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Show ALEX HOLDS THE FORT. The Port e Protests, the Sultan Kicks, But Alex is Still There. An Appeal to the Powers to Respect the Treaty or Berlin Is Coldly Responded to by Rnssia. For the Prince Has Asked the Protection Protec-tion of the Czar, and May Get It. Confident He Can Lick the Snltan " Phtlippopplis, September 23. All Mussel-mans Mussel-mans enrolled in the militia of Roumelia have been discharged from service as a precautionary pre-cautionary measure against conveying military mili-tary secrets to Turkey. The sympathies of the Musselmans are undoubtedly with the Porte, and if permitted to remain in the army they would piobably fraternize with the Turkish soldiers. . Prince - Alexander, of Bulgaria, declares he is able j;a .withatand. .tae attack of all -forces the Sultan can rally to the support of his claims in Roumelia. A STUDENTS DEMONSTRATION. ' : Belgrade, September 23. Students-in this city hearing a rumor to the effect that Austria wa3 preparing to annex Bosnia under cover of the present exoiteraent, made a demonstration in front of the Koyal Palace Pal-ace against such proceeding. . The crowd becama so noisy that the police dispersed the people.- j London. September 23. The Standard! to-day commenting on affairs in Boumelia, urges the signatory powers to the treaty of Berlin that, although it may be too late to restore statue quo in Boumelia, they should take immediate measures to prevent the insurrection to the other Balkan States. THE BERLIN TREATY MUST BE RESPECTED. - Berlin. September 23. The semi-official statement is made that tho Powers will not look calmly on the breaking of the treaty of Berlin, but will side with Turkey, and if Russia oppose them she will be isolated. Only after the Bulgarians have been restored to a common place can the Powers decide what shall be done for Bulgarian unity. Alexander's appeal to bussia. Phtlippopolis, Sept. 23. Prince Alexander Alexan-der has ordered several Turkish emblems, seized during the rising on Friday last, to be restored to their owners. He also telegraphed tele-graphed the Czar, asking him to favor the unity of Roumelia and Bulgaria, and to grant the united countries the protection of Russia. London, Sept. 23. Russia has proposed a conference of the Powers on the Roumelian difficulty, but wants the Porto to take the initiatory step in the matter. Austria will await a decision from the Porte before committing com-mitting herself on the question. Constantinopoe, September 23. The Porte has issued a circular to the signatory powers of the treaty of Berlin, protesting that .the conduct of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, in relation to the rising in Roumelia, is a violation vio-lation of the stipulations of the treaty of Berlin, and declaring that . THE SULTAN HAS RESOLVED ON EFFICIENT . . ACTION To carry out the rights of the Porte contained con-tained in Article 16 of the treaty, which provides pro-vides that in the event of the internal or external security of Eastern Roumelia beinc threatened, the Porte, after notifying the Powers of the exigencies that require it, may send Ottoman troops into the provinces. |