The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-04

overthrow Of the conspiracy which forced
his abdication. It is expected that he
will return and resume the Bulgarian
throne. The British under secretary of
foreign affairs stated in Parliament last
week that the supporters of the prince
were in possession of the government at
Sofia, and that the powers have invited
Alexander to return. At the latest ad-
vices Alexander was on his way to the
capital to resume his throne. A civil war
in Bulgaria is one of the possibilities of
the near future. The Russian author
tiles disevow any connection with, or re-
sponsibility for, the recent movement in
Bulgaria for the deposition of Prince
Alexander.
The remodeled Bulgarian cabinet is
anti-Russian in it's sympathiee. A we'll
informed London correspondent tele-
graphs on Monday: 81 learn that it is
believed to be certain that the pressure
Of Germany, Austria and England has
gained Turkey over once more, and that
the Porte will authorize Alexander, as a
tributary prince, to enter Macedonia,
subdue it, and incorporate it as part of
his dominions held under the Porte, with
the view of an eventual kingdom of Bull.
garia. Against this plan is set the prac-
tical certainty that Russia will attempt
to occupy Bulgaria, when she will be re-
sisted by Austria, Turkey, Roumania,
Bulgaria and Servia. This will enable
Germany to hold aloof, keep France in
awe, and satisfy the Kaiser, whose scru-
pies have long delayed collision be-
tween the Teuton and the Muscovite
My informant lays great stress upon the
strength and sufficiency of these scru-
pies, but believes that the Kaiser, in
great wrath at the practical indignity
offered to Prince Alexander, has consent
ed to let the Austrians and Turks under
take the task of chastisement."
In the British House of Commons,
last week, the discussion o. the Queens
address was continued. Mr.. Parnell spoke
at length in the House of Commons on
the address in reply to the Queens
speech. He said that he and his follow
ers had every reason to be satisfied with
the present outlook, and that "the Irish
will never submit to government not
their own" Mr.. Gladstone also made
an eloquent speech reaffirming his devo-
ton to the Home rule idea. Joseph
Chamberlain, the radical Liberal q Mon
list, announced in powerful speech that
he should do nothing to defeat the pres
emit Tory ministry so long as it was evil
dent that the result would be to place in
power "separatist" administration. The
vote shows that the Tory and 'Unionist"
anti-home rule alliance is firmly cement
ed, and can not, at least for the present,
be overthrown. The debate closed Sat-
urday, after voting supplies. Parliament
will probably be prorogued till Febru-
airy, 1887.
BY the breaking Of an embankment
of the river Irrawaddy, at Mandalay, the
capital of Burmah, large portion of that
city was submerged to the depth of from
four to twenty feet, $4,000 people having
been driven cut of their homes.
Henry Ward Beecher preached in
Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.
The English Cabinet held long dis
cussion upon the action of the Liberal
Unionists. Sir Vernon Harcourt's speech
in the Commons revealed the incompati-
bility of the policy enunciated by the
Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Randolph
Churchill with the ideas held by Mr..
Cham berlain and Lord Harrington, who,
in addition, use Earl Carnarvon's argu-
ment that local government suitable for
England would be useless for Ireland,
having startled the conservatives. 1t is
claimed that the liberal Unioniets are
thoroughly dissatisfied with Lord Church
ills Irish land scheme, and they intend
to call upon him to explain his re.
cent utterances. The rupture between
! France and the Vatican is still unheal-
ed. Grave apprehensions are enter
tanned in Belfast that the Catholic and
Orange factions of Belfast will have an
other bloody battle. Troops are being
called from every part of Ireland to Bel
fast to prevent disorder. The cholera re-
turns at Rome show that the disease is on
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