THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 245, 15 October 1891, Page 5

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

THE DARDANELLES. Great Britain's Reply. Italy and the Triple Alliance, Roumania Bars Russian TroopSo Defences of Bulgaria. Extraordinary Book. A Boastful Frenchman. i [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] [by electric telegraph—copyhight.] (Received October 15bh, 10.45 a.m.) London, October 14. Lord Salisbury, in his reply to the Turkish note, assumes that any privilege with respect to the Dardanelles conceded to Russia will equally belong to England. The Jews in Europe are opposing the Russian loan. Rome, October 14. Marquis Rudini met M. deGiers at Milan and travelled with him to Monza, where the party lunched with King Humbert. French pilgrims on their way home were greeted with savage cries at many railway stations. Beklin, October 14. De Giers is credited in Berlin with an attempt to detach Italy from the Triple Alliance. Sofia, October,l4. M. Stambouloff will ask the Sbranje to vote 23,000,000 francs for the purpose of fortifying Viana, Rustchuk, Semendria, and Silistria. The massing of Russian troops in Bessabaria has decided Roumania to co-operate with Germany and Austria, stopping the passage of Russian troops through Roumania. Constantinople, October 14. The Porte intends to totally disarm the Albanians in order Jo pat a , stop to the blood feuds in that country. Thirty battalions of troops will be needed to carry out the operation. '■■■■■•■ Paris, October 14. M. Lockroy, a French journalist and politician, has published a book on the military situation, which has caused a considerable sensation. He considers the French coast in the event of war would be at the mercy of the Triple Alliance, but is of opinion that a differential tariff has weakened , the adhesion of Italy. He asserts the British Empire is vulnerable at every point, and proceeds to say the French arms and powder are unrivalled, and will play a formidable part in the next war. The share France will take is unknown, but Lockroy declares her military organisation'is sufficiently powerful to destroy the people of any nation opposed to her.