The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-30
The EASTERN aLDJLE.
The Problem Is in q State Of
Transition.
Probabilities Of an immediate sssiaaIas Of
Hostiiiiies. Involving the Whole Of
Europe.


sadfestioas of satisfactory Adjust
m~at off sarks-sesSInB Brepbie
toSsrANTIS PIE D-.ren,ip-T 27.-H
appears certain the Pufie viii NOT re
jest al the p opssal- Of ttl- y w-r-,
ut only make .,iJ ciions 10 sryersi
paints. although the Turkish p-rtS T.
strong ip a. p-ac iui -aiutiau ~
possible. P..shs aud Save; P..-s,a seen,
personally To favor pe sre The order
tu meet resistance Of the Port. sppear-
u Discuss certain details provided 4:
The psineipie-, I'D II they are maiu-
taiued, 1t is believed in diplomatic cir
ciss there Is ground for hope. No
rupture occurred d, tween the Marquis
OF Salisbury aud the Sultan on Tues
day, and the meeting appears To have
nrnduted favorable result.
LONDON, December p. The Pail
Mall Gazette, in u leading editorial
article, says thar probably word msy
De spoken to-day which would be
followed by instant war, threatening
to involve all Europe, sooner or later
The powers demand a etmpie Yes"
or ~" ffth- Porte Tor Military aud
other Reasons, thinks II exp-di-ut To
gu straight In war W ttipuI delay. th.
answer will be n refusal. Blu; il IL
III sre likely IN direct or iiiisi sD-ses
will yet be gIven;; at that the P0r r.
has Shown the fain,es. sign al yield!Itx
To the Russian demands, cut the
Pail Mali Gz-tte, tra:i1s lie
Russian policy for formi i.ole ,s.r-
sion an1 I'm Mediate Russian occups
tio3, throughout It's various mod tica-
tious t. The latest proposal for the s,In
pie tutroduosi1a nj a SIN al nun Der al;
Belxians, General Darsnis To supply
The nucleus Tar Al nrgt,,iz Ition of a
native po!'cs force, after the model
common III N vt c ,sItflent5i States
concludes that Russia is ready TO NJ
aep;, or, indeed, % sugges. further
motif ;a,ioas, because affairs do mol
look Well for Russia at this tile. II
5A1 . AbS ttpi tCo VI hisHSt St1bst
cries in Russian arsenais, and mex
pected eakness in transport appara
tus, are probably true. the country il
almost bankrupt, and utter failure Of
the internal loan shows how little
money could be screwed ut Of the
people. The danger OF sHtagonism
with Austria, aud thereafter with ter
many, and of being confronted by
Great Britain at = certain point of sue
cess, may well bring Russia to pause,
aud II Turkey knows her foe would be
glad tn withdraw from her arrogant
POSITION. Midnat Pacha is no, unlikely
To facilitate that desire. The QUESTION
is not 50 mueh whether the Porte will
yield to the Russian demands for thu
sake of peace, hut whether Russia viii
shate them for tue same object.
A Daily Telegraph special from
Peru, say the Sultan, in answer IL
Lord Saii-bury's friendly representa-
lions, declared his personal saiei,
would be compromised If he conceded
all that the powers demanded. No
threats passed al the Interview be
,ween the Sultan and Lord Salis bury
NBw YORK, Dec-mber PA spe
eial dispatch from Paris says: There
II highest authority FIR stating that,
notwithstanding hopeful dispatche,
recently received from Constantine
ple, there is tut single chance III
peace ia the East. Russia, in spite oi
the intense ardcr OF her people for VAR,
may be obliged to yield nj the, last ma
ment, owing TO hermeans eft transpor.
ratipn being defective. she has beer
taxing her resources to the utmost to
get her army into u condition 10 strike
with greater possible suddrnuers and
vigor.: Tut il seems that her means OF
transportation Is inadequate 20 the
task of providing for such q large army
as would be ne :es>ary To strike q de
eisive blow against Turkey.
LONDON, December q. The Post il.
IFS leading article says: The excite
ment created bJ The first alarming tel
grams from the East has been much
toned by those which followed; tut VIZ
have reason to believe that even tn.
latter exsgserate the dagger.
The steamer 9eDtne hs- beer
wrecked Oh Laeoe island, off Uruguay
The crew and passengers were saved
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