Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-16
RISE OF THE LIONS NAME
EGYPT AND THE ISLAND OF THA-
SO TO BE SEIZED.

A Sufficient Force to be Collected at
Alexandria to Cope With All Opposi-
uon-A Coating Station Already Es-
tablished at haso-Russia's Pledge
to Austria and Germany.
LONDON, Sept. 15.--A dispatch from
Vienna to the Times says that Count Kali
noky, the Austrian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, has returned to Vienna from
Gastein furnished with the rudiments of
an entente cordiale between the three
Emperors on the Bulgarian question, at
least 80 far as the immediate future is
concerned. Russia" the dispatch says,
''recognizes the European character of
the Bulgarian question while laying
stress upon her special interests in Bull
garia."
The Morning Post says: Germany has
asked Russia for a pledge that she will
not interfere in Bulgaria nor increase the
irritation in the Balkans. Russia stipu-
lates if such pledge be given that Ger
many and Austria shall not sanction the
reelection OF Prince Alexander to the
Bulgarian throne by the powers"
The railway service between Adriano-
pie and Sofia has been resumed.
The idea of having conference of the
Bulgarian question is ripening.
The Bulgarian government has sent
note to the authorities at COnstantinOple
demanding the recall of Mgr. Clement,
Metropolitan of Tirnova. who was at the
head of the revolutionary government.
The German army will soon be provided
with magazine rifles carrying ten car
tridges.
ENGLAND IMPROVING HER CHANCES.
CoNSTANTINOPLE, Sept. l5.-The Brit
lsh are establishing cOaling station al
ThasO, on the northeast shore of the Is
land of ThaSo. The Island is in the
Egean Sea, off the south coast OF ROumelia
and belongs in great part to the Khedive.
The island has, however, for some time
enjoyed certain autonomic privileges.
Besides establishing coaling station at
the village of ThasO, the British
are giving other Indications
| OF an intention to govern the
whole island. Said Pasha, the Turkish
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has tele-
graphed instructions to Rustem Pasha,
the Turkish Ambassador 10 England, to
ask Lord Iddesleigb, the British Foreign
Minister, whether or not it is true ENG
| land Is chartoTing steamers and making
other provisions against contingencies,
and il so what are Eugland's reasons for
this activity If it is in direction in
which Turkey has an interest"
EGYPT TO BE SEIZED.
PARIS, Sept. 15.-La Republique Fran
| caise publishes telegram from London
which states that ENG land meditates a
grand coup d'etat and VIII probably pro-
claim Egypt a British possession" "She
will, however - adds the paper, ''dO moth
| ing until she has a sufficient force al
Alexandria,"
RUSSIA CALLS BACK AN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
VIENNA, Sept. 15.-Die Political Cor
respondence says that Gen. Baron Kaul-
bars, military attache of the Russian En-
bassY at Vienna, who was summoned
from Galicia, while attending the Aus
trian manGuvres, TO BTest-LitOvski, Po-
land, by the Car last week, has been ap-
pointed Russian Diplomatic Agent at
Soda. II so, the appointment must be
considered significant, as NJ. Kaulbars is
admittedly the best informed foreigner
living concerning the military affairs Of
Austria.
Dispatches from Brest-Litovski say
that the Russian military manguvres
which have been attended by the CZar
there have been concluded. the closing
drill having been grand march, by all
the troops, past the Gear.
Specialists declare that the new Man
chester repeating rifle, now being made
for the Austrian army, is the most perfect
ever invented. 1t fires forty rounds a
minute. To-day's edition OF the Extra
Blatt was seized for publishing descrip-
tIon of the mechanism of the breech OF
the new rifle.
KAULBARS UNPOPULAR IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, Sept. 16.-The appointment of
Gen. kaulbars as Russian agent at Sofia
is not regarded with favor here. Die
Tageblatt says that Gen. Kaulbars is a
brutal Muscovte, whose doings when
Russian Minister OF War in Bulgaria
soon caused Prince Alexander to dispense
with his services.
THE ROAD TO RECONCILIATION.
SOFIA, Sept. 15.-B shop Clement Is Of
the opinion that the best way tu put an
end to the deadlock is by effectiDg a re-
Cancellation between Prince Alexander
and the Gar.