Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-11
A DECEPTIVE CALM.
Assurances of Peace Between Austria
and Russia Unimp0rtant.
Balance OF Power in the Balkan Pen.
insula Under Negotiation.
Russia Moving to Regain Her Influence
in Bulgaria.
The Force OF Russian Soldiers Assem-.
bled on the Frontier.
PrecariOus Condition Of Emperor vii.
liam's Health.

fetal and diplomatic circles know to be de
ceptive prevails for the moment. The Aus
trian and Russian Governments have ex
changed assurances OF peace, aspirations
to which nobody attaches the slightest i'm
portance. The only actual change in the
situation tending toward peace is the act
i've resumption OF negotiations between
Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Foreign Am
bassador, and Prince Lobanoff, the Rus.
sian Ambassador at Vienna. for settle.
ment OF the balance OF power in the Balkan
Peninsula. Negotiations are expected by
both sides to end in the exact definition Ol
the respective demands, such as heretofore
has not existed, and from which may be
obtaised valid excuse for war. Accord
ing to semi-official dispatches received
from Vienna tonight, Prince Lobanoff has
opened the diplomatic campaign by pro-
posing as the first step toward an entente
the removal of Prince Ferdinand from the
throne OF Bulgaria under joint mandate
OF the powers, the election OF a new prince
by a new Sobranje, and the reappointment
of Russian officers to the Bulgarian army.
THE PROPOSAL SPECIFIES
that the new prince must be member Of
the Orthodox Greek Church and the So
branje so elected as to enable Russia to
recognize it as being legally constituted.
In the meantime the foreign office here
holds aloof from the negotiations which
are recognized as feelers of Russia toward
other demands. The Cars minist ers al
ready know that Count Kalnoky will not
admit that the Berlin treaty gives Russia
a special right to interfere in Bulgaria.
They know also that it is impossible to OBJ
tain from the powers a Joint mandate.
Baff1ed on these points, Russia will raise a
new question on the Austrian retention OF
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Provinces
were occupied under q purely temporary
title, but are now practically annexed.
Austria will he called upon to evacuate
them, and it is proba BILE that the question
OF their future administra tion will be refer
red to conference OF the powers.
RUSSIA s FRONTIER FORCE.
The total force OF Russian soldiers in the
Warsaw, wilma and Kieff districts, accord
ing to military estimate, reaches 1926, 900
men, with 72O guns. The cavalry regi-
ments stationed Immediately on the |
frontier are being supplied with rations on
the same scale as during an actual cam
paign. Everything points to the conclu |
sion that the Gar means to enforce his |
terms, if not by diplomacy, by war. The
attitude of England in event of hostilities
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is known to the Berlin foreign office.
THE RUMoRs DENIED.
Rumors that Emperor William was
seriously i'll and bad been attacked with
fainting fits were current yesterday. These
rumors have received an emphatic denial
from Office IS doing business at the palace.
TIE Empe ,r's cod is attended with slight |
pains in t! Z back and the abdomen. Ply
siciana today declare they do not regard
them as anything serious. but they insist
opnn his resting more.
CONFLICTS WITH POLICE.
GALWAY, January 7. - Immediately
after the decision in Mr.. Bluut's rase he
" as conveyed to JAIL followed by large
crowd, whom the police attempted to
q void by ruse. This proved futile, and
~ conflict occurred between the crowd and
police. during which swords and batous
were used Several persons were injured.
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, member OF Parliament,
and several other gentlemen arrived at
Ballinasloe to-day. They were met by
q 900 people. 1t was proposed to
hold a meeting but quarrel arose about
the admission OF Government reporters
and he proposed meeting was abandoned.
Mr.. Shaw Lefevre was presented with an
address, in response to which he protes ed
81 glinst the imprisonment OF Mr.. Wilfred
Blunt, and eulogized the efforts made in the
rause of Irish freedom.
ARRESTED FOR SEDlrlON
DUBLIN, January Z. William John
Lane, member OF Parliament for the East
Division OF Cork, has been arrested on a
charge OF making seditious speech at
Watergrass Hill on December 4. He was
to bail.
FoRt IGN NOTES.
ST.. PETERSBURG. January Z. - Lord
Churchill and Lady Churchill
dined with the Governor OF Moscow this
evening.
ROME, January 7.-Advices from Mas
sowah state that Generals Gene and
Cogni have advanced their fortified posts to
q point near Dogali.
DIsMIssING TIME-ExPIRED MEN.
BERLIN, January THE st. Petersburg
of the Cologne Gazette tele-
pra pbs that an order has been issued for
ne dismissal before the usual period Of the
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