The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-04-03 00:00:00

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

The London iesamot announce that the difficulties
between the English mid Russian Governments have
been smoothed away. Zlse Moreiso Post says
"It is certain that, within the last few hours • clear
ntsderstanding has been arrii col et, end it would now
appear that words and methods mut which will
enable Russia with honour to snidest:the a disarma-
ment simultaneously with Turkey.' The Jhoss
states —" Our Special I 'orrespondent at St. Petersburg
telegraphs that the negotiations with Russia have
now been reuewed. The Russion Government has
yielded one more point with the s iew to secure peace
and maintain the '&le:oilcan concert. It has promised
to disarm if Turkey will make peace with M.,ntenegro.
accept the 'Protocol, and send an Ambassador to
St. Petersburg to arrange the toestion of demobilisa-
tion. This promise is not to be inserted in the
Protocol, but is to be contained in a raemorandnm
which Lord Derby will be at liberty to hair before
Parliament. The negotiations are now at this poiut.
and the decision, our Correspondent points out, stifl
rests with our own Government.- A Correspondent
at Berlin says Prince GortMakoff has, it appear,
conaanted to a modification of his original proposi-
tions. He has, it is stated, waived me point first
insisted upon, that peace with Monteneget should
premeds Russian demobilisation ; and he haa ao
withdrawn the stipulation that Turkey should disarm
first. He makes Russian demobilisation dependent,
however, upon the previous accentual) of the recom-
mendations of the Conference by the Porte. It is
slid that he has expressed himself satisfied of the
t sincerity of Turkish promises of reforms, but
still reserves to his master the right of suspending
the *mobilisation if there should be fresh disturb-
ances in Turkey and a failure to carry out the promised
reforms."
It is stated that as Sir Henry Elliot is not at present
to return to Constantinople, Mr. Layard will take his
place as temporary Ambassador.
The Protocol has been signed. On Saturday after-
noon Lord Derby met the representatives of Russia
and Turkey and the Ambassadors of France, Germany,
Austria, and Italy, in the small conference room at
the Foreign Office. oil their tblitterations lasted
nearly an hour. Afterwards the Foreign Secretary
left town for one of his country seats, and in the
evening the representatives of Russia, Germany
Amtata, and Italy had a further meeting at the resi-
dence et the French Ambassador, who the same uight
left by the mail train for Paris. Before these con-
ferences took *us General Ignatieff had arrived at St.
Petersburg, where it war announced that the Protocol
eras to be Agnes! in Luaus on Saturday. The Russian
pram proceeded to comment at this event, which they
do not regard as mei enting wax, the outbreak of
which they believe to be inevitable ...al, or later.
At Vienna the journals also write in mum Coe same
terms. They ...peak of the future with sutch
uncertainty, believing that hy the Protocol Russia
will be at liberty to commence war whenever she
thinks it convenient. As regards Montenegro. a
telegram from Constantinople suggests that the signing
of the Protocol makes an agreement between the
Porte and Prince Nikita lees unpoesible than before,
altheegh at present his delegates maintain their lest
demands.

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