking house of MendelS-
sOhn was in Paris yesterday seeking the CO.
operation of the Paris financial houses con
cerned in last year s loan TO place about three
| hundred million francs more. Several Paris
dispatches state that Herr Mendelssohn re
turns to Berlin unsuccessful.
The Debate i'm Parliament.
The market became tiatter towards the close
yesterday, IN consequence of apprehenSionS of
disclosures that might b. made i'm the Parlia-
mentary debates on the address 10 the Queen
lEe general effect of the debates, however,
VIII be redSSurlng. The governments mpa-
SureS are supported by a large majority in
iarIlament. While the language Of the minis
/ ters was moderate concerning the purpose of
/ those measures and hope of the ultimate sue
/ cess OF the diplomatic effect of the powers
Inc most interesting and important part of
! the debate was Lord DerbyS statement This
SHOWS the difference between Lord Derby and
! his colleagues to he OF long standing and af-
! teclmg the substance OF their entire Eastern
! policy. Lord Derby diSapprOved Of the early
! SummOnIng of Parliament. The date ultf-
matelS liNed was compromise on a PROPOSE
| tlon that Parliament should meet earlier. He
ulSapproVed so strongly of the vote of credit
| that he temporarily retired from the cabinet
| and for y hours his resignation was i'm Lord
/ BeacOnhed $ hands: but now ii is not the call
/ ing out OF the reserves which induced him 10
! resign There are other rea aSOnS. but what they
! are he cannot divulge until the propositions
/ O1 the government. from which he diSSented,
| are made known. 1t appears, therefore. that
! the government has come to some resolutions,
! which at present are held in reserve While
the government has held from the outset that
| Russia cannot liberate herself from existing
engagements without the consent of the other
| contracting parties, Lord Derby attaches little
Importance to the necessity of requiring from
her formal acceptance OF that principle. He
| recognizes that if the congress should meet
! such principle must be laid down. but he
| does not emphasize il as primary requisite
Ior ilnal arrangemGnt of any kind. He
| regards the failure of the congress as compar-
| atIYely unlmpOrtant. He does not recognize
! III the consequences of that failure Il state of
affairs luStitying or requiring forcible defense
| OF British interests They might be the sub
! lect of further negotiations, in which obiec-
| tlOnS TO various points OF the treaty OF san
StefanO could be discussed between the indi-
| VlduaI powers, but he deprecateS on every
| ground England going to war on account of
| such Interests as are involved in these queS
! tiOnS.
81. Petersburg Pacific.
ST Petersburg telegTamS are very pacific,
| They say that the feeling gains ground that
some formula Will be invented which will re
! move the obstacles to the assembly of 4 con
! greSS. and that Prince Bismarck is evidently
| Interesting himself TO this end. They declare
that Russia has not sought 10 exclude Europe
! from considering the solution of the Eastern
| question, and does not regard the methods
| proposed by the treaty of San StefanO as the
! only solution Russia can accept. Russian di-
| plomatiSts say, let Austria and England state
the solutions they desire: Perhaps by mutual
! concessions some satisfactory arrangement
! can be found. Here is wide basis for an
! agreement, seeing that all recognize great
| changes are necessary, and real guarantees
| must be secured against renewal of the re-
! cent disturbances i'm southwestern Europe,
! while the problems to be solved, apart from
national Gnoor pr0pre, would not be Simpli-
fed by European war Lord Salisbury's civ.
| cular Is said to offer new argument for the
| congress, for the questions raised by 1t are so
| numerous and important as to require many
months for their discussion through the ordi
| nary diplomatic channels.
The Feeling Al Vienna.
While this is the language of inspired COM
! municatlOnS from ST. Petersburg in Vienna
It is known that Austria's written objec-
Gns WSsb rescbad to the St. of f@0 San
Gen. lgnatieff'S return from Vienna have
given great dissatisfaction, the rumorS
saving Austria claims entirely too large con
| cesSiOnS. In Vienna Count AndraSSyS friends
| declare that there is no question of driving a
bargain at all; that Austria has simply
pointed out the European interests which are
| damaged by tho treaty of San Stefano, and
| which Russia is bound to respect Neverthe-
less, Count Andrassy still clingS to the idea of
a congress, SO closely, indeed, that in some
OF getting any settlement whatever accepted
by both the Hungarian and pro Russian court
! party,anu I'D ueIault OIL Such acceptance Count
| AndraSSv'S position will be untenable.
Turkey Turns to England.
: The drift of the news from ConStantinople
is again distinctly pro- English. The position
| of Nefyk PaSha, president OF the counsel of
| ministers, is said To be strengthened, and new
objections have been taken by the Turks
! against Russian military movements. Rus
sian garriSOnS have relieved the ROumanianS
at Niddin. NikOpOliS and LahOva so that the
Russians now hold the Danube from its mouth
| to the Servian frontier.
MTRDER WILL OFT