The Porte has sent a third note to the Foreign Ambassadors, peremptorily demanding the suppression o the foreign post-offices. This also has been returned to the Porte, the result being a partial cessation of official relations between the Embassies and the Turkish Government.
THE NEW RUSSIAN LOAN, It is announced from St. Petersburg that a ukase has been issued authousing a loan of 424 million francs (£16,960,000) at 4 per cent, to repay the advances made by the Treasury to the Trans-Siberian railway and to meet current expenditure.
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