, 1908-10-07
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ST. CROIX STATION.

t0e bulgarian army.
The Austrian Ambassadors to England and
Germany aae. seeking audiences with King
Edward and the Kaiser to present Emperor
Francis Joseph's autography letter.
All Bourses are depressed, Consols aud
Rentes have fallen almost one and Turkish
securities almost five.
London. Oct. 6th.-The West India Com
mittee state that the Secretary of State has
consented to further assistance being afford
&c for opening up The Carib canal and estates
IA st. Vincent, and the Local Government will
guarantee a FIVE Thousand pounds loan to
owners
The Daily Telegraph announces that the
new torpedo revo,utionizss naval tactics. 1t
has a range of seven thousand yards, o speed
OF thirty one knots, and carries an explosive
charge of two hundredweight, It is to be
fitted to all the new battleships, thus dispos-
ing of all mall guns. as battles will be fought
outside the torpedo range.
The Admiralty have resolved to order q
2lumber Of ships BIS y means for relief Of un-
employment.
The unemployed have resolved to demon.
strate upon the eve Of the reassembling OF
Parliament.
TIL death is announced of Lord Herrles
father of the Duchess of Norfolk.
A6W16 I16TGOuIb, WHO VA Ii AAot
commis sioner of works. has given birth to q
son, mother and child are doing well.
A despatch from Tirpova states that
Prince Ferdinand. accepted the Czarship
OF the Bulgarians in the church of the forty
Martyrs, built by the Gar John Chisch-
mann in 1,23O. to celebrate his victory over
the Greeks, and has issued q manifesto de.
claring his sympathy with the young Turks
and asserting that the pressure of the Pow
ars regarding the Oriental railway proved
the necessity for Bulgaria's complete indie
pendence. Significance is attached to the use
of the word Bulgarians as indicative that
Prince Ferdinand does not conGne his am
billions to Bulgaria's boundaries. but designs
TO extend his Czarship to other Bulgarians
in other provinces.
A British Foreign Office communicate
states that the Government does not admit
the right of any power to alter an interna-
tional treaty without the consent OF the 9TH
or parties thereto. and therefore refuses to
sanction any infraction of the treaty of Ber-
jim, and declines to recognize what has been
done until the views of the other powers are
known. especially Turkeys.
The Times says that the action taken by
Bulgaria is absolutely lawless. and an auda-
cious violation of the Berlin treaty. and eau
tions the young Turks against wal. It ac-
Gu. ea Austria of conspiring with Bulgaria
against Turkey. and predicts that Russia will
initiate Bulgaria by rejecting the provisions
regarding the Dardanelles.
A Paris Communicate declares that France.
Russia, England and Italy will do their
utmost to maintain peace, which depends
upon the action taken at Constantinople,
but a rapid march Of events maj con-
front the Powers with a fait accompli.
The revision of the treaty Of Berlin is
> persistent idea and may be easily ar
ranged if Turkey approves. and if France.
England and isussia anticipate the initiative,
but this il merely hypothetical.
A Berlin conmuniqns says that Germany
maintains her reserve while awaiting Tur-
keys decision. and that war may possibly
be necessitated by the simultaneous pro-
ALIENATION Of Bulgaria'a Independence and