The uneasiness in the Balkans increases. The Bulgarian Treasury .
is so- empty that officials are not paid, and the Russian Government has been forced to advance a small sum, about £100,000, to meet the immediate necessities of the Prince's govern neat. She has also Promised a further loan, if France will help her, of £3,200,000, with which it is supposed all roughnettes can be smoothed. Of course, Rnssia demands obedience in return for her money, and the Court of Vienna is growing uneasy. The Hapsburgs are not concerned about Bulgaria, but they see, or think they see, linssia establishing her influence also in Servia, and that kingdom is strictly within their - own sphere. There is, therefore, unrest in 'Vienna, which- is not diminished by the
rumours that Prince Ferdinand will marry a Princess of Mon- tenegro, with, of course, the warmest Russian approval. Altogether, the understanding between Austria and Russia, by which the Balkan Peninsula, is kept in a kind of uneasy quiescence, seems to be in danger of cracking.
