New-York tribune., 1888-08-26

Order of the Garter in Great Britain lie VII H i
| ,s-s ne Chief OF the Police OF the Empire In sue
cession TO the i-fatcd General Miezentsen wno
was murdered in bread daylight by tnae fao n
Nibilist leader who has acquired so much iaiac ii
| thc literary world under the pseudonym OF ou;np
MAX Three months later that is in the spring
Of s79 General Drcntelns own iie was IN n
| gictng an unimDortant wound on tIe utrra" gno
ard was subsequently hanged Tor tne o.enIe m .,'s
ia,n f;overnor-Ciencral was warmly interested IN
| the Panslavist movement and made no sccre5s %
his ultra Russiansm ana OF ms intense t,red soi ~
| especially il IL were German THIS is nardV W.
tonshing when it is borne in mind that ne l spcnS
| n considerable portion of his life in the secoIu
rerjn,cnt OF foot guards in which Germany IS heiu
mn to the oboquy and contempteof both the Officers
! and men in curious and but little known maliher
| The subalern officers OF the regiment wear az al
| times when on duty, kind of silver collar pia'o
| round their neck which bears small inscrlptlon
relative TO the bravery displayed by the reg!mehe
| I'm question at the disastrous battle OF Aarya On
| their promotion to the rank OF lieutenant-coonel
and colonel however, they are no longer perm,es1
to wear the collar. the absence OF when Is destneu
! to commemorate the alleged fact that tho Dattie
in question was lost solely by the cowardce OF the
! rcgimental commanders who were an Oh theh oef
| man officers imported by Peter the Grcat
One OF tn, most remarkable features OF the pro-
| cess.,n was constituted by the various groups OF
foreign delegates. The Austrian deputation con-
sisted of about dozen members Of the Imperial
| iSclcHSrdln Il VI Austii"h 'i"' >N~Ar~ ~
the Orthodox rite. and some twenty editors OF
more or less important papers notorious for their
| antaponsm to the Hapsburg dynasty. The dele
| CATION was under the leadership OF the notorious
| Dr. Xyny. who about a year ago was expelled from
| the Rcichsrath and indicted for high treason aD
Vienna, for his propaganda against his Govern
| nent among The Slav races IN Bohemia Dr IiYny
| is at the present moment outawed by the Austrian
authorities and has taken uD his residence at Mos
| cow Bishop StrOssmeycr. the demagcgue Bishop
of Dakoyar. was to have figured among the dele
| cation. But ut the very last moment when 1usb
about to start for Kef he suddenly received strict
| orders from Vienna not TO absent himself from his
diocese. This. however. did not prevent him from
sending a most extraordinary ttleeiaphlc dlspatcp
| ta VI. Pobiedorotsow. in which he prayed Coo 10
| bless Russia and to help her in all things and IN
particular to attain speedy fulhlment OF the great
| political mission imposed upon her by Providence
| This dispatch reached kicff during the banquct 10
the foreign delegates and was read aloud by Cen
eral Icnatcff i'm the course Of his aggressive speech
The utmost indGnation has been caused throughouI
Austro-Iiuncary by the telegram in question. ana
it is probable that the Bshon Iwho is an honorary
member OF the st. Petersburg R:ns!avist Commit
| tee. will he deprived of his see
The Bulgarian dcpuation was headed by the
ex-Prme Minister Dragan Zankof, who was the
| author of the coup d etat which eliminated in the
! kidnapping and overthrow OF Prince Alexander
NJ Zanloff was treated with the most distingu he'd
| consideration by General lgnaticf, and on the
morning Of the process. on he was fetched from his
| hotel by tho Metropolitan of Kef and NJ; Pobie-
donotsow himself II is stated that NJ Zauyoii was was
| able TO show his Russian friends confidential
! dispatch from NJ. Stamboulon. the present Prime
! Minister of Pulearia in which The latter declares
that both he himself and the Bulgarian people are
| heartily SEX CT Pril c. Ferdinand. perfectly ready
| to throw him overheard and most anxious to make
their peace with Russia. 1t may incidentally be
remarked here that tho mont tbs of August and Sep
