Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-14
PEACE IMPOSSIBLE.
Turkey Refuses TO Accept or IndOrse
the Peace Propositions Submitted
by the Great Powers.
Servia, AZ spunky, is Ready TO Fight
it out 10 the Bitter End-PrOspeet
for a aGeneral European War

LONDON, October l3.-A dispatch from Bel
grade, dated to-day, says that the Servian cab
met council has decided not to accept the six
mOnths armistce determined upon by the
Turkish extraordinary council last Tuesday,
because Servia could not maintain her large
army during the Winter, and she will bs OBJ
Hged 10 support a large number OF refugee
families. II is stated that NJ. Hestecs, the 1or-
eign minister, has telegraphed General Tcher-
nayef, telling him not to regard 1t as possible
that so long an armistice can be accepted.
Four thousand horses from Russia have
arrived at Kladowa.
A dispatch from COnstantinople states that
the Porte has handed to the ambassadors of
the powers a communication containing re-
forms similar to those detailed IL the COnstan-
ing for a legislative body, consisting OF one
hundred and fifty elected deputies with
senate of fifty, The government TO nominate
them; and ali authority to be exercises over
the administration by mixed council, COM
prisine delegates from the various cOmmunl-
ties; the system to apply to the whole empire.
"The Intended reforms correspond to the
wishes of the powers. and Cffer guarantees for
good administration"
A Series of Engagements
LONDON, October l3-A dispatch from
Ragusa yesterday says: After the capture Oy
the Turks Of the hill OF Nlsokala, on the ntnJn
instant, Dervish Pasha advanced in the di-
recJiOn of DanilOgrad, and ON the tenth and
eleventh he defeated various small detach-
ments of MontenegrinS. In one of these en-
gagements the MoutenegrinS lost eighty men.
Dn the eleventh instant several bands OF
MOntenegrins attacked and almost sur
rounded Dervish Pasha, and simultaneously
attacked Padgoritza with five battalions. Der
wish Pasha was compelled to retreat with
heavy loss, and to detach a considerable force
for the relief of Padgoritza. Fighting con-
tinuts between Mukntar, Ps7ha and the
MOutenegrins; the former is unable TO make
any forward movement.
The Porte Refuses to Entertain Peace
Conditions Submitted by the Great
Powers
CONSTANTINOPLE, October I3.-It is sta
ted that in addition to the note specifying the
conditions Oh which the Porte grants au ar
mistice the Porte yesterday delivered to the
ambassadors a note justifying the refusal TO
entertain the peace conditions submitted by
the great powers, especially the autonomy
proposed for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Germany the Only Power that Can
Prevent War.
LONDON, October ia correspondent at
Paris telegraphs that an uneasy feeling re-
gardtng the eastern question prevails there.
He is inf rmed on good authority that the
French foreign office considers war ineVi-
table. Germany is the only power that can
prevent it.
Russia the Enemy of Europe.
LONDON, October IA The Timers leader
declares that If Russia refuses the armistice,
or is the means OF It's refusal, she becomes the
enemy of Europe. A Berlin correspondent
says that Italy, IN her alliance with Russia
has In view the acqutsi ion of Tunis.