There is nothing new this week in France or Germany,
except a proclamation by the Stadtholder of Alsace-Lorraine, given below ; but in Eastern Europe the situation is a trifle more strained. It was believed that the Ambassadors at Constan- tinople would be able to find a basis of agreement ; but the Russian Ambassador, M. de Nelidoff, refuses until M. Zankoff has formed one ; and M. Zankoff, who is merely his agent, though nominally a representative Bulgarian, suggests only impossibilities. M. de Nelidoff appears to be expecting a revolt'. tion in Bulgaria, and evidence has been published in Sofia showing that agents have been sent there to secure one, bat failed, the military officers approached exposing the whole plot. The latest rumour is that Runk is about to occupy Bulgaria, with the consent of Germany and Austria ; but that story, which would mean that Austria had consented to a partition, may have been set about only to frighten the Bul- garians, whose calm stubbornness baffles the diplomatists. The Russian Panslavists, headed by M. Katkoff, are pressing hard for ocenpation ; Russia purchases war materials, and herjournals sympathise with France ; but no final resolve is apparent yet. All that can be said is that nothing visible tends to peace.
