Eastern Europe is disturbed. The Moscow,' a Russian steamer with
troops on board, recently tried to pass through the Dardanelles, but was seized, the Porte alleging that she was violating the Treaty of Paris, which turns the Dardanelles into a Turkish canal. The Russians protested furiously, and as the French backed them, the Sultan yielded, released the vessel, and even paid an indemnity. It was thereupon reported that the Sultan had agreed to the passage of Russian men-of- war to the exclusion of all other European States, and England was called upon by German journals to defend the Treaty of Paris by sending a fleet to the Dardanelles. The' Moscow' is not a man-of-war, and the Russians being technically in the right, the agitation appears to be needless. At the same time, the Servians have been collecting troops on the Bulgarian frontier "for manoeuvres," and the Bulgarians have ordered a corps d'arm‘e to guard against a coup de main. Whether both States were panic-stricken or intended mischief, is uncertain, but the Turkish Government growing alarmed, advised the Regents of Servia to manoeuvre elsewhere, farther from the frontier ; and the hint having been taken, the Bulgarians also returned to barracks. All is therefore quiet again ; but the French visit to Cronstadt has inspirited all Russian agents, and made M. de Nelidoff, at Constantinople, rather over- bearing.
