The New York herald., 1879-09-13
FOREIGN NOTES.

Commodore De Fabre. OF the Russian Black Sea
feet busily engaged with staff Of assistants also
Russian subjects. IN organizing the Bulgarian hotils
at Rustchuk
The Russian government contemplates the intro
duction of Chinese labor in the provinces of the
Pacific slope and the island OF Saghaien. The
scheme has already received the sanction Of the
Gar and party of coolies has been landed oppo
site the port or Nikoisk.
London Examiner ,-"General Grant has consented
to take the chairmanship Of the company for sup
pressing the Isthmus OF Panama-to use the phrase
first applied to NJ. Lesseps-by carrying out the Mica
raguan ship canal. II General Grant accepts this
post and Nicaragua makes the requisite concession
we suspect the canal will be made.
tCount Andrassy's visit to Prince Bismarck at Cas-
tein Is considered at Vienna and Berlin as synP-
tom that though the Chancellor may retire. his pol
icy will survive The ecnte cordidie between Ansro
Hungary aud Great Britain and Germany, which is q
main feature OF that policy, Will remain undisturbed,
whoever the Counts successor may be.
Sea communication with Siberia has developed to
degree that renders it necessary tor Russia to have
vesselofwar permanently in the Siberian waters to
control the foreign shipping The vessel selected.
we understand is the Polyani Zvezda, screw
schooner. strongly armed belonging & to the White
tor the Gulf OF Obi next week.
1t is reported from Tihis that Colonel Danof has
arrived there with an expedition for efectns sur
vey OF the Caucasian peninsula with Wow To re-
porting whether 1t is practicable to join the Black
Sea and Caspian by navigable canal. Tho expedi-
tion has set on foot by the Minister OF Ways of
Communication himself who also is evincing great
interest in tho scheme for divcrtirg tho Oxus into
the Caspian. The RESULT OF the success OF both pro-
jccts would DO to open up Central Asia to Europe,
and to allow OF goods to be conveyed by water direct
from the Black Sea to Bokhara and the Afghan
frontier.
jccted grand expedition OF exploration to Central
Asia presided by tho Grand Duke Nicholas Con-
stantinovitch, had been abandoned. This not
the case; the scheme of exploration bas boen greatly
enlarged. Professor Sorokin, Botanist Pelmai,
Artist Simakof and tho Engineers Liapunoh and
Sokolovsky have arrived at Tsshkcnt. and other
scicnt tihc and military members are on their way
thther from Orenburg. Captain Zoubof, the COM
mandcr OF the naval section of tho exploration
party, instead of proceeding to Tashkent has gone
direct from Kazalinsk to Khiva where he is making
arrangements for tho survey OF the Oxus. In order
further to make this successful he has taken with
him steamer purchased on the Volga at Samara, ut
a cost OF 10000 roubles. As originally arranged
the expedition will survey the railway route from
Kazalinsk to Balkh via Tashkent 1t will explore tho
OF the Oxus from Bakh to Khiva, and then
will examine the ancient bod of the Oxus as far
tho Caspian. The only point in the programme un-
decided Is whether the Grand Duke Nicholas shall
command the expedition or not
The Vienna Tagbtaa of Tuesday publishes q report
of the DRIFT of interview OF MI hours duration
between of its staff and Count Andrassy, ON the
for resignng. According to this statement. tho
resignation was most reluctantly accepted
by the Emperor. out OF regard for the
the slightest. political divergence The
Count warmly defended the occupation OF Bosnia
and the Herzegovina. saying that without that step
Austria would have abdicated her rights in the East
lie hoped the occupation of Novi-Baxar would be
effected without bloodshed, and took credit to him
self for the convention concluded between Austria
and Turkey ON the subject, which would obviate. he
said. any impression that in taking NovI,azar Aus
tra was ON her way to Salonica Hon real object ne
declared, was TO develop her commercial relations
with Salonica, TO secure her position in Bosnia,
and carry out more fully tho treaty of Berlin. lie
pointed out that all that Austria had done hnd been
done without any misunderstanding with Russia.
Finally, he intimatcd that his successor would DO
chosen to pursue the same policy.