The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-11-06
Fatal Railroad Accident.
FOREIGN N.
go EI9 N.
The Eastern War Cloud.
Russia Making New Demands.
And Determined to Force a War,

LONDON. Nov. 4.-The feeling that Russia il
determined to force on q war is daily gaining
ground here, and people who had begun TO con-
| sole themselves with the hope that the war had
been postponed, at least for the winter, are los
| ing heart again, and making up their minds
that the worst is to come. 1t is noted by wei
informed people that Russlas demands become
| more eXorbltant at every stage of the negotia
tions. As soon as the Porte yields one point
another and still more humiliatiDg condition is
laid down, and thus the conviction gradually
forces itself npon the public mind that the time
will soon come when such conditions will be
| proposed as the Porte must peremptorily re-
! 1ect. Then the solution of the Eastern ques-
ton will naturally be left to the sword, and the
Turks must fight Tor existence.
| This evening comes the startling rumor that
| RUSSIA Will demand the withdrawal of the
| turkish troops from Serva, and If this should
prove true, there can be but little doubt but
that war is inevitable. This demand is evil
| dently INTENDED to precipitate conflict, for no
one can imagine that Tarkey will comply with
| it, when compliance would mean revolution
| and massacre from end to end of the Turkish
| empire, which would serve as pretext for
marching the Russian army into Turkey, SO
| that inevitable war may as well be forced now
| while the Ottoman troops are flushed with their
victories over the Servians and while the mass
OF the people give vigorous support to the
government at Constantlnople
This action of Gussia is said to be attrbuta-
Wv " WIZ loSo ihao buC SOfOIuu0ubU Va tuC OAdr
has found it necessary to yield to the sc neral
sentiment of the Russian people for war, which
has become SO intense that the authorities can
no longer restrain it.
The impression that the Gar intends to alb
dcate IS once more gaining ground. The Gar
owitch Is known to be the leader of the war
party, and it is generally believed that one of
MS hrst acts after ascending the throne would be
10 proclaim crusade against the MoSlem pow
er. The Crisis is considered to be fast nearing,
or bad or, ri
future.
The London Times Opinion.
LONDON, Nov. 6.-rhe Times, 10 leader
says: 1--WE think with majority of our cuuu-
trymen that the chances are in favor OF peace
and such peace as may assure the well being of
the regions concerned, by removing every pre-
text for agitation"
Belgrade despatch to the Times SAYS it is
reported that Gen. Tchernayeff will svi0uru in
Russia during the armistce. Russian atficers
express the belief that thousands of Russians
have fallen 10 the valley of Morava alone.
They openly accuse the Servans of bayoneting
the Russians who attempted with reyolyers TO
urge them to attack the Turks
The Standards Belgrade correspondent re-
ports that some wounded Russian officers have
been robbed and hacked to pieces BY the men
appointed to Garry them to the rear
The Bulgarian Ouirages.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-Aristarch Bey. the
Turkish Minister at Washington, has received
by mail from Constantnople, the following in
formation: The extraordinary commission re-
Gently sent to Bulgaria by the Sublime Porte
was instructed to ascertain the truth relating to
the facts which have been reported, to punish
the authors thereof in an exemp lary manner,
and to give full satisfaction due to the sufferers
Moreover the imperial government lately plac-
ed at the disposal of that commission Els 900
sterling, nearly one hundred thousand dollars,
as the first installment to relieve the most press
ing wants of the sufferers of the insurrectiop.
Measures have also been taken for rebuilding
as promptly as possible the burned villages.
Independently Of the aid of every kind which
the government has given for that purpose, tim
Der and other materials have been furnished by
both the Christians and Mussulman residents
in the vicinity.