EUROPEAN SITUATION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11284, 29 June 1888, Page 2

E UROPEAN SITUATION

♦ (By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) (Received June 28, 1.20 a.m.) St. Peters-oro, June 26. General Gourko predicts two years' peace. ' 'Vienna, June 26. : The Delegations have passed the war j credit. June 27. ' Tho Austrian journals are expressing a hope that Russia may join the peace league. j Pauis, June 27. ' The leading French journals, while admitting the pacific character of the Em- i peror's speech, draw attention to the silence in the speech regarding the relations between France and Germany. (Received June 28, 10.50 p.m. Berlin, June 28. The Czar has written a warm letter to the Emperor expressive of thorough personal friendship. It is stated that the Emperor will proceed in the Royal Yacht to St. , Petersburg about the middle of July, where he will be entertained by the Czar, and \ great fetes will be held in honour of his visit. It is also expected that ho will J visit the Emperor Francis Joseph of f Austria aud the King of Italy. q (Special lo Press Association.) Behlin, June 26. , In his speech to the Reichstag yesterday, • the Emperor William said he had resolved „ to pursuo the path by which his grandsire had secured the confidence of his allies, the r love of the people, and the good-will of s those abroad. His love for the army and his ° relations toward it would never iuduce him v to endanger peace unless forced by an attempt s on the Empire or her allies. The Austrian S alliance was a legacy in German history, v and was sanctioned by public opinion. ?! Similar relations now biud Italy. .. 1 ' l^ w^— l '^ W * T