BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7721, 16 November 1886, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Reuteb's Telegrams'.) OUR EGYPTIAN COMMISSIONER. London, November 13. Sir Drummond Wolff, British special commissioner to Turkey in Egypt has been summoned to London. " ' ' THE RECIDIVISTES. Paris, November 14. (Received November 15, at 3 p.m.) The departure of the recidivistes to New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines has been postponed. (Special to Press Association.) London, November 14, (Received November 15, at l.a.'ip.m.) M. de Freycinet intends to ask for a vote for a penitentiary on the island of Oleron, in the Bay of Biscay, where recidivistes may be prepared for colonial life.

PRINCE WALDEMAR DECLINES THE j THRONE. Sofia, November 13. (Received November 15, at 1 p.m.) The King of Denmark has refused to sanction Prince Waldemar's acceptance of the throne of Bulgaria. Prince Waldemar has therefore declined the honour. THE BULGARIAN REGENCY. November 1-1, (Heceived November 16, at 3 p.m.; M. Karavoloff has resigned his position as a member of the Council of Regency, and M. Zirkoff has been elected in his place. A Bulgarian deputation will visit the European Courts for the purpose of explaining the political situation in Bulgaria, THE AUSTRIAN PREMIER ON THE SITUATION.

Vienna, November 13, Count Kalnoky, the Premier, in addressing the Hungarian delegation, discussed at length the political situation in Eastern Europe, and declared that Austria had insisted on the execution of the Treaty of Berlin in its integrity. M. Kaulbars' mission to Bulgaria was simply a passing phase of the crisis, and its importance had been exaggerated. It would be necessary to prepare to overcome greater troubles than this. Count Kalnoky endorsed the statement of M. Tisza that Austria would avoid a threatening policy unless it were absolutely necessary. He expressed his earnest desire for the maintenance of peace, but was not in favour of "peace at any price." He dwelt at length on the diplomatic relations between Austria and Germany, which were of the most cordial nature. The relations between Austria and Russia were also friendly, and the latter had promised to hold to the existing treaties, and disclaimed any intention of making encroachments on Bulgaria, or of changing the relations with that country without the co-agency of the Great Powers. The Austrian Premier declared that he greatly valued the assurances made in the course of Lord Salisbury's speech, showing that the support of England would be available should it be required. In conclusion, he expressed the hope that a peaceful solution of the Bulgarian difficulty would be brought about. " J