, 1888-07-08


copyrighted, 1883, by n. Y. Associated Press.
BERLIN, July THE ear has asked,
In AT autograph letter to Emperor Viii.
liam, that Prince Bismarck accompany
the emperor to st. Petersburg, where Nj.
De Giers will formally present a proposal
Tor a nominal Russian protectorate in Bul.
garia. The proposal does not involve the
occupation OF the country by Russia. A
candidate for the Bulgarian throne is to
be appointed by an ambasordate confer.
ence to be held at Vienna or Constantine
pie. 1t these terms are accepted the czar
Will order the army corps mastering on
the Austrian and German frontiers back
into the interior.
Prince Bismarck, at a cabinet meeting
yesterday, stated these proposals and said
he believed they offered a chance for a
peaceful solution of the question and that
he intended to respond by going to St.
Petersburg if the Austrian government
conceded in his views. Doubt is ex
pressed as to whether Austria will .con-
sent.
A Warsaw paper, the acknowledged
organ of Gen. Ghourko, asserts that the
national party, with whom the car must
reckon, is determined to reap the fullest
results for the blood and money expended
In Turkey. In the same article the Poles
of Posen and Galacia are exhorted to rally
around Russia in the approaching war
with Germany.
The doctors report on the malady of
Emperor Frederick will be published on
Tuesday next. The report deals strictly
with the nature of the disease, and con
tains separate special reports signed by
Professors Bardelben, Bergman, Ger
hardt, Kussmaul, Schretter and Schmidt.
Neither Mackenzie nor Howell signs the
report. Mackenzie will issue a separate
report with a statement from the Austri-
an professor, Billroth, defending Mac
kenzle treatment.
The emperor in accepting the %resigna
ton of Gen. Won Caprivi, conferred upon
him the Grand Cross OF the Red Eagle,
and assigned him to the command of an
army corps at the autumn maneuvres. The
emperor appears to attach the utmost i'm
portance to these measures. 1t is his in
tention to further develop the cavalry
service. He is also experimenting with.a
view to the employment of pioneers for
both the construction and destruction Of
railways, bridges and tunnels. His energy
has viviied every department of military
service. The manoeuvers will be of excep-
tional interest, representing the latest de
velopments in the art OF killing. The
firing is to be under electric light, applied
in various ways now bringing into tull view
attacked and again attacking forces.
A statement printed in the Paris Non.
Uekie ReUue on an alliance between Ger
many and Belgium is reproduced in the
papers here. While the statement is be-
lieved to be true in substance, it is consid-
cred inaccurate in detail. No treaty has
been concluded between Germany and
Belgium, but it is known that Prince Bis.
marck has written a contract with King
Leopold under which, in the event of war
with France, German troops will be al
lowed to pass over Belgian territory. If
France should be conquered, Belgium is
to be permitted to annex the French de-
partments of Pas. de Clais, Somme, Aisne
and Ardenne.
The South Pole expedition, planned
several years ago by DIR. Noumerier of
the Marine observatory at Hamburg, is
likely to start in the spring. The Impe-
rial government has been asked to defray
part Of the expenses. Emperor William
has favored this request, and has referred
the question to a committee Of the ad-
miraltv.