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Show LlUOI'EA. SOTE8 Home, 11. Fan Julia saya Russia has ordered the construction ofcevoral iron-clads. St. Petersburg, 11. The (John considers con-siders Lord BeaconsGeid's tpeech pacific. Though it shows the basis ot bis policy it is tiiill enmity to Kusiia. Constantinople, 11. Midhat Pasha haa been appointed governor general of Syria. The porte has handed the Eastern Roumelia commissioners a draft of a constitution for Eastern KoiuuelU. It embraces piovisions fora partly elective council general and a popu lar election for certain local ollieers j The council of ministers basagiin discussed tho Greek note asking the appointment of deleg ilea to settle the irnutier question. it is asserttd that a decision favorable to an arrange-' ment was reached and submitted to ibofuiltiu for hiasanction. Madrid, 11, Several journal et ite tlmt Premier Canovaa Dei Castelio in tends to provoke a crisis after the discussion dis-cussion of the press law and if the Itiug ogain entrusts to him the formation of a ministry he will select Elduayen, minister of. colonies, and General Jouvellor as his colleagues. The trial of Moncasi, who attempted at-tempted to assassinate the kiutf, commenced com-menced to-day. The publio proa-cutor proa-cutor asked the court to pasB sentence of death, but tho defence urged thar the whole proceedings ahould be recommenced. re-commenced. The prosecution abowed that, from Monoasi'sown conl'esaionp, the crime was premeditated since 1S77.. He had then ii. tended to at tempt it when tho king visited Tar . ragoona. The defense urged that : Moncasi waa insane, or at least only intended to commit bodily harm. . Sentence of death will bo passed tomorrow. to-morrow. .' Peath, 11; The demand for a aup-, aup-, plementary credit to meet the ex-! ex-! penses .of the occupation of the Turkish provinces, said to amount to , 40,000,000 fiorinB, has beon pre-i pre-i Bented to the delegation. ' Vienna, 11. The RuBsiana would, ', as a compromise, accept, instead of a treaty recognizing tho validity of the , unabrogated portions of the Sin j Stefano treaty, a Bimnle declaration 3 from the sultan to that eflect. The Turks, however, appear obetinate. Paris, 11. The czar haB peraonally written in reply to Minister Wadding- tnn'n rcr.Mt fMi-rn!nr Hnnlarincr hid firm intimation to adhere to the? treaty of Berlin. This is considered a very hopeful sign of peace and also an indication of the declining inilu euoe of Prince Gnrtschakoff. A Rome diBpalch says it is thought Count Corti, who is going to Paris and London, is commissioned to arrange ar-range for a common action in the east. |