, 1880-04-21

denryfEllot. 1t was Just at the time, when 4
MIR, Gladstone, in his first tour toScotlahd, !
made his FIRST attack upon Austria. The &
Emperors remark was In no. way very i
bitter -" Mr. Gladstone is. against Aus. j,
tria; well, | trust it will make no altera-, +
ton in the friendly relations between the
two countries" Not q word more passed
on the subject between His Majesty and
the British Ambassador, and the remark
was considered by Sir Henry Elliot, I'M
common with all such casual remarks !
exchanged on such occasions, of SO little
Importance that he. did not deem it worth
while to report it to bis own Government.
1t seems, however, that in the crowded
room the remark was half overheard, and
in the Wiener Tag6latt, ifIrightly remem-
Der, it was represented that His Majesty
had expressed a hope that at the coming
elections the present Government would
have the majority. There were few people
here who paid any attention to the state
ment, but it seems to have found it's way
III an enlarged and distorted form into
some English papers; so that Mr.. Glad
stone thought himself justified in accusing
the Emperor. who, besides being a Sove-
reign, IS a thorough gentleman, of having
called Mr.. Gladstone the names he quotes.
Even q stump orator i'll the excitement of
electioneering would, it is thought in this
country, have hesitated to attribute such
expressions to a foreign Sovereign, ever in
the way Of a bad joke"
In Russia, trials and executions of Nihilists
are still going forward. The Russian Press
was very Sore on the subject of Hart
mann's release By the French Government.
1t was reported that Hartmann had con-
teSscd in London that he was concerned in
the Moscow explosion; but even il he
made such a confession, it is regarded as
OF little value, as it might be merely a ruse
to put the Russian police off the Real track.
1t was reported that the Chinese ambassador
to st. Petersburg who signed the treaty in
regard to Kuldja had been sentenced to
be beheaded, and there are various
rumours pointing in the direction of 8
possible encounter between Russia and
China in Central Asia. If this is likely,
the Russian Government has double rea@
son for rejoicing that Lord .Bevconsfield
is pushed aside.
The Times sa IS that, according to the
GOlos, fears are enteltGined for the safety
of the Russian explorer Prejevalsky. It
is stated that the German Embassy at
Pekin has received o letter from the Hun
garian Count who followed the Russian
expedition to Tibet, saying that he in
tended to return, not wishing to share the
same fate as befell Colonel Pr~ejevalsky
whatever that may be. Disquieting
rumour also come from Russian Turkestan
as to the travellers safety. One guido of
the expedition, returning from Tchardini,
reports that while he was search.
ing for a road which had been lost,
P~rejevalsky and his comrades disappeared,
and he was obliged to turn back.
The Swedish Arctic ship Vega put into
Falmouth on the .25th ult., and Profes.
sor Nordenskj0ld at once took train and
proceeded to London. The following
morning Connt Piper, the Swedish Am.
bassader, and Mr.. Richter and Mr.. Kirse.
bonn, the Swedish Consul General and
Vice. Consul, who had been staying at the
Pier Hotel, Southsea, left for London to
receive the Professor, who during his stay
in London will be the guest of Mr.. Gle.
ments Markham.
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