Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-10
Telegrams to The Star.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Fears Of Flood Disasters in Hun


LONDON, Dec. 10.-A dispatch from Pesth to
the Daily Ne;rs SayS-''The destruction OF dams
on nearly all the principal rivers in Hungary
and Transatlantic, and terrible foundations, are
again filling the public mind with anxiety. But
for the intense cold raging from Is to 20 degrees
Reamur, Grosswarden and several villages
around that city would ere this have shared the
fate Of SZegedin. TemeSvar. Arad and several
towns in Transylvania were partly inundated
on Monday. and as In Grosswarden number OF
houses fell In. SO suddenly came the flood that
hardly any preventive measures had been taken.
and great damage to property is reported, but
no loss of life The continuance OF frost can
alone prevent most serious disaster"
Purchase of German Railroads by
the Government.
BERLIN, Dec. 1o.-The lower house of the Land
tag has adopted, by vote of 226 to 1876, the
to purchase the Berlin and Stettin. Magdeburg
and Halberstadt, Hanover and AltenbecKen, and
cologne and Minden railways. The dissentients
were the clericals, progressionists Poles and
some national liberals The government has
promised to introduce, at the present or next
session OF the Landtag, bills providing for the
guarantees stipulated by the railroad commit
tee.
Prince Alexander Unpopular.
LONDON, Dec. 1O-The Eastern Budget, the
organ of the Austrian Embassy here SAYS
I'VE hear from Sofia that Prince Alexander OF
Buegarla. Is daily growing more unpopular, and
that serious apprehensions are felt for the safety
OF his throne. 1t is becoming evident that the
constitution Is not workable. The country Is
Why the Bulgarian Assembly Was
Dissolved.
LONDON, Dec 1O.-A dispatch to the Times
from Vienna says: The Bulgarian assembly
was dissolved because the leaders of the ma
Jor1ty refused to allow Prince Alexander to have
any voice in the nomination of new cabinet,
and also refused to modify the address, reply
ing to the speech from the throne wherein the
late ministry and, by implication the Prince
himself, were accused of unconstitutional pro-
ceedings. The cabinet appointed to carry on
the government until the new assembly shall
meet with Bishop Clement of Tirnova. as pre-
mier and minister of public instruction, is such
as will demonstrate the Princes anxiety to
avoid an appearance Of his siding with either
party.
The Dangers Which Threaten Rus.
sia.
BERLIN, Dec. 10.-Intelligence from ST. Peters
burg SayS:-Another number of the new revOlu-
t1onary journal, entitled The WiW Of the People,
has been distributed in st. Petersburg and other
parts OF Russia. This number was printed sub
SeQuenJ 10 the recent court martial and con-
ta1ns comments on the trial of Nihilist Mirsky.
The NoToe Fie'nNd of st. Petersburg, states that
the governor of that city has ordered every
householder to display a red lamp before his
door nightly, bearing the number of the house.
The Well-informed st. Petersburg correspondent
OF the National Zeitu'lg says he thinks that the
Russian imperial council which was to have
been held yesterday, under the presidency OF
Emperor, was summoned not so much to con-
slider the question of peace or war, but as how
best to retire from the present diplomatic atti-
tude of aggression. new war would produce
an explosion calculated to Shatter the whole
organism OF the state. The last war proved that
foreign enterprises do not remove the peril in
VOWED In the passive opposition of society to the
present system OF government. A peril greater
than the desperate conspiracies of the Nihilists.