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Show EE HOPE RHODOPE commission. London, 2G. Tho principal charge ol thoRhodope commission against the Russians is that of bombardiug and , burning villages near Rhodopo, which refused to disarm. A zone of several miles between Stanimaka aud Demo-liika Demo-liika has been completely devastated. ! The commission recommend a perrua-inent perrua-inent inleru&tional commission and local police. AUSTRIAN ITEMS. Vienna, 26. Count Acdrasay's object ob-ject in urging on the convention with Turkey is to shelve discussion as to i the future relations o! Bosnia and Herzegovina with tho Austrian mou arehy, which threatens lo cause o jtt'rious dispute between the Austrian ,nud Hungarian governments j Only the soldiers on furlough, nd j not reserves, arc called in. Geimral ! Phillipovich's aruiv will be raised to 125,000 or 130,000.' A TUKXISH LOAN. Constantinople, 26. Moukhtar Pasua baa been appointed Turkish commissioner to Crete. The porte desires the aid of England to obtain a loan guaranteed on the revenue of Cyprus in order to carry out the administrative ad-ministrative reforms within its own jurisdiction. I RUSSIAN SPIES ARRESTED. Peatb, 26. Two engineers have been arrested on the Transylvania frontier on suspicion of being Russian spies. Drawings of the frontier : lurtrcsses were found in their posses 1 siou. MONETARY CONFERENCE. Paris, 2G. The monotary conference confer-ence ia expected to terminate its sessions on Wednesday. The dele-g.itfcs dele-g.itfcs will dine at the Eiyaeo Tuesday. At the Bitting to day Groesbeck urged tbe resumption of free mintage ol silver on the ground that circum Btances have greatly altered Bince its suspension by the Latin Union. In Germany the stock is greatly reduced re-duced and the Asiatic demand has revived. The Swiss representative represen-tative contended that if the Latin Union had not suspended the free mintage of silver tbe countries composing it would have been deluged by demonetized German Btooks. He also feared tbat Nevada and the South American supply might increase. i ne oeigian repreHemuuvu puimea out the impossibility of fixing the value of silver by legislation. Le combe, of the English delegation, pointed out that silver was liable to great fluctuations aud these might be aggravated by changes in the currency cur-rency law3 of the various countries. No resolution of congtess, he Baid, could effectively lessen thia evil, aa every government would study ita national interest only. Harton, of the American delegation, congratulated congratu-lated England and France on having changed tbe opinion they held in lSb7 in favor of the demonetization of eilver. |