, 1876-11-22

favourable prospect Of a happy solution, Servia
will fight no more and she is not likely to fnd Rus
sian volunteers come here again to fight for her.
AT this moment I receive the information
that the Russian uitImattn was handed over
yesterday, the 3Ist of October, at 7 pm. It's
arrival seemed to have surprised nona more
than General I~gnatief himself, who was on the
point of accepting the conclusion Of the Armis-
tioe. The Porte itself fully believed that az IL
had satisfied the demand of General IgnatieT
and had accepted his proposition Ia all essential
particulars, ell was In order, There Is no
doubt that the key to the strange proceeding
lies In the terrible losses which tue Russian
Volunteers have suffered in the last affair, and
that the Russian Government, fearing an out
burst OF national fanaticisU, wants to put an
end, at any price, to these moral defeats on
Servian soil.
It is reported from Belgrade that one third
OF the Russian rank and file aud half Of the Off
GERS were killed or disabled, while the Seryian
Militia absolutely refused to fight.
PARIS, Nov. /.
Nobody can now believe, as it waB attempted
TO propagate the belief, that it was without the
appreciation Of Russia that the Ser9ians set out
on their mad adventure, When / speak OF
RusSia l 10 not refer to tho Gar. The Empo-
ror Alexander was not consulted on the cues.
ton at all. The Seryian War is the work of
the SIav Committees. III was organized by
them, tolerated by the Chancellor, aad submit.
ted to by the Emperor. But however that may
be, behind the SerVians, exhausted before hav-
Iug fought, the Panslay idea, pers1nid3d ia the
Russians, has made their blood flow freely on
the banks of the Driaa and the M)rava. It
was expected that at tba FIRST drop OF Russian
blood shed the whole Russian nation would rise,
and, indeed, without the absolute opposition of
the Gar, it would have risen. Tho Russians
DO not fight any more for the ServianS than
the French and English fought for the Turks.
Nations do not fight for men, but for or against
an idea and it was for and against the Panslay
idea that the struggle commenced 20 year ago,
that il has continued till to-day, and, perhaps,
will still continue tomorrow. Can one, after
that, be surprised that Russia sent that threa-
tenlng Note OF yesterday : No, evidently not.
When the telegram from Belgrade reached
Lighdia, and the p~artiSans Of war succeeded in
showing the Emperor Alexander that his pacifo
o~b5tinacy was becoming a crime, and that he
vas allowing blood TO be- shed useIessly while
negotiations we're IN progress, the Gar was
startled, and gave that command which Is "a.
Their a cry Of terror than a threat. lie could
evidently wait no longer, and the hour had
come for him to choose detinitively his course.
TIE VATICAN.
ROME, Nov. /.
The UAita CaHoljca announces that to-
morrow Plus IN. will sing the Requem for the
rep)se Of the souls Of all bis enemles who,
while living, were the most instrumental in
affecting him and bringing about his sp1Iiation.
Among these many Italian Ministers of State,
commencing with CAy0ur, are mentioned by
name, as also are a number Of Deputies, Sena-
tors, and distinguished men, among whom are
Massimo d'Azeglio, Guerrazzi, POgrio, and
Min Blxio. Tha list is nos confined to
Italians. Il includes Napoleon III, Persigny,
WaIew5ki, Ladru RoIlin, Pierre lie Roux, aud
many other distinguished Frenohmen. The
Un|to says If these dead men could now counsel
the living, they would at the elections to be
held next Sunday return Plus TX.
SPAIN.
MADRID, Oct. 80.
The Republican, or rather Radical conspiracy,
since all the military men and ex Generals are
Radicals, may b viewed in the following light,
which is probably the true one For SOM time
members Of the Liberal Party, chi.Hy in South
ern Spain, have been chagrined by aud indignant
at the arbitrary and unconstitutional measures
had recourse to by the Ministry. They have
thus been secretly conspiring, but not with a
view to any immediate steps. The Cortes being
about to meet, the Government pledged itself to
clay down " its Facultadss Ertraordinartas, or
arbitrary powers, by which, without a trial, any
suspected person may be arrested and shipped
off to Ceuta, or to Fernando Pc, or the Marianas
in exile. In view Of this promise, and with the