, 1876-01-19
Review Of the Existing Situation
In the Turkish Provinces.
England Will Givs General Support
to tho Andrassy Note.
Conflicting Returns Regarding the French,
Elections.
Death Of Henry varteY The Great English Re-
yyaiist

PEESF@T 0GTLH1K.
LovnoH, Jan. 1H.-TAo Times this norn.nf
nnb1shes letter from, Vienna giving the fol.
lowin. hccount Of tho situation in tho TuF]flhlt
provinces: Partly from kihcern wish to Cit!
tho insusfcct;on and uarsly from tue anxia1T Il,
escape intervention. thu Sublime Porto ia ma}s-
ing t;rcat effo1t8 to achiore nacfficasiou unaded,
The no" Turkish Commander. Mukhatar 1'ashn,
End tho new fiovcrnor, AT 1'asba, are to co.
operate to that end, tho forlnoy by military
derostions. and ..tno latter by political and dip
lomatic actiYIy. Thu severe cilocks tAeu isur-
gents have receuI!; suffered, and the largo rein.
fuscomeuts tho Turks i,a@e lately rccoi7rd. ren-
der offensive ono:ations by tho insurgents very
improbable. Mukhstar paHha soetna lll;evlBe to
htvc Instructions not to ofcrato agalnbt lii" IN.
husgcuts, but begin by the occupation of itupor-
.1ns sst Positions and dctnneLGs Of sl!s
o'''@sst1a Il ssou ffei'F NJ" po 9efe5y 1EArn Hos, t.
prevent tho Nontcnegrins from hsssting tho
tnButgents mud tue TuFEtah arms turned against
tlioso attempting 10 plss tho frontier. 50 far an
munitions Ut var old rfovatoHs nro concerned.
inciIcctiso against tho I'ssengc OF armed ,nonn-
tainccra. Tin hort of truca thus cB;abHt-d
With tha in"urgon:s will he utilized ~ ths Gov
crnotH eunmonnl: att assembly nt Moaear to
country, tn be eent direct 70 tho
sa1.aa. Tho Sultan will then consider oil Jus.
complaints, aud r!alts specini couccsslans to
Herzegovina. No concessions Will be pugolbe
without extending tlcl 10 Boanla alao, which III
acarccly practicable, ou account Of tic, much
larger population Of a!nesIlitsahs in Doshln WIG
arc Al,caty 10 excited and 40 fanatcai lint
thero Is Er3at danger Vi nn outbreak leading to
serioas e1ee;ses. II order to solve sh"
cd III independent y'aset. The
circumstances Of tho two provinces nts very df-
ferant. tho proportion OF ilollalnmednus to
Christians in Bosn.n bning4 to G. and ii, Her
will Grudge Tufko: tho merit Of ractfy!us tho
insurgents unaidcd. tn the contrary, all Of
them will 10 relieved franz much Inconvenience
nad nn1letr. Uul- nfscr troysoua frA.titss Of
forts. il IL doubtful WHEELER this u.c. entu-hour
uue is likely to ba MG2:l more etcceBrfuI.
ExGLASps POSITION.
LONDON, Ian 1g-.5 d. n,.-1lio Times ntatcs
that the Cabinet yesterday resu!scd to B!fe Ecu-
| crai surpart to Count A,ld:assy's note. At tho
Aame time many questions uay al;no after tile
noto shall ba presented to tho Porto. Ihoso
po,lB naturally nHu,t further consideration.
Tho Times. In an editorial on tho DECISION Of
The ,Gosernmenf, snss: LESS illan TING
country which hollis tin caatns vote
il de!ibefutiouB ot critical Importance
10 the whols ot Europe. Tic English Ministers
Tere in q position leaving them l1ttle rlolco. 1t
| IL highly rruhab'4 tho YnrkB would refuse to be
hound by slle note, II EnGlaud rejected it. Aus
/ trn and Russia could not afToEl to sustain
dcrent. Thoy would haso iuylsted In tlnlr
}rui,uaal1. II TurMey re>stet!. armed EntaEyo!l-
ton would hayo bceu only tho iisst mud fea1t
Of tic consequences. liomoros reluctant tho
Cabinet neut bo to sanction tho tnoas peaceful
Intervention, It would hayo hecn foollar4y il il
encouraged tho porto to defy twc powerful
S.a.cH. Tito mennh OF applying the propositions
of the noto aso tar uloro tctiouB than its pro-
scutation. Tho application OF reforms might
lead to dangerous dtspnscs aud armed
intervention. II IL clear Austria Ia pro.
pared to use etsonge. weapons than ~ords it
necessary. England haB lios tho Ha1uo rtasona
~ Austri1 for undertaking tho paclflca:ion
Of Herzegovina. sIlo Cannot be expected
to run tho Ran,o rskR. They might ditfer also
both wtl, regard to tho means nnd ends; thore-
fure it wns n,atter Ut courHo that the BtitiHta
Cabinet should hoi itself fr,o to differ OIL anr
thing A,IHsra tuay propose after tho pEescnta-
| ton N3 tbs notn."
Tho Ns,ss 1ul Post condemn the Cabinets
action.