Daily Republican., 1885-10-16
A Prospect Of War.
KING mILAN's EXPLANATION OF
HIs BELLIeERENT PREPARA.
TIORs-A A COMPLAIAT
GREECE.

King Milan of Servia has isaued Q noa
ficstion TO the Powers that 1t fs his IN
teutiop to take personal command OF the
operations for the extension OF his terri
tory, Advanced parties of the Serv ians
are entrenchirg themselves on the Bul.
Raria frontier.
The mobili z alton OF the Serviau army
is comp, ,ete, and everything 10 IN reaoi-
ness for q formal declaration OF war.
Tne Powers have delegated to Austria
/ the task of restraining King Milan,
who has already declared that he must
either fight against the union v, nul-
gsria aud Roumelia vr abdisate his
throne. The special Bulgarian envoy
TO LORD salisbury is reported to have
declared that Servia does not intend to
directlS attack Bulgaria, but that the
present movement Is blind to conceal
/! . sudden assault upon Turkey.
AS the DO wers are believed to have
: prr,.,,,,,,- s.reed to the Bulgarian
uuion it would profit King Milan moth.
ling to provoke a fight in that directioni
but If he attacks Turkey, he may have
the assistance at once Of Greece. THIS
conjunction is 81 apparent that the SUP
lime Porte has issued circular 70 tne
Powe-s, stating that the armament vi
Greece is a menace to the pea6s OF Eo
rope.
1t is also said that the powers have
sent Prince Alexander OF Bulgaria o
ne, GIN ptory Communication requiring
ihe In, mediate recall of the Bulgarian
FOODS from ELS, Roumelia. Prince
Alexander's reply to this 'enahu Is
awaited with az xiety. Confidence is
expressed that he will give way, iu
! ,In % th ha hnr r,ala naaon nf anIInn
in opposition to the will of the com bined
powers, but anarchy and revolution are
Threatened.
HALL Boy, the Turkish envoy to Ser
via telegraphs the Porte that he 10 sat
isfied with the explanations Of the Ser
| Wan Premier in regard to the arma
ment of Servia, which is interpreted to
mean that the Premier has limited that
the army may be turned in the direction
of Bulgaria.
| As an outcome of the conference at
lConstsntinop!e, the powers have sent q
note to Prince Alexander at Sofia, urg'
ing him TO pacify Roum1is aud warn
ling him that otherwise he will run the
risk of losing the union. In any event
he must recognize the suzsrainty OF the
Sultan.
\ ENGLAND READY TO ANNEX BURMAH
TO INDIA.
LONDON, Oct. 15.-The trouble be.
Tween Burmah and the Government of
India will, probably, Lead to the an
lnexation of the former 70 India. The
lmatter was seriously discussed in the
Indian office to day. 1t is generally
believed that q sufficient force will be
lsent to Mandalay to depose King Thee
tbaw and annex the country to India, in
fn nliCQttnn
whenever the King of Burmah wants
to raise money to give great feast. A
. despatch from Mandalay says that M
Haas, the French consul, il ill and will
return to France tomorrow. He re'
Gently secured valuable concessions
from King Theebaw for the Fren Oh
com pany, and it Is alleged that his in
trigues at the Burmese court were the
cause of that Governments arbitrary
: action in the case of the Bombay and
Burmah corporation which has result
: ed in the present troubles between Bur
nah aud the Government of India.
PROGRESS oE THE CHOLERA.
II LONDON, Oct. 15-There were fifty
, one new cases of cholera and thirty five
) deaths from the disease reported yester-
t lday in Palermo. During yesterday I'll
, tnew cases OF cholera and 104deaths from
the disease were reported throughout
5 Spain. Sixteen deaths from cholera oc-
Cured at Tunis during the past
} fortnight. Nine hundred Mecca
, pilgrims are expected to arrive
l to morrow. They will have to undergo
o a five days quarantine before they en-
= ter the city.
SHIPMENTS OF INDIAN WHEAT.
:. LONDON, Oct. 15.-The fall of ex'
chs nges and the low price of silver are
stimulating expectation OF wheat from
> India Enormous shipments are pend
!. ing. Vessels have already been charter
. ed for the shipment of 100000 tons be
= fore January.
AN EARTHQUAKE AT PALERMO.
PALERMO, Oct. ia heavy shock o
Earthquake was fels here this morning.
/ The disturbance caused three story
q house to fall, burying its occupants be
meath tha Debris. Eight corpses have
been recovered from the ruins.