The Republican journal., 1877-06-14
News of the Eastern War.

| LONDON, June 10. 1t is evident that the Turkish
Government is in desperate strait, financially
| The Chamber of Deputies at Constantinople have
| passed through its first reading proposal for IL
forced 10 per cent. loan repayabe i'll twelve years
| All tax payers, proprietors, merchants and tunc
tlonarlcS will be required to contribute The Turks
are also Ill fear of a general uprising OF the Bull
| garlans, who have not forgotten the barbarities
| perpetrated upon their countrymen at Batak
Throughout many Of the larger towns of Bulgaria,
news of the fall Of Arabian was received with
wild demonstrations of satisfaction and cries of
Long live the Car" The Turks threaten more
horrible butcherieS, but the first outrage Of the
| kind will set the country in open rebellion. Alto
| gcther the outlook for the Moslem is darker than
one week ago One despatch says that collapse
of the Turks i'll Asia Minor is evidently impending,
| because ErZeroum is utterly unprovisoned and
| kunleyei has been evacuated. DcSertons from the
| Turkish army are numerous. Mukhtar Pashas
army is without discipline and the Russians are
well received everywhere. The Russians captured
at Olt immense stores of corn and cartridges, and
1909 Turks fell back to Erzeroum without any
serious lighting The loss Of provisions is grevous
to the Turkish army i'll Asia 1t is considered
certain that decisive battle will soon be forced
| by the Russians in ASIA Minor 1t is also evident
that battle on the Danube cannot long be delayed
| Hunters Bucharest telegram and several other ac
counts agree that the Danube is visby falling
! The Roumanian militia has been disbanded. \
state of siege having been proclaimed i'll Roumanla
| kilograms concerning military movements are
| ncnceIorln stopped olt great cause OF tnt proc
! lanation of state of siege was the delay and IN
satisfactory working OF Roumanlan railways All
railway officials are HOW under subsection TO the
| military.
| 4 despatch, dated Constantinople, June 9th, via
Athens SAYS that it is feared there will be Il popu
| lar outbreak if bad news arrives from Asia Ar
rests OF Sofas, civilians and military students take
place daily. coup de main for the restoration Of
eX Sultan Murad is much feared No boats are al
| lowed to traverse the BosphoruS Of the Golden
| Horn AFT dark The. urac. party crows stronger
The Grand Vizcr and Safvet Pasha are very anxious
to make peace before fresh complications arise. AT
a council held Monday last the Sultan himself pro
posed to negotiate for peace The adverse culnscls
Of Redif P;isha. however prevailed. But if the
Asiatic campaign proves DISASTROUS both the Sui
| tan and the nation will sue for peace.
despatch to the Times from Athens asserts
| that it is untrue that the Porte has demanded an
explanation Of the Greek arlnameuS. On the
contrary. the Turkish Minister has been instructed
TO express the satisfaction of the Sultan 1T the
| formation Of the new Ministry
| \ Vienna correspondent OF the Times says that
no fresh news has been received from Montenegro
Both sides are evidently making preparations to
deal decisive blow. The difficult task ot forcing
an entrance from the Dnga pass into the plain OF
| Nicsc still remains for Sn.elman Pasha. In this
neither Ali Sahib nor Mchemed Ali can assist him
| much. On the Sth OF June firing was heard on the
! heights Of korpcniZa from which ii would appear
that the Montenegrin force from Grohova made :
| movement against the garrison oi Trebinje and
| klobuk.
