, 1879-05-27
PRINCE DATTENDERG.

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Ddrm*tddf cntrtfcondsnte Co!"pns 'dsths.
have had tho honor Of bct,g received By tho
future ruler Of Bulgaria. In tho polttcst and
,oost .mtcahln manner Prince nattcnl,ero-for
~, o ,,.t III, 1or ,,,,, ,,ro.ot All, t,t,,,
b%.ei for not t having % eees able to Grant
my rcqueat for all Interview on tic first day
oftcr his arriyal IN Uarmstatlt ow,nr to tho cx-
trnrr,,,nory r,oim, ,,,nt}o ,,ro,, lds .t,nr. II.
soc,, -. ~ - n,nmoo oo,,,d ne,no,vo I'm, otonc
With the new lEgnfty Of Prince, the 1abors OF
government l1ad already come uron tlIn suv-
creiuu elect Of Bulgaria. The pr.ucc's drawing
-,a,,, 49, ~, ,,ni,t" =, o,1,,. ~ ,ror,wh.re
largo masscs Of correspondence. apparently COLI
Rratnlatlons, requests for posts In the new
rrtncIpallky, auf1 so on, uerc lyng about. The
Prince frtc5v r,nfcescf, ,,,at IL hoi nat btthcrto
sonusa 1a. ,.,. ".a NV "
paper, ant. considering the Quantity OF t!ie ma.
tcrtaI, that appeared very intcltle1blc. "1onf
itighness," ehtd TO the Frinec, atter hnd ron
graduated him on big election, "ior q, more than
yehr uast ! hava foft pretty well CONVINCED
that yoi, a'd none gter, would 10 called to oc-
cupy t1st throne Of Bulgaria idoubt not Tint
sou yourself have long since duen perfectlv
clear in yoMr awn mind ueou whom tic clolca
~ tttS HOAiA
"I7,ctc,'' replied the Prince, "you arc very
greatly in error III sno nrst place. l'aye noyer
canvasaod for TIE bulgarian Crown; ansl, sEe-
ondly, up TO tllc last moment, WIS greatly 10
inc, and was especially surprised to flfd that
he'd been elected unanimously. When 1 made
the Balkan campaign nlonE With the RussEun
army Il, was only vague aewspaper reports that
reached my ear 1heJ hpoRe OF ny
eandtlnturc, but e Waa only Inter that
l u4U bEml-0HlGt&l EH1TEFaAAQn on TIC
subject. l nave not, cveh up TO tue present
tnoinont. aecepteu the erection, bnt believe
c9niuena!y nsl that NOTHING w! Occur OF nature
Ehish w 10, inaues me TO- aeelioe ~ H. H. Men H.
qn!reu ol the tr1nee "hcthef TIC Halgaftan dep"
utaaion which, i'ad btep announced from iIrnova
would be received oY MN here 10 DafEstadt.
niiu whct11sL M ne wonlu lianea,ate.y alfefWard
!eaTe 1or balEana; notenp9n ~ fflnce fep!ieu
20 the Io'loWthE eueet' 4Ae Emperor Q! H1a-
So has caused 70 be Glaue knoWn 10 me ais g.
sire to have an intervew WIN me 10 Liyadla BE-
ture NY departure lor b1igarla. eonsidcr my
eel na1aes TUG hecesslts OF ascGane 70 tats "tsh
deep porsonsl ycneration for tho Emperor Alex
sltlter, aud u inc hext place because te Czar Is
70 ne feRnrden as thc cFGator o. tne nav state
OF nulgar1a. lot Without 4lH1 y Woa!a lnost ter
tanly nsser nase peen eatan'sned. t sha'l &C.
telcgraphcd 70 iirnoSa requesting the deputa-
ton to defer their departure ~ the meantime.
troEH LiTauia spait eouie back again ~ tcr-
niah}, anu tnen o1, naoEm .ae aepMIttalloa ~hen
aiiu WHERE eau RECEIVE tnem: WAother tllat
will be tn Berlin or Dnr'nstadt DO not myseif
jet knoM."
:, nclscVe may assalne,u ncn opsotYea to
tic tFlhcct that your afel'hcsS Intends 10
accept nIo HoYernment o. bulgaria oniT OH
thc Sondttofs !aid down III the treaty OF ber-
Mnt"
"1nasmuch," :" replied Prince Battenberg,. "as
can aaccnu tI,c Du'garian throne only with tho
assent OF TIC toWcrs, II appears to me matter
of course that l must accept tic peaee agreed
upon oY TIC Powers lully at'1 without feseEYa-
ton: ! likc"lse consids. 1t as imperative. in
tho Interest Ut Bulgaria isaclf to employ all our
strength upon tts internal consolidation"
then Tantured to eali ti!e Priogs's attention
to thu tact tllat tile East Rou1nelan question
appeared, for the prcscnt at least, shelycd. but
tEiat otllcr complications arising out Of this
question seemed bF no means excluded, the less
90 as, according to private Information had
had. aila!ra III ConAtanttnoplc, unfortunately,
were BY no means settled, mud &c might be- pre-
pared tof surprises ot te most varied character
from that guaftor. pointed especially to the
TACT tl'at ti!r SULTAN was not by any mems living
"a liarn,oni0uslT as could bo dcstrod with his
Cabinet. Tho Prince replied that he could only
deal With circumstances as they were, atid that
ile. too had no brltef in radtcal change. The
Russians, tllat hu knew. would have evacuated
bulgaria by Ang. y, nl1t tlen everything else