New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-29
FOREIGN.
The Exciting News from the East.

The Exciting News from the East.
LONDON, December % Tho Post, in its
leading article, says the excitement created
by the first alarming telegrsms from the
East has been much toned down BY those
which followed, but We have reasons to be-
lieve that even the latter exaggerste the
danger.
The Standards correspondent at Bel.
grade telegrsphs that for several days war
between Russia and Turkey has been con-
sidered certain there, and Russia is send
ing money to enable Servia to rec0mmence
hostilities.
Reuters telegram from Constantinople
Gays: 1t 10 rumored that the Turks will
present counter proposition to the confer
Russia, in spite of the intense ardor of
her people for war, may be obliged to
yield ut the last moment, owing 10 her
means of transport being defective. She
has been taxing her ree0urces to the ut.
most to get her army into condition to
.u,.S Win gres ..or possible suddenness
and vigor, but 1t seems now that her
means of transport are inadequate to the
task of providing for such large army az
would be necessary to strike Q decisive
blow against Turkey.
The Grand Dukes Health.
The Standards St. Petersburg special re
much better now and is considered ont of
danger.
The Russian Army.
The Standards dispatch from Vienna
says: News has arrived from Bessarabia,
that the Russian army ia - little fit for
long campaign the Grand Duke Nicho-
las has telegraphed that unless he re.
Ceives q considerable reinforcement of
picked troops he can not commence serious
operations, beyond the crossing of the
truth and taking up quarters in ROumania.
The New Turkish Consultations.
A Moscow dispatch to the Times says:
The Gazette declares the new Turkish con-
cstitutiOn a mere mOckery of the powers
The only way of improving the condition of
the Christians in Turkey is etficacious Occu-
patton and the granting to Christians O. Q
right to carry arms, and of depliving Mus
eulmans of the right.
A Steamer Wrecked.
% The steamer G ,ethe was wrecked on L.
oos island, of Uruguay.
The Impending Crisis.
The Pail Mall Ga=ette's leading editorial
article says Il at probably q word may be
spoken to day which will be followed by
instant war, threatening to involve all
Europe sooner or later. If the powers de-
mand simple yes or no, or if the Porte,
for military or other reasons, thinks it OK.
pedient to 60 straight to the point without
delay, the answer will be refusal. But
it 10 more likely no direct or final answer
will yet be given-not that the Porte has
shown the faintest sign of yielding to the
Russian demande.
The Pail Nall Gazette tracing the Rus.
sian policy from the formidable pretension
Of Immediate Russian occupation. through
out the various notifications to the latest
proposal for the simple introduction of q
small number of Belgian gendarmes
to supply the neucl, US for an organization
Of q native police force after the model
common in most continental States, con
cludes that Russia is ready to accept or
indeed to suggest further notifications
because affairs do not look we'll for Russia
at this tina. 1t says the stories of disagree
able discoveries in Russian arsenals and
unexpected weakness in transport ap-
paratus are probably true.
The country is almost bankrupt, and the
inter failure of the internal loan showed
how little money could be screwed out of
the people. The danger Of antagonism with
Austria and thereafter with Germany. and
of being confronted by Great Britain at
iertair point Of success may we'll bring