Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-16
VOL xxxV.-NUMBER 276

that most trustworthy correspondent telc-
graphs from Paris that Germany positively
refuses to participate inthc exhibition of 1873.
Intelligence from Warsaw Indicates an I'M
pending Polish rising. The government has
posted placarIls IN Warsaw prohibiting any
gathering IN the streets.
A dispatch to the Times from Paris slys 10
IS announced that Lord Derby Is on the point
of addressing protest to the various pOJserS
against the mobilization Of the Russian
army.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times
saws adyices from the Russian frontier am
nOunce that the freight traffic on the railway
lines from the Polish frontier southwark has
been stopped, the roads being required tOr
transportation Of military stores. Large hos
pitals are being established, and all physI-
clans in South Russia have been invited to en-
ter the army. Turkey Is also preparing. She
intends to concentrate five army corps, OF forty
thousand men each. in Bulgaria, and VIII
merely leave a sufficient force TO maintain
the defensive on the frontiers Of ServiI and
Montenegro. Four English officers Of
engineers have been engaged by the Porte to
superintend the strengthening and arming
of the fortresses of the Danube. A contract
has been signed for provisioning Wlddln for
eight months for garrison Of fourteen
thousand men. The armament Of WIdIIH
is complete. Il consists Of sixty large kuIpp
cannon, and cighty-hve pieces of smaller
cahber The Danube fiOulla has been rem
forced. The arsenal at Constantiuoplc Is
busly engaged N fitting out feet. \ mili
tary train Of twelve thousand wagons Is be-
ing formed.
The Vienna correspondent Of the Times
explains the hitch in regard to the confer
ence. The Porte considered England pro-
pOsals vague and instructed its ambassador
in London to ask the British government
what it really meant to propose. England
refused thus TO fOrestall the work Of the con-
ference, and Turkey consequently declined To-
participate. The invitation to JON the con
ference will be repeated to the Porte.
The Times says, editorially: I'VE believe
we may now accept it as certain that the
meeting of the conference is assured. Despite
the warlike preparations Of various powers.
we believe all the powers desire peace. The
Porte must be convinced that if it stubbOrnly
refuses to give guarantees 1t Will stand
alone"
PARIS, November 15.-It Is reported that
Austria cOntemplates a partial mobilization
of her army. There Is reason to believe that
Russia will call IN her next years contingent
of recruits, numbering two hundred thou
sand, Immediately, instead Of waiting until
April, the usual time. II Is announced that
the first military tram of sixteen thousand
men leaves St. Petersburg for kiscenOtf to
day. 1t Is said that all railway companies III
Russia have been ordered to place their lines
at the absolute disposal of the government
VIENNA. November 15.-'1he Political
Correspondence publishes letter from its St.
Petersburg correspondent which summaries
the reforms which Russia intends to demand
of the Porte as follows: First, the disarma-
ment of the entire population of Bosnia, Her
zegOvina, and Bulgaria. without distinction
of creed; second, the abolition of irregular
troops; third, the transfer to Asia of the Cir
casSians settled In Europe fourth, the Ian
guage of the country to be introduced IN the
public offices and tribunals: fifth, a native
christian to be appointed governor by the
Porte IN each province, and the appointment
of permanent commission of supervisors
composed of the cOnsuls of the great powers.
The letter also mentions as reforms to be de
manded those specified in the dispatch from
Vienna.
VIENNA, November l5.-Nothing Is known
in diplomatic circles here confirming the
statement published in the new Free Press
that England had communicated certain Ul
terror designs of Russia to Count Won Beust
Austrian ambassador IN London, and that a
complete agreement was established between
England and Austria.
The favorable reply of Austria to the pro-
posed English conference has been dispatched
TO London.
ST. PETERSBURG, November 15-An I'M
perial order was promulgated to-day, prohib-
iting the export Of horses from western and
southern Russia.