The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-17
THA EtSrrRy VAN CLOrD.


LONDON, Nov. 16.-Tho Vienna corre-
soondent Of the 1tmcs saye; Advices from the
itussian frontier announce that freight traffic
on tho railway lines from the Polish frontier
southwMd has been etopued, tho roads being
required Tor the tran spt riatiOn Of military
stores. Large hospitals are be ing established,
All tho thy.icians Ia South ala have been
Invited TO enter tie army. Turkey t. also pre-
paiiug She intend, to concentrate Ave army
corps OF 10000 men each In Bulgaria. and will
merely leave sufficient men.to maintain the de-
fensivo on the side Of Servia aud Montenegro.
Four English officers Of engineers have been en-
gagged by the Porte to suuerintcnd the strength
cning and arniUe Of he forlresses Of the Danube.
A contract has been signed for provisioning
widJin for eight months for Il garrison IL 1900
mon. The armament OF widdin Is complete.
1t cons-ts Of sixty large krupp cannon and
eiuhiy fve pieces OF smnler calbre. ! ne ID NJ
uLo notiia Las hCeD r. Btfurcud. The arsenal at
Cou,t,ntinnple II bully enpaecd ~ 0tting out
ncci A military tram OF l.'N0 wagons IS being
formed.
The Vienna correspondent of tho Times l.
plhhs the hitch IN regard to tho conference.
1hc furio considered England's rropos Is
vaguc. ana instructed Musurus Pasha, I Am
bassadcr in Lordnn. to ask the Biitish Govern
ment what II really meant 20 prop Sc. bneiabd
refused thus to lorcstall the work of tine oun-
ference, and turkey c, nsequenty declined TO
par,ici ate IN It. IL Is To be hoped, buwev'r,
tint this reJcclion Is nnt hnhl. Ihe INVITATION
ur ed uUon the Porte.
The Iirnos says edltoriallv; ave believe we
may now accept n aa cert IN that the meeting
" the conference is assured despite the wailike
lrcparniiOns 81 various powers. We believe Ill
IN" powers desire peace. Toe Porte must be
convinced TINT n It stubbornly refuses to give
guar ntees II viii stand alone"
The Pau Mall GdSttt. this afternoon SAYS that
10 to u Is morning tue Porte's objections to the
conference had not teen removed. the same
journal Ia a leading editorial saws that II be-
lleyes Russia intends war. She IL prepared to
ir-t-t upon claims when she believes tue Porte
VIII refuse, and is getting ready To impose them
bv iofce. "lhe situation" Il says, "is but
little different from what 1t would be Il for tue
word arm stice' tho words Russian demands
OF reform were submitted. and toe Ignaten
ultimbtum thus modified were still lying before
tue Porte"
A telee ram from Ragusa says: THE Turkish
army OF Albania has scattered A portion unuer
DefVish Pdaha 10 been dered to Iiule ,Ti and
the Danube. and hfteen battslions to Constanti-
NJ. ukhtar Pasha has left Trebinje for AiUdpia."
rne Globe this Afternoon announces tnat It
hears from n Trustworthy but unOfhci i source,
that twenty lone battalions Of infantry, seven
regiments OF cavalry, and eighty guns have al
the Bast shoulI the Government consider their
services necessary for tho protection OF British
intere.ts.
The Earl OF Bescons8eid. who has been on a
visit TO the Earl Of Shrewsbury at Ingestrp Ill,
st ford. returned to London TO-DAY, having re-
oelyt d an urgent telegram from hls collie gues.
The Pross Association reports that the author
itie- OF the Devonpurt Docky rd nave received
orders to prepare the irunclnd turret shiUs Cy-
ciops an1 Hydra for immediate active service.
Ine Standard says great activity prevails IN
the Woolwicu arsenal. An inperative order
was issued Yesterday that the production Of
rifle III cartridges be inCrea ed to two millions
per week. Inc usual quantity manufactured
weekly Ia hsf million.
the Standards Vienna correspondent saws tho
L rte, IN view uf winter c,mpaign, IN ends to
keep 1000 nen In Montenegro sDd Herzego-
Vini. +O.OD on the borders Of Greece. aud $1,000
TO wa Oh Servil.
Reu ers military intelligence. dated hatham,
Nov. ID, represents thHt tne company OF Royal
Engineers which WAS recently placed under or
ders for foreign service Is now undergoing
course of Instruction preparatory TO eIn king.