Congress prospects and Beaconsfield’s risk to Parliament
The article reports that obstacles to convening a Congress over the San Stefano treaty have fallen away. Russia approves full discussion. Berlin is to host plenipotentiaries to settle a preliminary accord, with Britain represented by the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, sparking debate over constitutional propriety and imperial aims. It also covers renewed assassination attempts on the German emperor, tracing possible socialist agitation and the suspect theorists behind the plot.