, 1877-09-20
HOW IT LOOKS.
Review OF the Recent Series
Of Struggles About
Ptevna.
The Russians Not Nearly So
Unsuccessful as Re-
ported.
A Heavier and More Decisive
Battle Still to Bo
Fought.
Unsuccessful Attack on q Rcdoubt
by Ronmanian Troops on
Tuesday.
An Early General Engage
ment at Biela Now
Predicted.
MacMahon's Manifesto Creates
MTch Eveftarnar1t in
Paris.
1t Is Loudly App1auded by the
Bonapartist and Clerical
Organs.
Republican Papers seriously Alarmed
1t Is Loudly App1auded by the
Bonapartist and Clerical
Organs.
Republican Papers seriously Alarmed
by the Marahals Threats.

Republican Papers Seriously Alarmed
by the Marahals Threats.
THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.
RESULT or THE nATTLEa AROUND ptzvnA.
fBv Cable TO The Chicago Tribunal
LONDON OrF1oE OF TuE CHICAGO Tamuss,
PAIonAvE PLACE, STRAND, Sept. 1910 p.
m.-Thcre is comparative lull OF opera
tions at tho scat Of war. Tho bombarlmont
Of plsvna il reported to have ceased, though
the Turks orc still firing occasionally at Ro-
doubt Gravitza, which is still in possession
Of the onomy.
In casting up tho recont serics Of struggles
in that vicinity, tho English papers are in
cliuod to admit that their first estimates Of
the result
WERE xconnror Or ovznxsrudATEp.
It is somewhat singular thak the Daily
Netcs, therecoguizedorgan Of tho pro-1 Russian
focling, was the paper which most loudly
proclaimed that tho battle ended In rus
sian tlefeat,-led into this error by It's own
correspondent, usually trustworthy, who left
the field at moment when tho Russian pros
pes:s seomcd most desperate. Subsequent
roviews Of tho engagement show that the
Russian forces
WE'VE NOT 10 UNSUCCESSFUL
as supposed, and suffered far fowcr losscs Of
men and guns than tho Turks. On tho
whole, it Is now considered here that tho
contest Is still undecided, and tho hoaviost
and most decisive fighting Ia stlll to come.
Meanwhile tho meeting Of Antlrassy aud
Bismarck has given riso to innumorable re-
ports concerning peaco proposals aud armis-
tice, mono Of Which havo moro than
IN 1M4o1NAnr TouHpAr1oN.
This Is not tho Time for other bo1Igoront to
propose cessation OF hostilitiea. Neither
has boen wholly successful or utterly defeat
I'd. No doubt Bismarck and Antlrassy dis
cussed tho chances Of war and peace, but
theso ia less probability Of their proposing
terms OF peace than Of their having arranged
torms Of
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
Of Germany aud Austria In behalf Of their
common ally.
It IL likely that tho noxt battle Of im-
I,oEtaucs will bo fought near Die]a, while tho
attaok upon Plovna has been turned Into
regular siege. Mehemet Ali, with 125
battalions, "a sauntlrons, and a5 batteries,
is closely approaching tho position whicl.
tho Czarowitch has prepared on the bank Of
the Jautra. The force Of tho Ottoman
General In this direction Ia
AunE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND,
while the three corps Of his adversary can.
not muster mora than Go,000; but tho
CzarowitcL has tho advantage Of occupying
earthworks and acting on the defensive
besides, ho Is In a position to readily receive
reinforcements, anal Mehemet All will meet
strong resistance II he attempts tho oasn-
sive.
The situation Is
FULL or TERRIBLE nTEREsT.
The Russians, contrary to general e1recta.
ton iu England that the war would close in
single campaign, aro making ready to go
into winter quarters. supplies Of warm
clothing arc being rapidly forwarded, from
st. Petersburg. To guard the passages
ACROSS the Danube, strong bridge-heads aro
being constructed at Matchiu, Nikopolis,