European News.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 44, 16 January 1883, Page 2

European News.

(UNITED PftBSS ASSOCIATION). • (Per Rotomahan* at the Bluff). London, January 4. The people' of Eastern Roumslia, which now forms a~Provirice of Turkey under the Christian Governor-General, are agitating for the formation of that province into an independent nation. It is now authoritiyely denied that the Envoys of Queen Marascus were subjected to surveillance, or treated as pri« soners, iuring their stay m Paris. It is reported that the wife of the ArcMuke Rudolf, of Austria, has been threatened by a gang of Italians, who have been threatened on a charge of conspiring to murder the Prince. M. Leon Say, the late Minister of Finance, is prostrated by a severe attack of gout, " . The Danube is still m a flooded state, the river having inundated various towns upon its banks to an average depth of seven feet. Seventy persons have . perished by drowning since the flood commenced. Mr Errington has visited the Vatican and had\ several interviews with the Pope. It is asserted that he represented England m some official way. Mr Gladstone, however, emphatically denies that the Government have m any way entered into communication with the ; Court of Rome." The matter has created a great sensation m England, and Mr Gladstone's denial is questioned m a •good* rnarij quarters. Amongst the troops ordered to return Home: are the remaining batallions of the. Highland and Irish /Brigades, and they are now. under: orders to start for Home immediately. > V . A fatal affray is reported to have occurred at Alexandria between some Turkish and Egyptian members of the police forcft.,- . Several death? occurred.