The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-23 00:00:00

TEI WAR,.

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VIZINA, Monday.
Sir Henry Elliott had a long conversation with
Count Andrawy on S.twdey evening. The latter
erprewed • hope that Aue Germen mediation would
snooped in raising a Conference.
It 6 stated by the semi-official Journal de a. Niers-
booty that negotiations are proceedln, not only with
England, but also with Austria. A Uorreepondeut In
Bt. Petersburg telegraphs that Colonel Welleniny,
who luta arrived there, has had • friendly interview
with Prince Gortechakofl, and le to be received by the
Emperor.
Amording to a report from Copenhagen received in
Vienna the British Government km taken steps with
the view to induce Sweden, la certain contingencies.,
to permit • British naval station to be established on
the Wand of Taros In the Baltic.
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--1131;;;;laido;rWonTlistiTi—ithens telegraphs that
the thousands of Turkish troop. which have been sent
Into Themaly are crushing the insurrection beyond
hope of recovery, and that Crete will be oompeUed to
submit before the end of the summer if Turkey and
Rand* be left fine to do as they please. The English
Consul at the Pharos has meanwhile been sent to
Voloto arrange an armistice In Themealy.
THE CONGRESS.
0111FIMMINTIES Or PIACI.

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A St. Petersburg correepondent in a telegram on
Friday states that the meeting of the Coupon which
was thought to be admired on Thursday had become
again uncertain. The basis of this proposal was
Intended to meet both the demand of our own Cabinet
that the Treaty of San Stefano should be formally
✓ubmitted to the Congress, and the objection of Russia
to the requirement. The Berlin Cabinet suggested
that the form of invitation to the Congress should be
so phrased as to omit naming the San Stefano Treaty,
and to call the Powers together for the purpose d
revising the Treaties of :1806 and ISTI, in consequenoe
of events which have occurred. The St. Petersburg
Cabinet has accepted this proposal!. The London
Cabinet has rejected it. The prospect of the Congress
meeting is again, therefore, quit* tutorials. In con-
firmation of this view we hsv4esmictlida3 dation:mite
from Vienna that the attempted mediation of Germany
has hitherto led to no remit A telegram from Berlin
received by the Neat°, thetas on the other hand that
lat progress is being made.
itral the position of Omega is becoming more
sad more difficult. England urges the abandonment
of the insurgents in Therealy, eo as to win the Turks
from the Rued= alliance. Russia, on the other hand,
allows Turkey to crush the rebels in order to keep her
faithful to the Russian alliance. If our rivalry with
Russia for the goodwill of the Turk be continued for
many months, the Greek element in Turkey will be
quits ruined.
Conservative members express themselves very con-
fident that peace will not he broken. They have that
madame solely upon the supposed necessities of Russia,
military and flume:Mt They say that Russia doerA
wish war. it needs no prophet to tell us that, bat never-
theless Russia may And herself in • position when war
may
zasar the only passible course. They add that
certainly will keep her on the rack, and compel
her to continue her present armaments, and continue her
present enormous expenditure, until she is forced to
submit from sheer lack of resource. They do not explain
how they mean to rusks sure that Russia will consent
to the arrangement, nor how they will guarantee that
Russia wlfl not end the suspense by forcing us to 11ght
The liberals do not share that hopefulness. They say
there is no chance that Russia will submit the Treaty as •
whole to the Congress. and seeing that we have already
broken the Treaty of ISM. they hold that there is no
lesson why she should.