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Document ReferenceBu 30/83
TitleLetter from W. White, Belgrade, Serbia, to Sir A. Buchanan, Vienna, Austria; 12 June 1876.
Date12 June 1876
Extent2 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionStates that the questions of the day seemed to be centred on Ems, London and Berlin and that he did not believe Bismarck really cared 'who was master of the Black Sea' or that he would prove to be a sincere friend to England or Austria; asks him to clarify the situation regarding Wrede and the number of consuls in Belgrade and to inform Lord Derby of the outcome; discusses the probability of war breaking out and states it may be averted if the Prince of Montenegro could persuade the insurgents to lay down their arms.
Termmilitary campaigns, Montenegrin-Serbian-Ottoman War 1876
Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA140Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president1815-1898
NA7195Nikola I (1841-1921); King of Montenegro; ( succeeded 1860 King from 1910)1841-1921
NA144Stanley; Edward H. (1826-1893); 15th Earl of Derby; statesman1826-1893
NA7214Wrede; - (fl 1876); Prince; Austrian diplomatfl 1876
NA7147White; William A. (1824-1891); Sir; diplomat1824-1891
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL90/Austria
PL64/Germany
PL4135/Montenegro
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