The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-11-19
THE WAR.

LoSDoN, November Is The whole of the
London press, tomorrow morning, will open
a cry against Russia, appealing to :. ne CIV
srnment to declare war Il one persists in
heF demands i e feeling in the city is
intense ard che excitement almost UMPIRE
ceden..ed The Government fnds itself
dressed forward to an attitude it had not
designed, at first, to assume. The feeling is
| so strong that the Government is convinced
that it is unsafe to resist it.
Extraordinary activity prevails at the Adj
mI-alty, and orders are given to man, arm
and prepare the entire fleet, and the work Is
to 90 on day and night at Portsmouth, Dew
onport and Spithead
Private letters from Versailles say that the
position occupied by the Germans is becom-
| ing extremity critical, and that alarm prevails
among all who understand the situation
The King would return Immediately to Der
lin, but it was considered unsafe to ,ermit
him to depart without very strong escort,
which could not be spared, though fear that
he might be captured or shot by Franc
| tieurs, who are swarming all over the coun-
! try. So great are Won Moltke's apprehen-
siOns in consequence of an attack by the
| forces under General TrOuchu and a stimuli
taueous assault by the Army of the Loire that
entertainments are now being thrown up in
the rear and TANKS of the German positions
around Paris Officers at Versailles declare
| that the Germans are themselves besieged,
and OFT er letters state that "a transformation
in spirits has occurred. The French PEG
! pie are changing their depression and fear
into confidence and bravery. Immense
supplies of small rifles and Armstrong guns
are in their hands, and the numbers Of their
armies are increasing constantly. In short.
everything promises complete turning of
| invaders.
There has been great excitement but no
panic to~day over the news in the stock ex-
change aud elsewhere. Russia's steps have
so long been expected that the public was
partly prepared for it 1t is the force and
peremPtoriness of Russia declaration which
created surprise rather thln the demand it
self Notwithstanding the warlike tone of the
Times this morning, doubt was felt whether
the English government would repel Prus
sia's pretensions to abrogate by her own act
the treaty of 1856 The Times is believed
to be attempting to take the reins of govern.
ment as in 1854 Ali doubt will be dispel
ed tomorrow, by the publication CT Gran
yille's reply.
There is nothing yet but talk about war
but the English Cabinet is in no mood to be
deferred by the prospect of collision, in
which, however, it does not believe There
is nobody who says that England will not
in case prepare for war
Four days ago GortschakoF-s circular was
unknown to the American legation at St.
Petersburg.
The following correspondence has taken
place:
Earl Granville to Sir A Buchanan, Bri
| fish En- oassador, st. Petersburg: Foreign
Office, November 10, I87O-Sir: Baron
Rrannard made to me yesterday a commun
icatioG respecting the convention between
the Emperor of Russia and the Sultan limit
ing their naval forces in the Black Sea
signed at Paris IN the 3Oth Of March, 1856
to which you allude in your telegram of yes
terday afternoon. In my dispatch of yes.
terday gave you an account Of what passed
between US, and now propose to observe
upOn Prince Gortschakoff's dispatches of the
9th and Goth ult, communicated to me By
the Russian Ambassador On that occasion
Prince G"rtschakoff declared, on the part OF
his Imperial Majesty, that the treaty oil
1856 has been lnfringed in various respects
tn the prejudice of Russia, and more espe
cially in the case of principaIities, against
the explicit protest of his representatives. !;
and that, in consequence of these attractions
Russia Is entitled to renOunce those stipula
tons of the treaty which directly touch her
interests. 1t Is then announced that she
will n" longer be bound by treaties which
restricts her right of sovereignty in the
Black sea. We have here an allegation that
certain facts have occurred which in the
judgement of Russia are at variance with
certain stipulations Of the treaty, and as.
sumption is made that Russia, upon the
strength of own judgement as to the charac-
ter of these facts, is entitled to release her.
self from certain other stipulations of that
instrument. The assumption is limited in
its practical application to some of the pro-
visions of the treaty; but the assumption OF
a right to rensunce any one of its terms in
wolves the assumption of right to renounce
the whole. This statement is wholly in
dependent of the reasOnabeness or unrea-
sonabl9ness on lis own merits of the desire
of Russia to be released from the stipula-
tions of the treaty of 1856, respecting the