Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-25

spected. His inornate speeches are
more telling than those Of any other
man, his administration IL masterly
and apparently without the slightest
effort, he holds large, restless, j'oing
party In hand like well-broken team.
One can praise NJ. Tisza without dis
paraging the young leader Of the Hun
gsrian Conservative party. Count Al
bert Apponyi is the greatest orator in
his country, and he would take rank
among the leading statesmen Of any
country, though he is not vet forty
years old. Tall, fair, VII blonde
beard, q pink complexion, and clear
blue eyes, his face is Of Saxon, and
not the Magyar typo.
From Hungary we may pass back 70
Astria, from NJ. Tisza to Count Taiiie'
who has been Prime Minister in the
Cisleithan monarchy since 1879. Count
Taaf.e is an Irish peer, whose family
have been settled in Austria since the
deposition Of the Stusrts. He is by
far the most influential parsonage in
the empire, for the Emperor has the
strongest affection for him, treats him
en- camarade, and takes his advice in
all things. He is short, stoutish
man, with q rather Italian head, long.
straight, black hair, skipping sort OF
walk, twinklipg eyes, and Raoslai.
sian mouth, brosdened by continual
smiling and laughter. Taaffe is not
very learned, for he speaks no language
we'll except German, and seems to care
very little about what goes on in for
eien countries. His business now is TO
govern Austria and manage the Reichs-
rath, and he confines himself to that.
The National party in Bulgaria is
headed by NJ. Petko Karavelof. Ten
years ago this NJ. Karaveloff was a
shaggy-lookipg, slovenly young pro-
fessor at Moscow. lie taught history
and geography in one Of the public
schools and gave lessons in private
families; and this was only part
of his work, for his principal
business was to correspond as
q Panslavist agent with insurrec-
tionary committees in East Roumelia'
The village Of Kopritcbititzs, in which
he was born, was that where the Rou-
meliot instruction of 1876 broke out.
Two years after this Bulgaria was
emancipsted and had constitution.
In 1879 NJ. Karaveloff was elected to
the Sobranje as Radical ; in 1880 he
became Cabinet Minister {; in 1881
Prince Alexander abolished the con-
stitution, and NJ. KsrsveloR had to fly
to Philippopolis. However, Prince
Alexander's Russian enemies raised a
virtuous shrek at his arbitrary act
(after having privily instigated him to
perpetrate it,, and they promoted so
much agitation that the constitution
had to be restored. Then M. Kara
yelofr returned in triumph from Philip
popolis, upset the Zankoff Ministry,
and became Prime Minister in his turn.
Up to then NJ. Zankof had been thu
persistent foe of Russian domination ia
Bulgaria, while NJ. karaveloff had
been forputti1g the country completely
under the Russian yoke. Coming
into Office, NJ. Karaveloff altered his
mind, and NJ. ZankOff did the same,
zach doDning the others discarded
opinions. At Philippopolis NJ. Kara
velofr had conspired with the Russians
against Prince Alexander. Installed as
Prime Minister at Sofia, he con-
spired, not with the Prince, but for
him, against the Russians. The result
ives the revolution of September,
1885, at PhilippopOlis; and a further
result has been that NJ. Zankoif, the
whilom Russophobe, is now the active
chief OF Russophile party, which is
trying to undo the work Of that revo-
luton. How all this will end is an
other Of those secrets appertaining to
the ultimate solution of the Eastern
question.