New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-29
WAR;.

Milan and Tchernaye6 mt Cross Purposes
The Porto Waiting for the Surrender
OF fAlexinatz-Turkish Successes-Bul-
garian Atrocities.
LONDON, August 2S.-Tbe Standard S
Belgrade dispatch says: While Prince
Milan is desiring to negotiate peace Rus
sian officers continue to arrive, and
Tchernayei, by repeated attacks upon the
Turkish lines, is doing his best to render
negotistiOns abOrtive.
The Porte plainly declined to listen to a
tender1of mediation by the powers. until
Alexinatz is surrendered. The Ser ,ian au-
thorities continue to report great victories,
without foundation.
An Austrian corps, 5000 strong, is ready
for instant march into Servia.
A Reuter- telegram from Belgrade reports
that discomfort among the people against
negotiations is becoming more intense.
A dispatch from Vienna reports that the
Porte demands that Prince Milan shall ad-
dress propositions for peace directly TO the
Turkish government.
The Servian victories on Thursday are
confirmed, but Alexinatz is still threatened
on three sides. The fighting was renewed
on Sunday.
The Standards correspondent with the
Turkish army tele graphs, under date of
Nisia, Sunday afternoon, as follows:
Yesterdays and to-dsy's severe fighting
resulted in q complete Turkish victory.
The Servians we're everywhere driven back,
and their losses must be very great"
This is later than the intelligence from
Servian sources which claimed victory on
Thursday.
The Times has an editorial on Bulgarian
atrocities, which concludes: 'Mr. Baring's
report, and the testimony of other official
Witnesses, will have practical value during
negotiations which must follow the close of
tho Servian war. They will give this coun-
try good opportunity of clearly defining
the position it holds with respect both to
Turkey and the great powers. 1t has
are careless of English remonstrances
because they think that England will and
must support Turkey however hagrantly
she may be misruled, and hence it is argued
that she is indirectly accountable for the
Bulgarian massacres; but it is difficult to
believe that go baseless an idea can mislead
the shrewd men who direct the Turkish
empire. They know little of this country
if they think it could condone such
atrocities as those of ulgaria. Like
some other States, it has an in
able to see her strong, but she can not be
strong without being we'll governed, and
che will never be well governed until she
has reversed many parts of her present
system. Turkish misrule means weakness,
recurring rebellion and foreign war. 1t
carries with it menace to the whole of
Europe. This country will be ready to Join
other States in devising such reforms as
will protect the Christian part of the popu-
lation without regarding the conveniences
of the Porte"
The Standards Berlin special announces
that at council of the Servian Cabinet
Prince Milan's resolution in favor of media
ton was approved by three to one.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph, from
Paratchin, reports that on Tuesday two
columns of Secvian troops at Alexinatz mis-
took each other for the enemy. A serious
fight took place before the error was discov-
cred.
Some Bulgarian volunteers have shot
their commanders who ordered them to ad-
vance.
A wounded man declined to have an
operation performed by English surgeons,
as do nine in ten natives in similar cases,
although they know death will follow in
consequence of the refusal.
A Berlin dispatch to the Post announces
that the powers have agreed to request the
Porte to aceede to q suspension of hostili-
ties. Turkey is resolved to grant only a
short armistice for the purpose of settle
ment of the terms Of peace.