The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21
FOREIGN BUDGET.

OsInan DigBa Holds Hands of Trumps
-Emin Bay and Henry NJ. stanley said
to be His Prisoners-Tile Eva cuatiOn of
the soudan the Price of Their Ransom
DEATH the Alternative-King Milan's
Speedy Downfall Predicted, Etc.
osWAN DIGNA's TRUMP CARD.
LONDON, Dec. BIT is evident from the
non -committal reply Mr.. Smith gave in
the House of Commons yesterday after
noon to questions regarding the capture
of Emin Bey and Henry NJ. Stanley that
| the government is completely non
plussed, and have no accurate infOrma-
ton in the matter, further than is gener-
ally known. 1t is generally conceded that
Osman Digna holds trump card, against
which his opponents are powerless to
play, and that the government can only
yield on the formers own terms. 1t was
believed in the lobbies of the House last
night that England viii be forced to treat
with the successful commander for the
evacuation of SuakiIu, for the government
Will not dare to sacrifice the prisoners
whom Osman Digna threatens to
kill unless the town is abandoned.
Public opinion in England already re-
volts against the SOudan expedition, and
this latest phase of the affair intensifes
the feeling. There can be scarcely any
doubt that the white traveller mentioned
as suTTeudering with Emin Bey is Stan
ley, as everything thus far tends to con-
firm this Opini on. The balance of opinion
among African experts has for some time
/ past accepted the theory that Stanley had
been working towards Emin, and if not
actually with him, was near him. Intense
i interest is felt here in the fate of the in
/ trepid explorer, and no one for a moment
bellyes that the government viii allow his
/ life to be sacrificed in order to hold Sue-
kim. Further developments in The mat
/ ter are awaited with much anxiety.
THE CAPTURE OF STANLEY AND EMIN. -
ssRRUssELs, Dec. 15.-The King of the
! BeIgians is exceedingly agitated regard
ing the capture of Stanley and Emin Bey.
| He receives numerous dispatches in ref
/ erence to the matter. The King admits
/ that he was the largest subscriber to the
/ expense Of Stanley's expedition. The In
/ dependence Beige saTs: England doubt
! less win do every thing that is possible to
| be done to iberate the prisoners. Mr..
! Gladstone too bitterly regrets abandon
/ ing General Gordon for Lord Salisbury to
abandon Emin Boy and Henry n. San
/ ley"
sTANLEY's CAPTURE CONFIRMED.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Dispatches from Sua-
kim state that General GrenfeII has recog-
nized the letter inclosed IN Osman
/ Digna's as the original of the one which
]
/ ter handed to Stanley at Cairo. Thus
/ Stanley's capture is virtually placed be-
/ yOnd a doubt. The authorities of the
/ Congo Free State have received no infor-
nation regarding the capture as yet.
4 KING MILAN'S DOWNFALL CONFIDENTLY
] PREDICTED.
! LONDON, Dec. 1f.-The royal welcome
! given by the ROumanian Prefect at Jassy
to Queen Natalie of Servia, together with
! the action Of the Car in ordering that the
/ lady shall be received with all the honOrs
I due TO a Queen upon the occasion Of her
! arrival at kischineff, the capital Of
/ Bessarabia, can not be regarded in any
| other light th3n that betokening the
/ speedy downfall of her profigate husband
| and the ultimate complete RussiaDizing
| of Servia. Already Roumania is as
| friendly to the northern empire as even
the autOcrat of Russia could desire,
| and the people Of Bulgaria are
/ in state Of transition from
quasi independence Of Russia to unqual-
| fled submission to Russian dictation.
| King Milan, strong in the belief that
Austria must of necessity protect the in
! terests of Sergia, has long conducted
himself in such a way as to dis
| gust his imperial protector, Francis
| Joseph, and outrage the dull sensibilities
of his subjects. That his abdication,
u q
/ siderable time there can be no doubt, but
| it has now become much more probable
/ that he viii be OYerthrOwn by the indu-
| euce he has so persistently deied. His
! proclamation as a King was never favored
/ By Russia, and his reign as such has since
been tolerated by the Russian bear
/ because Of the latter's logical conclusion
that it is quite as easy a matter to accom-
pIish the downfall of a King as of u Prince,
] when thp 07D1lOrtI1Ta time c1lO11ld a7-Tiva
| That time is EeaT at hand, and so thor
0ughly tired have the people of Servia be-
come of submission to the despotic rule of
| a petty King, who apes the absoluti0n of
a Gar, and would even emulate the King
of DahOmey if he dared, that they win
gladly welcome the day when Milan
Obrenovitch is hurled from his throne
and a ruler subservient to Russia placed
there in his stead.
In the troubles which have beset her
during the last few months Queen Ma
tales friends have made little noise and
given small indication of what they have
sought to accomplish, but they have
worked methodically and well, as the
ostentatious friendship displayed by the
Car FOR the lady attests, and if her brutal
! husband does not now see the handwrit-
ing on the wall ne must be blind indeed.
THE PANAMA CANAL COMPANY's LIABILI-
TIES.
PARIS, Dec. 15.-In the Chamber Of
Deputies yesterday NJ. Peytral, Minister
Of Finance, offered a bill providing for a
postponement for three months of the
! payment of the Panama Canal Company
liabilities, including interest and the re-
demption of bonds. NJ. Peytral said that
the lottery for prizes attached to bonds
I issued under the law of 1888, would
continue according to the guar
| antees. He urged that a COM
mittee be Immediately appointed
to consider the bill. He insisted upon
urgency in regard to the measure; other
wise, ne said, it would be useless. Sew
eral members opposed the bill, and n.
RergUriose said he feared that the gov
ernment would be led to guarantee the
operations Of the company. Premier
Floquet said that If the bill was rejected
the company would be bankrupt, but if il
was adopted the company would have
time to make necessary arrangements
! a vote for prroaVf.lr was rafsrip1 by 33f