, 1879-05-27

FrBlc9flUH-61 Thlk& fsbonE thB HHtHF8 OF
Bulgaria, and Intends 10 Keep to the Treaty
OF lttrttn.
D1rmsfadf cnrresponfsnrt Coloons 7asstts.
have had the honor OF being received by tho
future ruler OF Bulgaria In tic politcst and
most atnIcablc manner Prince BattctbcrG-for
~ wo nA,,st still Tor The present call hn,--ex-
ctlsel himself for not having been at|e 10 grant
u,r request for All Interview on the t7st laY
after his arrival in parnlstadt, owing to the ox-
traorlinary c1atns made upon lls time. IT.
decd, at first R'nncn could perceive that, along
with the new dignity Of Prince, tho labors OF :.
government hal already como upon tic sov.
crclgn.cleet Of Bulgaria. The prlncc's drawing
room was not unlike M ollie, for everywhere
largo masses of correspondence, apparently cor.
Rratu1ationa, requests for posts In the new
rrincipaity, and 80 on, were lying about. The
] Irnce freely confessed that II sad not hitherto
baen posslbe for HIN to luok at theso nasscs Of
| paper, md, considering thc quantity OF the mn
| tcrta!, that appeared very intoiltgiblc. "Your
liighness," ss,d to The Prince, after had Sot'-
| graduated him on hle election, "for norc than
that you, and none 0ther, would bc called to oc-
| cupy liz throne Of Dulgasia. doubt not That
you yourself favc long since buen perfectly
esa' ot e T pusslss Hs'f nMn m"ld a sG a "0 ' s0e0
"Thcrc,'' replied tho Prince, "yol arc very
grcatly In error. III ile frat placc, laYe never
canyasscu for thu Bulgarian Crown unl. sec-
tiou6t as to wlether the cl,oEco would fall upon
tne, and / was csuecislly SURPRISED to 1nt tllAt
had been elected unanimously. Whon I made
the Balkan campaign nlonH viii. the Russian
army Il was osly vague newspaper reports that
reached my ear.. TlIcY spoke Of my
cuntitature, but It was oniY later that
I had a, scnlt-otl|clal conversation on tho
subject haze p9 eyon ,ans up to tie pressnt
confidently tllnt nothing will occur Of nature
which will induce nc to decline IT," then tn-
quired Of the Prince wEautller tho bulgarian dep
would BE- received by him here iu Darmstadt,
mud whether he would Immediately aftesward
lcayo for Bulgnria. flercupon tho Prince replictl
to The following effect: .'Illc Emperor Of Rus
efn has cauHed to be made known to me Ills d.
| sire to have an interview With mic in LtVadfa be-
ftre my departure for Bulgaria. ! consider my.
sell under the necessity Of acredtng to thaa Wlah
In the trst plaza because u.s. L. entertain yery
| At,dcr, ind In the next place because tile Car Ii
to hc regarded as tho creator Of tho new State
Of Bulgaria, for without him Il would tnoat eer-
talhly never have been cstaht'shed. l shall ac-
cordlng,y leave Tomorrow for Ltvalia haye
telcgraphcti to Tlrnoya requesting the depusa-
t1on to defer their departure III the meantime.
From LlYa1in shall come back again 10 Ter
md where eau receive them. Whether tllat
will be In Derllnor Dar1nssadt ! do not myself
yc. know"
the Prince, "shat your HIghncas tntvnds to
accept the Government Of Bulgaria only OIL
'ntS ,-,..n....- 49,
can ascend tho Bulgarian throne only with tic
assent Of the FoWcrs, 1t appears to me matter
| Of course tll!t must accept the peace agreed
upon by tho Powers fully a,nl without resefya-
the interest ot Bulgaria itself, TO employ all our
strength upon its intcrnal constellation"
ltlen yentured to call the Prinss's attention
to tho tact tllut tho East Roumcllan' question
thut other complications arising out OF this
question seemed hY 10 tucans excluded, the 1css
50 as, according to private information | had
had, affairs IN Coostan1iuople, unio,tunately'
pafed fof surprises Of tile most varied character
, from that quarter. pointed especially to The
fact tint the Sultan wae not By my alcana living
rs tremendously as could be desired With lila
, Cabinet. The Prince replied tint ho could only
deal with circumstances as they were, ind tl,at
he. too, had no belief In radical change. Tlle
Russians, tlus hu knew, would havu evacuated
Bulgaria By Aug. 8, and then evcrvthiuE elst
would bo carricl out ~ accordance with the
Treaty Ut Berlin. II Disturbances or revolution:
should occur in Constnntnople, then Ee {tlt
l,t'uec) would be sorry, especially on account o
, further called the Psince's attention to tlls
! internal affairs Of Bulgaria, nnd expressed my
: Wow, founded on my experience OF the country
. / H1tu lta HlIRullAnk& uuIuIE Luc "dsa t!iAL 0ul
garia conld not possibly bo governed By plil
!, garian officials only, iras1nuch as suitable per
J, sons were almost cntircly wanting. ~ know.
saiti tho Prince, :" that tttis View has coust I'll,
! bocn put forward in tile Cologne 1azette. dt
I not conceal from myself thu tac. that tile ques
: tiun is VERY difficult one, hut l,avo not 80
h,ae up MY mind ,yself on this point, and can
y nut give YOU any Information upon 1t. Onl
. whom am on Tho spot shall be able to entc
mora particularly Into tl!e matter. 1t 10 nccss
sary tlret to mako onc's SELF acquainted With til
state of, afraiss as thu, shall nppeartn tine
). peace, whereas |, we'll as You, knuw the coun
y try only as 1t wns In war;
Finally, asked thu Prince whether ho hn
glycn up his connection with tlc pruasian artnJ
It III replied that ho sllould not do tat bufore h
j. Ind officially accepted the Bulgarian Crowr
q Ilo thought, however. only with regret 4
O separating Himself from the Prlssian mllttar
It service. lie Wns yesterday in Wtesbadon, a.
It. llul tl,cre had o conversation with tho Enperc
10 Wilhelm. uc spoke ot Tie old monarch in Z,
d presslons OF the deepest reyercnce md II
IS pcatcdly mentioned how much lie felt houorp
il nnu rejotccd oy the kind reception anl srmpl
e th1t!c congratulations OF tho Emperor,
JOHN BRIGHT.