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The MaripOsa's Mail.
THE ROUMELIAN REBELLION.
News Ofthe Situation up 10 latest
Dates.


Pasha, the new Turkish Minister of /
Foreign Affairs, who was until recently
Turkish ambassador to Germany, be-
fore leaving had an interview with Prince
Bismarck, and obtained from him an
assurance OF Germany's support in the
settlement of the Bulgarian difficulty
The Roumelian and Bulgarian Parlia-
ments have sent kilograms and addresses
to the Gar of Russia, entreating him TO
protect the union. Servia is actively ne
gotiating with Roumania and Greece,
with view of taking common action
against the extension Of the Bulgarian
dominion. King Milan Of Servia will 90
to Nissa Immediately to assume the chief
command of the army. General PopO-
With, the Kings Chief of staff, with
% 900 troops, is ready to cross the
frontier. All the Powers have agreed
that the Roumelian conference shall be
held at Pera.
The Bulgarian Government has pur-
chased the Rustchuck and Varna rail
road for e. $50 900.
that recent events in Bulgaria threaten
Servian interests, and, as a safeguard,
she asks the support of the Powers. At
a meeting of students at Belgrade, those
present decided to volunteer for service
in the army. The first and second
classes of the reserves have been ordered
to be formed into an army corps.
Advices from Bucharest report that
fighting occurred near Adrianople, and
that during the engagement thirty
Roumelians were killed and three
hundred wounded The Russian Com
mandant of the arsenal at Rustchuck
recently permitted a ship laden with
arms and ammunition to sail from that
port, ostensibly to Antwerp, but really
to Bourgas.
The Pope has consented to act as
mediator in the Roumelian difficulty in
the event that direct negotiations be-
/ tween the Powers interested should prove
resultless.
/ A Bulgarian revolutionary committee
has been discovered at Adrianople.
Four arrests have been made.
Major Trotter, a military attache OF
! the British Legation at Constantinople,
and MIR. Fawcett, the English Consul
General, have returned from Roumelia.
On their arrival at Philippopolis they
were arrested After having an inter-
view with Prince Alexander, they were
blindfolded, escorted to the frontier and
left in an open field at nightfall in a
carriage They wandered about for sew
of a pasha, who treated them well and
forwarded them to Constantinople.
a FINANCIAL CRASH FEARED.
A terrible panic has prevailed on the
Bourse, at Constantinople, for the last
few days, and fears are entertained of a
general crash. The people are recover
ing their heads, as it is becoming appar-
ent that this Bulgarian business was not
] started by Russia The Sultan has been
wavering between a diplomatic settle
ment and bloody war At one mo-
ment he would be for ordering an adj
vance without delay; the next he would
seek fresh counsel from the foreign
officers in the imperial service. Wander
/ goltz was summoned TO the palace on
! Thursday, and left under the impression
that his views prevailed, and that orders
would be sent that night to attack the
! Bulgarians. Three hours afterward a
change in the Ministry was announced.
PRINCE ALExANDER's ORDERS.
Prince Alexander has ordered the civil
and military authorities on the frontiers
of Bulgaria and Macedonia to maintain
/ order in their respective districts The
I populace on both sides of the Balkans
are very enthusiastic over the union be-
/ tween Bulgaria and Roumelia, and
! numbers of men have offered to enter
the volunteer service in support of the
union. Ladies are forming Red Cross
societies and making other preparations
for the care of sick and wounded soldiers,
in the event of hostilities being COM
menced.
THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE.
Prince Bismarck being opposed to a
formal conference of the Powers on the
Roumelian question, Lord Salisbury has
agreed that the scope of the proposed
meeting of ambassadors at CONSTANT
nOple be limited to an exchange of views
ON the question at issue, without any
formal voting, and without the drawing
up of any protocols. Lord Salisbury has
instructed the British Ministers at Bel
grade, Bucharest and Athens to urge the
respective Governments to which they
are accredited to refrain from action in
connection with the Roumelian revoIu-
ton NJ Waddington, in an interview
with Lord Salisbury, said that NJ De
Freycinet, the French Foreign Minister,
would cooperate in limiting the revolu-
ton to Roumelia.
PREPARATIONS.
The military authorities have taken
possession of the railways throughout
Servia, and ordinary travel has been
stopped. In addition to the reserves,
10000 of the Landwehr have been called
out for active service.
Indications point to active war prepar-
ations by the Porte Eighty battalions
of first-class reserves are being modified
in districts bordering on the Black sea,
at points which Will facilitate the trans