The Times correspondent at the Montcne4min
headquarters says the reports that provision train
| for GoyaIlSkO Was captured AT, uutounueI. The
fortress was re vicuaed after four hours lighting
| This success enables Sueiman to concentrate his
| force for an attack Gen Nukovic's position i'll
! Duga pass. The Montenegro army will be
! centrated to meet him and the battle will be de
cisive Of the fate OF Nicsic 1t is thought probable
that Sueiman, though losing heavily. will pene
trate to Nicsic If he should be defeated his army
/ 'r;
| total destruction.
on TIE DANG'BE
LONDON. June 10. The secret of the plan OF the
| Russian operations on the Danube has been well
kept. The few special correspondents who are al
lowed to accompany the Russian army are forbid
den, under pain of instant expulsion from the
camp. to send any details which might give a clue
| to the Russian designs. and consequently there
| has been little news from the Russian side, where
! the operations are being confined To rcconnois-
| sancc. by which the Russians are being kept fully
| posted on the disposition of the Turkish command
erS. The same cannot tr said OF the Turks. who
| see regiment in every toSsack. and shut their
eyes in terror They have not, like the Russians,
any friendly population TO assist them with intor
nation. The disposition and state of the prepare
ton of the opposing forces lead to the belief that
| there will be heavy cannonading all along the
Danube coupled with raids and taints in various
directions, under cover of which there will be sim
ultaneous attacks by the Russians in force at o.
tcnitza, Rustchuk. SStora. Tunin and Magurcli.
| with diversions at kalatat and lbrail. 1t is not
| probable that anything of importance in the way
of crossing in force will take place for the next
week Whatever may be the other points at
which Il crossing will finally be attempted Rust
chuk seems particularly unlikely to be left unno-
| Tested as on the possession of Rustchuk will
| depend the command of the railway. which is of
| the greatest Importance to Russia. III reference
to the report that another crossing is confidently
expected at Hirsova, with view of giving short
line railway running from rchernavoda To kusen-
| damn. Any attempt at an effective resistance
would probably cause such an attempt il; force to
| be abandoned. as the march through the fever
| haunted Dobrudscha ought to be as rapid as pos
| Sible
There are two Turkish grlnhoas in the mouth
| OF the river LON and two al the mouth of the
Gantra.
A Constantnople telegram dated Saturday night
| announces that two Turkish monitors. which had
been prevented from ascending the danube by tor
| pedoeS placed off 1irsova had succeeded in eXtri-
eating themselves and reaching 'rchcrnavoda. thus
furnishing additional obstacles to amy Russian at
tempt to capture the railway from Tchcrnavoda
| 10 kuStende.
A Rustchuk despatch dated Saturday night says:
A cannonade from the Turkish batteries near here
has continued all day According to the latest ac
counts it was directed against large bodies OF Rus
sian troops and Russian batteries ON the opposite
| bank of the Danube, causing considerable damage.
| \ Vienna despatch says the Turks are collecting
an army of reserve westward Of Sofia The slrri
son I" ldtlln is beng reduced part OF the troops
sui remaining there beng detached to strengthen
the army in the field 1t is intended by the Turks
apparently to opp"S" the russian host expected To-
cross III the nelghb9fhood "1 Nlc"P"h5 and SlSto-
va Hobart fash3 has taken measures Tor Sccul-
E ~ ~ '''t " W, I w.
rassans are rrnnrtcd ia have b.n sent ia Tartar
Raznrfiil Ia H. distriLptul ;lmopu th,. RnIrari,n
VILLAGES to rcprrss any ATTEMPT Al il,su,rrcti0u
The Sultan having finally rejected the demands
of fine ,,rrt,n assembly tl,r Christian nonnI,tinn
~ Crrt. ,r, firmly rrs,,Ivd t Irt;.nI ti,.r 1;,.hts
Inv force of arms Grand RISING is rvnrrtrd
Partial iuslrrr,tionary movements in EnirIs and
Thr,snly are gaining strength. The Moslems in
Bosnia ;tr. rXasprritcd at The burdens ilnnos,.l
upou Them by the Turkish war coutrjlnltion and
are strongly III favor Of Incorporation with Austria
If is rrpnrtrd in Eoudon flat Schoy;,iol1 rrprlts
his assurances tlat the Russian government has
mo- intention IL Interfere with British interests in
the east but if is beginning ia be understood Rms
sin is evidently pr.narin,, The uuhir mind for her
forthcoming oc.crn.tinn If cnnstantiunnlr
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