. With the Russians in peace and war; recollections of a military attaché . d Beaconsfield. Dumb-struck by such areception, and powerless to object, Count Schou-valoff betook himself at once to Lord Salisbury,and told him of the scene which had just takenplace between him and the Chancellor. LordSalisbury was much amused, and said there wasnothing for it but that the two senior representa-tives of Russia and England should discuss thematter, and that arrangements should at once bemade for an early interview between Prince Gort-chakoff and Lord Beaconsfield for that was accordingly
. With the Russians in peace and war; recollections of a military attaché . d Beaconsfield. Dumb-struck by such areception, and powerless to object, Count Schou-valoff betook himself at once to Lord Salisbury,and told him of the scene which had just takenplace between him and the Chancellor. LordSalisbury was much amused, and said there wasnothing for it but that the two senior representa-tives of Russia and England should discuss thematter, and that arrangements should at once bemade for an early interview between Prince Gort-chakoff and Lord Beaconsfield for that was accordingly done, and an agreementhaving been arrived at between the two seniorstatesmen, exactly the same, of course, as thatwhich had been come to between Lord Salisburyand Count Schouvaloff, Prince Bismarck wasinformed that Russia and England had agreed asto the line of demarcation of East Roumelia. Atthe next meeting of the Congress the Prince,addressing the members, said that he was happyto inform them that on this, the most difficultquestion of all, England and Russia were in. THE BERLIN CONGRESS 297 accord, adding that any arrangement satisfactoryto these two countries would, he imagined, beagreeable to the rest of the Powers. He thencalled upon Prince Gortchakoff to inform theCongress of the arrangement arrived at. Prince Gortchakoff, rising in accordance withthis invitation, commenced his statement. Hehad not proceeded far, however, when LordBeaconsfield, also rising, protested that he hadnever agreed to anything of the sort. Prince Bismarck at once, with his usual tact,said that there was evidently some mistake, thatthe Russian Chancellor md the English PrimeMinister would doubtless meet again to discussthe matter, and then proceeded to some otherquestion. A few moments afterwards Count Schouvaloff,who was sitting next to his chief, felt a violenttug at his sleeve, and looking round, saw PrinceGortchakoff gazing in an extreme state of excite-ment at the map which Lord Beaconsfi
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