Vienna, September 13. Twenty-one pupil teachers have been arrested in Galicia on a charge of being concerned in a conspiracy against the Emperor. Vienna, September 18. Count Kalnoky, in an important speech before the Delegations, denied that the Triple Alliance was the cause of the heavy armaments. They were imperative in the interest of safety. Experience had proved the advantage of the' Triple Alliance in promoting the interests of monarchy and peace. The supposed danger of war was merely a cry set on foot by sensational news papers, and not by Governments. He dwelt specially on the friendship between Russia and France, and praised the conduct of the young King of Servia. The prosecution of Stambouloff was a grave mistake, he said, for that statesman was a guarantee of law and stability in Bulgaria. Austria did not intend to meddle with the politics of the Balkan States. Count Kalnoky said that the Powers outside the Triple Alliance, including Eng land, were now more friendly to it. The purity of the motives actuating the Monarchs who formed the Alliance was a sound guarantee of their peaceful desires. Rome, September 13. Two armed Anarchists were arrested in the Vatican gardens near the summer villa. On discovery they attempted to escape by scaling the wall, and abandoned their weapons. It is believed they intended to assassinate the Pope. Madrid, September 13. The Duke San Carlos has committed suicide. The cause is attributed to distress at his inability to attain moral perfec tion. Paris, Septemoer 12. The French newspapers declare Mada gascar must be France’s in the future. Paris, September 14. If a French campaign is made in Mada gascar, it is estimated the cost will be £4,000,000. Berlin, September 15. An inspired article in a Hamburg paper states that Germany is quite content to abide by the Samoan Act, and does not in tend to raise any claims not compatible with that agreement, nor will she co operate with England to the exclusion of America. The latter, it is contended, would be equivalent to an admission that Austra lia is interested in the future of Samoa, which Germany denies.
