Show V 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 old worl news feb 1711 1888 next to the queens speech tile most important topic of conversation Is the state of european affairs interest in continental matters h been augmented by the f the following treaty by an official i paper the governments at germany and the austro hungarian Mou larchy have resolved to publish the treaty of ance concluded on the ath of october 1870 reorder to put an end to tho doubts AS to its purely defensive char acte which are entertained in various quarters and utilized for various purposes both of the allied governments are guided in their policy by the endeavor to maintain peace and so far as possible to ward off disturbance of peace they are convinced that the publication of the conof tents their creaty of alli anco will exal excl a do all d doubt ob this point and for that reason they have resolved to publish it the text is whereas their majeski es the german emperor king of pr and the emperor of austria king of 11 L a emust regard it as their un rie as monarchs to take duff care under I 1 I 1 circumstances of the safety of their realms and the qui tude of their peoples th two monarchs will no able asin abir former relation as demirs of tile german confederation to perform this duty more easily and reflectively by the firm co on the p artof the two empires and whereas finally a cordial operation cooperation co of germany aej austria hungary can menace no bonev but Is calculated on the contra ryo td fortify that european peace created py the berlin stipulation their majesties the german emperor and the ein geror of austria king of hungary solemnly promise one another that therill the rever give to their purely 40 len sive agreement an agg ve tendency in any direction an ide 1 slav le solved to conclude an alliance of pe an d of mutual defence TO mhd phily have respectively ap pointed as their I 1 majesty the german E emperor h ls E A L te nant genera prince henry VII of reuss his majesty the emperor 0 f austria king of hungary his real conn minister of th e imperial house aej of foreign affairs lien marshall julius count andrassy who have met today to day at vienna and after exchanging their c r e J en ti h r e f 0 0 d rw ich vore a n d s a afi i e I 1 t g i e e f 1 lows article 1 should contrady to I 1 he hope and sincere wish of the two I 1 11 usty ions contracting parties one of the two empires be attacked by russia the illustrious es are bound to assist one another w th the whole military powers of their empires and as a consequence of this to conclude peace only in com and in agreement Arti clelI should one of the it arious contracting parties be attacked by another power the other au eat party hereby bins himself oriff not to assist the aggressor spinet ills in gust ally but to observe at least an a tude ol 01 friendly neutrality to towards the latter if however in such case the aF greasor should be suppo ted by russia either in the form at active operation cooperation co or by military measures threatening the party a attacked the obligation stipulated in article 1 of this treaty to assist one another with full military strength L t once becomes banding and the co n adnet of the war by the two august con tr acting parties then becomes common till a common conclusion of peace article Thi sTreaty shall in accordance with its character and ia order to exclude ever terp be kept secret air august contracting parties munica ted to a third power only by the consent of both and in the man nor agreed upon by both the two august contracting parties in view of the sentiments expressed by the em alexander at the meeting in A exand ro v 0 c herish the hope that the russian military preparations will not really prove threatening to them and have therefore no occasion at to make an co muni cation on the u bract but should this hopet contrary to prove err oneo u 8 tile two august contracting p arties would regard it as a duty of lionor to inform the emperor alexander at least con that they must regard an attack on one of them as an attack on both As witness thereof the bieni kith arles have signed this treaty their own hands and attached their seals done at vienna ath of october 1879 hemy HE my VII abuss the publication of this treaty shows that matters have reached the caimi bating point and must now take a decisive step in one direction or the other the confidential com munica of prince bismarck to the czar on the occasion of the batters lat visit to berlin in november last that a attack on austria would be regarded as directed against germany has also remained unheeded the making of the treaty public has also given rise to much curiosity not to say in the european capitols allo st petersburg journals however take a dispassionate view of the matter in y e una public feeling Is much excited and it is whispered that file next move A ill be a formal demand for the withdrawal of the russian forces eliat menace the austrian frontier the effect on the parisians Pari is 1 no t so exciting as might have been expected the public journals appear not to be perturbed about the matter although one or two have becom mended a triple between england france and russia iff the city the publication of the allia noo Is regarded as a move on the part of count kalnoky to reas sure those wh ave amused him of russo rhile tendencies warlike dinue to be called on by russia orders have been given that the work men in the russian naval establish ments on the black bea are to work in relays without intermission in the of the fleet for oe tao completion of all those ships now building three armor clad barbette ships are in hand viz the esme past pawa through her trial trips sit the catherine 11 boly pre her engino sleeps which was to have been launched in may neat but will now be ready early iii april tach of those are armored with abeel faced plates and mount six beeich loading guns in each barbette A very unusual armament which ko mounting of alio guns ia pairs on thres tables there to an auxiliary arms merit of 0 loading g uns on the broad sidel with hotchkiss revola fag to discharging wha bid t or I 1 each ship Is abi 20 a ajr don to 14 feet long 00 M I 1 I 1 ix S 1 I 1 Z I 1 I 1 I 1 draws 26 feet of water and has compound horizontal engines of borso power capable of propelling tile vessel at a speed of 15 knots an hour the last of a fleet of six gunboats gun boats has just been launched in the Ur aleto three of these were built at the now dockyard of Nico laleff and three at sevastopol sebastopol Seba each gunboat mounts two 6 in guns to a powerful auxiliary armament and the engines were built by napier of glasgow all of these are now preparing for war service the available torpedo arma menris already powerful and has been much strength boned since the turkish war when it did good service lit