, 1894-09-19

an internal loan by Japan. 1t is said that
the japanese mobiles have placed a very large
sum at the disposal Of the Government as a
loan without interest. A Shanghai telegram
published on Friday says that Japan will
not follow the example Of France in treating
rice as Gontraband of war,-a piece of news
which will interest the professors Of Tnter-
national law. It should alsS be noted that
our Governme1f is enforcing the Foreign
Enlistment Act with vignur. A torpedo:
boat catcher has been arrested in the Tyne,
and another veSs ! believed 10 be intended
for wallike purposes, in The Thames. The
Mui"try are determined not to repeat the
Alabama blunder.
Things are moving in Bulgaria. NJ. zans
kotf, the former Bulga, ian Minister. who fled
his country during NJ. StAmbouloff's realms
somewhat after the manner Of Bslinehroks
during the time Of Walpolo-has come frout
St Pet rsburg, and is lowering on the
frontier. He has forwarded = petition to
Prince Ferdinand, praying for permission to
return to Bulgaria, but the decision, it is
SAID, will not be favourable. Meantime. NJ.
ZankoH has issued a declaration to his fel-
low countrynen in which he declares that
che and This political followers are at one
with the bulgarian nation, and, together with
it, will gather round the Throne of his
Highness Prince Ferdinand l." He protests
against the report that Russia wishes to
convert Bulgaria into a Russian dependency,
and atirms that she only desires that the
Bulgarian dynasty should not prove 4. centre
Of hatred to the Slav race, the Orthodox
religion, and the Russian Empire. Finally.
he puts forward a political programme under
the three following heads ~ Peace and
love towards Russia ~ the restoration Of
paragraph 80 of the Constitution, which deals
with the religion of the heir to the Bulgarian
Throne {; 49, the introduction of laws suited
to thu democratic spirit and customs of Bul4
garia. 1t will be curious to see if NJ. Zankoh
returns whether he will be as successfully
~'stelilis ed" as was ~Boiingbroke. If he is.
perhaps he will fall back upon writing a
Bulgarian edition Of 1.-The Patriot King"
His demoora tic, national, and heir-appsrent
aspirations appear to be much like those Of
St. John.
The North German Gazette Of Monday
publishes an important art icle on the relations
bet ween France and Germany, an article of
which the Berlin correspondent of the
Times RENAL ks that stree 1870 "suoh a con-
~olliatory tone has probably never been adopt
cd by the leading semi official organ with
reference to Franse." Why, it asks, should
not normal relations be restored? The En-.
peror has been at great pains to show a
friendly feeling, and in France there ia a
growing tendency to recognise the advan-
tages which both countries can gain by
occasionally joining hands as neighbours
where they have common interests. That
this means occasionally putting a. spoke in
England'a wheel in Africa, and that in future
suoh acts as the smashing Of the Congo
Treaty shall be done j~ointlyas well as sew
ally, is clear from the next sentence. mot
only in certain African questions, as for
instance, that of the Cameroons and the
Congo. but again now in the negotiations for
the protection of the injured creditors of
Greece, the event has shown that there is
really nothing to prevent the Governments
Of both countries from coming to a friendly
understanding, and from doing SO with the
consent and approval of public opinion on
both siles.". Language of this kind from
the organ of the Berlin Foreign Office caused
no little sensation in Paris, and on Tuesday
the Libert6 replied by declaring that the
views expressed were true. The Emperor's
demonstrations at tie time of NJ. C%arnots
death wore in everybody's memory, and
in spite of painful memories there are
daily interests which can be discussed paci-
fically.
Thursdays Times contains the announce
msnt that the water Of the GONNA Lake ia