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Show THE (O.Vt.KKSS, liismnrcli MRnlpultttlus Af lac ret. London, 19. The congress is t-pected t-pected to last many weeks. Bulgaria is the subject for to Cay's s'ssicn. The Tunes Bays it is characteristic of Prince Bismarck that be brought tbe congress at onca ts.ee to (ace with the chief difficulty it bas to overcome, for, However pregnant the Asiatic question may be with important consequence.-, nothing compares in immediate importance, and in tost certainty of its ultimate results, with the proposed recognition ol Bulgar'a. Tbe question ia simply whether Europe or Russia eball exercise the preponderant inlluence in European Turkey. The congress could not deal hastily or rapidly witu a question so important and so complex. Its delays de-lays and frequent adjournments, ho far irom eugesting au umavor-n issue, only show the congress is reai, not merely a formal assembly, and that it will enter thoroughly into the questions submitted to it. The truth is, it would be impossible to bring together a body of such power ful statesmen merely to ratify fore gone conclusions. The balance of opinion pronounced at the congress will be quite distinct from the views of particular stales. Andraaey etill resists that Russian occupation of Bulgaria eballcsaseon the condition of a definite peace. Our authorized cnntrarlirtinn is pivpn to the rennrt that the Turkish plenipotentiaries bad 1 btsen instructed to withdraw from the . congress, and declare that Turkey preferred to abide by the terms of i tbe treaty of San Stelano, if the congress con-gress voted to grant autonomy to Epirus, Tbeeely, Bosni and Herze- govinia. |