. 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. !KIN( !•: GORTCHAKQFF. 296 WITH THE RUSSIANS reminded Count Schouvaloff that he was his sub-ordinate, and had no authority to come to anyarrangement with Lord Salisbury without con-sultation with himself, and that, although he haded minor questions to be settled between theCount and Lord Salisbury, with regard to thisquestion, the most vital of the Congress, he hadno intention of being overridden by his junior,and intended to settle the matter himself withLord 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-
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