| tember have always been the most unluc Ky ones
of the whole year for the rulers Of Bulgaria;
the head Of the gafbSd hS deega
Monseigneur Mitrifan Ban, Metropolitan OF
| Montenegro
The Rumanan deputetion was to have been
| Il tt,o r1,a and N
| Moldau, accompanied by four Of his bishops, the
most prominent Of whom ,wuld have been
Monsinor Melchisedec, the Bishop of Roman
Just as in the case of Bishop Strossmeyer, they
were the point of setting out for klef when
! stringent orders were received from the Sovereign
countersigncd by the Prime Minister, prohibiting
! for his apparently arbitrary action in the matter
The Primatc of Modau and Bishop Mclchisedec are
| notorious as being warm and active adherents OF
the Panslavist movement At the instigation Of
| the late Editor Katloff, who was the life and soul
thereof during his lifetime. they organized about
three years ago socalled Orthodox Association
Jassy for the declared purpose of preserving the
| National Church of Rumania from the danger
ous aggressons Of Roman Catholicism Both
King Charles and his talented consort belong to
| the latter creed and OF course the efforts OF the
association, which is in close and intimate com
municaton with the Central Executive Panslavfst
| Committee at Moscow, are mainly directed toward
| the overthrow of the hrterodox dynasty in favor
! Of the orthodox Gar The agitation is carried on
in the most barefaccd and fagrant manner, and
incredible as 1t may appear, the Russian autocrat
openly tcSies his approval OF the treasonable con-
duct OF the Rnmanan .preates; Only n few
weeks ago NJ. 1Iitrovo the Russian Minister at
! Bucharest, accompanied ny his entire staff, all
dressed in full uniform, paid official visit 10
| Bishop Melchiscdec and solemny handed him
maonhccntly iewerd gold icon and chain or be-
half of Emperor Alexander. King Charles cannot
| hut dccnly resent snch conduct. For his throne
is terribly shally. Both his dynastic and personal
relations will lead him. when the inevitable war
| between Russia and Austro-Germany breaks out
/ Al. 49,. n. A. Ln
however. Notwithstanding the fact that II would be
to the best political advantage of Rumania. he
viii he instantly deserted by his troops and driven
| from his throne by his subjects. For as not only
all the parish clergy but in fact the entire popua
tion. belong to the orthodox rite, they all regard
the Gar their spiritual father, and to bear arms
| AGAINST him would bo looked upon by them an
act of sacrilcge How can we fight against the
| Czar and AGAINST tho Russians who arc our
brothers and Christians like ou'selvcs?' exclaimed
a simple Rnmanian soldier the other day when
questioned by foreigner concerning his political
creed. No; the Rumanians will never bear arms
against Russia, no matter what King Charles may
the Austrans who were guilty of great oppression
and cruelty when they occupied the Danuban
States during the Crmean war.
Probably the most important of all the delcga-
tcns present at Keff was that of Servia. Not
| only was the Revolutionary Committee which in
1888 attempted to upset King Milan's throne and
to put him out of the way in true Balkan style
present in full force, but also General Grintch
and NJ Ristics, Prcmicrs Of the last two Cabinets,
in attendance. And as climax to the
whole matter the religious ceremonies in the
cathedral on July 81, that is on
the great day of the festival, were presided
over by MonSignor Michael the eX-Primatc and ex-
Metropolitan Il Scryia. who WAS deprived of his
office and banlShcd from the kingdom for the lead
ing part which he took in the conspiracy OF 1888
1t is only rigl,t TO add that the plot in question
originated in 8pc objection of the SlSuLtchina and
of the clergy 4 follow King Milan n his nnti-Rus-
sian and pro-AuStraD policy. NLnefous confer
enccs were hcl. 1T tic Hotel Bellevue at Kieh be-
tween the ScrS nan male ontents above mentioned
and NJ. Pobiedonotsow. General Ignaticf, General
Tchernaietf and young Count Tolstoi the son Of
lh. MlniSter OF the InInrinr who rccnntu marricd