addition to ships boats for spar torpedoes aliex are 20 first class boats and several for cruisers built after the french design one of which the captain bachor can do aj knots an hour met on thursday last the queen has spoken to aly ards nd to others who are nat yet lords but boan of course we must call gentlemen certainly they wear the title of it P it would be a work of supererogation to give the details of her Maje spee chas it has been borne on electrio wrings to all parts of tile world ero this the opening scenes in both houses were repeated as usual and have been iterated so often that a passing mention serves thema TO of the of comfor there Is always a peculiar feeling oi o i the airet and last days of a session at the are so many greetings between members of pl parties and all seem to be so 1 and heaby and glad t be back aga mingled with which io re mournful reminiscences of colleagues who have died or bave resigned house was setting at the end of the session weary and worn members deemed pleased to get away and not V care much whether they ever came back again but the house possesses a wonderful fascination for all of thew not many familiar forms are mining this y ear mr the late chief inspector of police is among the most nt of the ab kentees sen tees I 1 s h d u ty b e fore en 1 n g baw riia tim ap conr P m e e a ch y e to e a t of the vaults ander the houses to see that no guy fawkes was contemplating the wholesale onatia cre of our legislators jhb proposal which fills beer in contemplation to get the house of commons to meet earlier in the day and to go to bed at something ap preaching pro aching a decent hour has caused a flatter amongst certain honorable members mostly those engaged in commerce or connected with th legal profession to them it would be almost impossible to take their seats at anything like so early an hour as two in the afternoon amongst kotlier members to othere would be some dissatisfaction the fashionable din ner hour in london Is getting later and later and after dining leisure y and well there Is little bial 9 before midnight at the same time it seems strange that while parliament easm measures to prevent people from working at improper hours its chief labors all hould be conducted when most pe are in bed there Is mourning and desol atio amon the ohop kee e rs of the west end they hoped that what others wise promised to be a d oil and unprofitable season would be enlivened by p round of festivities in connection with the celebration of the silver wedding of the prince and princess of wales it appears however that the event will be observed without any state function and in the possible manner the gift which certain ladies in society will make to the on the of march will be costly specimen of the jewelers art it will take the form of rays of large to what is 0 w ll 11 a russian dia dem awill b e ackom by a book bound in white and silver fitting into m drawer and having a pose of royal purples it beeme difficult to realize that nearly five and twenty years have elapsed since the princes 8 first passed through the ts don tho cheers of countless thousands of people the betrothal of prince oscar see and son of the king of sweden and norway to a young lady not of bagh rank or fortune but personally charming and estimable has excited much interest bbb Is of gentle birth her family belonging to the lower order of swedish ty and was holding an appointment at court as lady of tile chamber in walt ing on the crown princess of sweden in october when her royal highness made a tour ln germany after being present at Carls rubo at the wedding of her brother the archduke of baden the crown plin coss attended by bliss abba then visited amsterdam to see k me d 1 dr bretzger bletz ger and was there met by her brother in law prince oscar a naval officer on board the voyal frigate canad is just returned from a voyage round the world he it once became attacked to M as ebbs blunck but the king and queen did lot at first approve of such an engage ment she resigned her place t the court but received a special mark if their maties regard for her character being appointed to manage the distribution of the royal charities to the poor in the city of among the sick ana the her constant visitations for faiq relief of misery in their humble dwellings are gratefully remembered and during seters months she performed the of app of the narses vt the home for the gick established by the queen in place of a lady who from overwork prince oscar a young of strong religious and him self accustomed to visit the poor in their entirely sympathized in this charitable nils sion etwas interrupted by a palin ful and dangerous illness which brought her to the gravel but which was by a surgical operation fall owed by a long in t coe ae of birj the queen bad by this boerne 4 to r 4 ore I 1 I 1 I 1 4 4 I 1 I 1 f t F I 1 f f n W I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 J I 1 we are accompanied by a pleasant lively and even playful burnor milking tier a most agreeable compard lon the firm constancy of oscar was at length rewarded by the consent of ills royal parents to his choice and early this year in the queens presence at ulriksdal the mutual of the young couple were formally exchanged and the kanz then agre ito forego his former objections grounds of dynasty policy the engagement has been known in Swede ii ari two or three weeks past bu as at court only a few da s go immediately before the departure de a the queen who fu tended staying at bournemouth Bourne mouth A parisian paper publishes the an extraordinary duel two recently went out in the bois do bologne cloda to pe pee e to settle an affair of lionor the combat was to be with pistols to be fired by word of command the adversaries to exchange shots till one or the ather was hit when the word wad given the weapons were but without any apparent tre the seconds were relo a di when A c a u pa 6 of park keepers appeared on the scene each the collar a young ono of who was carrying in his hand a partridge and the other A quail one of tile representatives of iw and order then addressed the fiery combatants and his intention of prosecuting thern tor kill log game out of season the duelists it is needless to say were as tou laded and demanded dam an tion this was accorded graciously enough and was to this effect the walking through the dole bearing the report of firearms ran towards whence the shot appeared io come and at once pounced upon a couple of lA asono having just picked up a dead partridge and the other an expiring quail hach the two fire caters had n g an y h e g alid boiser eliet aul clity t a ants c ou n r t h dence adduced bythe 2 nd had to submit to the the groces derbal was drawn up d illy but t ho d u e 1 h a v g b e 1 r p te 0 e lu eat conr rub adb feln e 0 a d s d e c re d t h h 0 a e satisfied |