It is believed that the expiration of Aleko Pasha's term
as 'Governor, which is now approaching, will be the signal for agitation in Eastern Roumelia. He has governed so well, that -the province is quiet and prosperous, education advances, and -the people are more contented than the Northern Bulgarians. A strong party, however, would if they dared elect Prince .Alexander; and the Russian Government, aware of this, tries to place a veto upon Aleko Pasha's re-election. England and Trance support him, bat it is believed that the opposition will be too strong, and that Rustem Pasha, the able Governor driven from the Lebanon by French influence, will be selected. The cast- ing voice will rest with Germany, which will probably gratify Russia, unless Prince Bismarck, from Conservative instinct, shall -insist on leaving an arrangement which has worked well nu- -disturbed. It is a pity to lose the experience and tact of Prince Vogorides, who has displayed great administrative power and unexpected absence of ambition, but there is one compensation. The worse the Government in Eastern Ronmelia, the more cer- tain is the junction of the two Bulgarias, which is indispensable, both to the independence of the Balkan States and the final -destruction of the Sultan's authority. Europe will wake up before long to the cry of Macedonia, now the most wilfully -oppressed of all Christian countries, and then some arrange- ment with a chance of durability must be made.
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