The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-01-19 00:00:00

WAR NEWS.

THE ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 12.
Encouraged by Prince Reuss the German Ambas-
-Bador, who has intimated that 'Russia's conditions of
Peace would probably be moderate, and in order to
Vve Europe a proof of its sincere desire for peace, the
rorte has asked the Russian Government to state
what conditions of peace it would demand.
Sr. PETERSBURG, Jan. 12.
The Agcnce Busse of this evening says that the delay
b
in commencing negotiations for an armistice is attri-
utable to the distance to be traversed by instructions
sent from St. Petersburg to the two head.quarters in
Bulgaria and Asia.
that With regard to the armistice, the Agence repeats
law, usage, and equity alike require that an
armistice, ceded by having peace for its object, shall be pre-
a convention between the belligerents,
iiV•laging the preliminary bases of peace. Otherwise,
Ls Pointed out an armistice would be a means,
offered in a benevolent spirit to the vanquished, to
!,Peruit his strength and prepare for further resistance,
thuß provoking fresh bloodshed.

_lt is stated in diplomatic circles in Vienna that the
tuzar makes it a condition that he will not conclude
,eace until his troops has entered Adrianople, and
,nat the evacuation of that city and of Erzeroum will
De made the basis of the armistice.

t iThe Berlin Correspondent of the Morning Poet
cegree
egraPhs 'A statement is made to-day, with a
of positiveness, to the effect that Russia has
(311.1.rollnica-ted the terms of peace which it proposes
t?ost upon without reserve to the other Imperial
I:lers, Germany and Austria, and the terms appear
avo raet with their approval."

_ _
The AT
gi —ord says :—The question of the straits of the
thaacit
4. Sea is for Russia of as essential importance as
he °f the Suez Canal for England. Russia must
ss
,refore assert her interests in this respect as loudly
aea u'ith as much determination as the Cabinet of
°1:1(1°11 has displayed in the defence of its interests.

SERVIAN PEACE CONDITIONS.
tarr-\TNA, JAN. 15.—The Political Correspondence of
t:" evening publishes a telegram from Belgrade of
ars date asserting that Servia intends to put for-
ial:d the following peace conditions :
OldPe Pulependence of the Principality; the cession of
der„e,rlq!a by Turkey • and an indemnity for the Turkish
'"'atlntis in last year's war "

lay
be
rej74lQ
eased
letair •

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 13.
Cl•and Duke Nicholas has telegraphed to the
4413er0r from Grabovi as follows :
reee"kh_tve arrived here and hav3 been enthusiastically
bY the troops and the inhabitants. The
apiiiVed are well cared for, and are all in the best
bere
„• I°,ooo Turkish prisoners have already arrived
tio44.and are being despatched to their various cleat-
-1134„I await further intelligence from General
"243% To-morrow I cross the Balkans."
BELGRADE, Jan. 12.
the convention signed at the capitulation of
Itsd I%as stipulated that all cannons, ammunition,
rem at material found in the place should be sur-
"red to the Servians, and that the troops should
""sru their arms, when they should be conducted
Id the Servian radius of operations and there
4141 ed• The Turish officers were to be permitted to
Isp their swords. The Servians captured altogether
184 150 guns and upwards of 20,000 breech-loading

GABROVA, Jan. IS.
j2:1;1101 losses sustained by General Skobeleff's column
tsee,,,,ShiPka Pass on the 9th instant were six officers
vroi,,V4 soldiers killed, 38 officers and 1,190 men
tuti—"ed- This column charged and captured 12 field
Is; arid also took several flags.
hay: ear Cheinew there was a desperately-contested
14;liet assault, which lasted ten minutes. Inpursu-
-10;0 Turks the Ist and 2nd Don Cossack regiments
a large number of prisoners.
tZhe T RAGUSA, Jan. 13
urks have abandoned the line of the Boyarra,
ereetare Concentrating at Scutari, where they have
ed batteries, armed with 42 Krupp guns.
A-utivari the Montenegrins found 800 barrels of
arsaPs"°(l,er, 15. guns, and a large quantity of other
Ptigc;,, a4u Provisions They also took 1,400 Nizams
lot or.. The Turkish squadron has retired to the
Qt. John.