The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-07-20
f r E I G. N .
THE TURKISH WAR.

Great Battle Imminent at Nissa.
VIENNA, July 19-The army corps of Osman
Pacha and Sulieman Pasha have effected a
junction with the Timok army and will attack
the Servians. A great battle is supposed to be
imminent at Nissa
A Protest from the Porte.
LONDON, July 19.-The Posts Berlin special
says the Porte has protested to Austria con-
corning the closing of the harbor of Kick, and
confdentially communicated the protest to
other powers.
The Montenegrins March TO Mostar.
The Times Ragusa despatch says that the
Montenegrins march on Mostar is uninterrupt-
ed. Salem, Palauk, and Castaba surrendered
under threat of bombardment.
Muktah Pascha, commanding the Turks, in
tends going out to meet the Montenegrins in
the field, hoping that the troops from Bosnia
will attack them in the rear Mostar is consid-
cred indefensible.
Investigation of the Bulgarian Outrage
The Telegraph's Constantinople special says
that in consequence of dispatches from Earl
Derby, received at the British embassy, Mr..
w. Barring, the second Secretary of Legation,
has been directed to investigate the Bulgarian
outrages.
The London Times View of the siiua-
LONDON, July 19.-The Times leading edi-
torial article on the Servo-Turkish conflict,
says;
The student of the war pursues his enquir-
les amid systematic fabrication of victory.
Nothing is necessary to military success but. a
Geographic apparatus, some knowledge of the
localities and ready Imagination. The most
disturbing circumstance in the present case is
that both parties have line of telegraph, con-
sequently all that comes to us from Belgrade is
contradcted from Constantinople and converse
ly.When thetwo opposingtstatement appear on
the same day in the same column, The most
frngtinU reader frnp
of disappointment, irritation and indifferen ce.
We may, therefore, confne ourselves to indi-
eating the main results of the campaign as
they appear at the present moment and the po-
sition which the neighboring states have as
sumed or are likely to assume in consequence.
1t is certain that the original plan of t he
Servan invasion has been disturbed and though
undoubtedly they have fought with the greatest
courage they can make no real impression on
the main body Of the Turks. Granting the
Servian claim that Gen. Tchernayeff has suf-
fered no defeat. that he is still in advance and
has taken means to assure his communications,
we still believe be will in the end have to fight
for the security of the Servian frontier. He
has but small army and the Turks probably
even now outnumber him. Taking into consid-
GRAFTON the numerical superiority of the Turks,
the difficulty OF moving in such country and
the Effectiveness of Gen. Tchernayeffs equip
ment we must Conclude that the war will CON
tinue to fringe the Servian frontier.
Liz SbIUuScSb l6dLuT0 Vi tu6 campaign Is Inc
movement of the Prince of Montenegro. He
has force estimated at 10000, largely COM
posed of volunteers from other districts. He
boasts of great successes, that he has beaten
the Turks or they have retreated before him,
that his men would have made the port of
Kleck useless to the Turks even if the Aus
TRANS had not closed it. He has entered Neve-
SINE and threatens MOstar but he is not CO.
operating with the Servians unless there be
something very profound in the plan of the
campaign. The notion that the Montenegrins
do not count upon the success of their allies and
therefore go for what they can get for them
selves begins to prevail. A short time will
show the truth of this.
Meantime Greece remals entirely peaceful
and Romania balances her demands on the
Porte by earnest declarations of neutrality and
will probably keep quiet as long as she cam"
Release of Bulgarian Prisoners Ordered
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 1S.-Khiam Pacha
the commissioner in Bulgaria, has been in
structed to release all not directly or greatly i'm
plicated in open rebellion.
Roumania's Demands.
The Daily News Berlin despatch says that it
is agreed there that if Roumania has really pre-
sented the note as alleged, war is inevitable.
The Posts Berlin special, however, says that
Roumsnia has not demanded the cession of the
Sulina Distress nor the abolition OF the tribute.