THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7796, 16 November 1886, Page 5

THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY.

RESIGNATION OF M. KARAVELOFF.

Sofia, November 14. M. Karaveloff has resigned his position as a Member of the Council of the Regency. M. Zirkoff has been elected in his place. A Bulgarian deputation will visit the Courts of Europe for the purpose of explaining the political situation in Bulgaria.

M. tisza'S POLICY. The following are the salient points of M. Tiszs's speech in which he expounded his policy with regard to the Eastern Question, and which Count Kalnoky states he endorses :—"No agreement whatever exists between our Government and Russia with regard to some dominating influence to be exercised in the western or eastern portion of the Balkan Peninsula, and therefore no conditions could be stipulated with reference to it. The position allotted to our Monarchy by the Treaty of Berlin, which we decidedly maintain, is perfectly adequate to our interests if the provisions of that treaty be but upheld. " 1 now pass on to the declaration announced by me in 1868, when I first had the opportunity of speaking on the Eastern question. 1 pronounced my own private opinion that, should changes have to be made in the East, our interests would require that the nations living there should develop themselves into independent States corresponding to their individualities. In agreement with our Foreign Office, I am of opinion that to-day also such a policy responds best to the interests of the Monarchy, and that the latter, rejecting all desires of aggrandisement or conquest, must concentrate its whole Endeavours and all its influence with a view to promote the independent development "of those States, and to prevent the establishment of a protectorate not provided by treaties or the permanent influence of any single foreign Power there. We, on our part, consider the Treaty of peace of Berlin as still in force to this day, although it has been violated' in some cases —the gravest and most serious of which occurred last year in Eastern Roumelia— and we hold it to be one that ought to be maintained. Nor has any other point of view been notified to us by any of the other Powers. The Government, moreover, abides by its repeatedly-expressed opinion that by existing treaties no other Power has the right to interfere in the Balkan peninsula single* handed with armed force or to establish a protectorate, in case of Turkey not availing herself of the right accorded her. The Government in general maintains that any modification in the conditions of the Balkan countries, in bo far as they relate to the right of States or their proportions of power, cannot be made sxcept with the assent of the signatory Powers of the Berlin Treaty. These are the general outlines of our endeavours. We desire and hope to obtain a success in harmony with the Powers, and without disturbance of the peace. We shall imperil the attainment of this aim by premature statements and high-sounding words. Towards this aim we shall labour with the calmness and moderation which are doubly necessary in critical times, , while at the same time with perfect seriousness and decision," .

THE BULGARIAN THRONE. Sofia, November 13. The King of Denmark has refused to sanction Prince Waldemar's acceptance of the throne of Bulgaria. Prince Waldemar therefore has declined the honour.