Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-25
TI,c Eastern War.

have been seen near al. 'H'"
fo~rad camp at Abagha. The Rns<lars are
renor,ed to be within z few hours march 1 q IT,
Constant skirmishes occur between the ars'
;sh and Russian advanced posts, --..,-.--------
A Persian camp, composed OF lO,OOo it'ao
try and 1000 cavalry, is stated to have bceo
formed ct Sclmast, near the IuEco Persian
frontier, with the otjec! Of defending Hersiao
neutrality A simultaneous attack upon Me
Russians is expected TO be made tc-day by
Mnkbtar Pasha and Hsssau Pasba. The Grand
Vizier and all the Ministers have brought their
nrivate horses to the Ministry OF War, III re-
Spouse to rcquistlon for the horses OF all c'VIl
and military functioparics for the army.
The Turks, after bombarding Fort Adler,
landed corps of CrcasSlans from seven 'ta's,
nor,s, This part Of the coast Is denudah CT
Russian troops. The Russians near SuEum
Kalch maintain their positions AMI await rem
torcements. The Turklfh report mat Inc nus
slams have made au unsuccessful a't%H1!' -
| rccapturc the place IL uniounded.
! The Russians are at OH, aud atc adVahc,os
| upou E.Zcroum from that and various "tiisl
points The Russian lett wing appears 10 pe
moving in the direction OF the huphra''" ' "
ley. .l.;o, A,rk
movement upon lzaklrbabaua: h' iu Mts
b;thorto cncampcd at Kara klhsa have lai!eh
h.rt nnon Toprak Kach. Great coEceatration
If Turkish troops is being effected nca: El%e-
roum. , 49,,
The Russians Wednesday attacked Mars
Too assaults we're 1epuscd. There was heavy
firing on both sides. which contlnuau yesterday
evening. The result is unknown; , -,
INC Russians again bombardcd Forts taa'
!. m.z and karadagh. TWO outWorkS st Mars, VI,
Tuesday. The Krupp guns 10 the ioIls rrpticu
Th. Ottoman troops aud insurgent Clrcas
s;ons have advanced from Sukum kalch abOu'
90 miles into the interler.
Rrinforcements reached the Russian detach
mept which evacuated Sukum halch.
According to dispatch from al t'ng'is'
military commissioner with the Turks II Asia
Mukh,ar Pasha has been utter y unaha to hoil
thc mountain passes between ksrs ASH iiIZe
D ronm. The commissioner adds that the TURK
: are obliged to retreat without gvlos battle, ans
attributes the rapid advance OF the RUSSIANS 4
the total want Of sufficient precautions on III
: part Of the Turks. dc fears E!Zcroum VII
e not be able to hold cut for any um'. =,
c A dispatch from Elzaroun, says - u
= movements OF the Russians have been 50 anna
, inply accelerated that the exact situation IS nov
u d;ficuJt to follow or describe. l. wou! he I'M
= possiblc to exaggerate the critical importance
, Of the military situation at the moment
In Constauliooplc yesterday body Of Solta
proceed to the Chamber of Deputies and pre-
; sented petition demanding the dismissal .
It the Minister'S The debate which followed n
e the Chamber was SO strong that the Preslh@11
was obliged to suspend the sitting. IhHTio,IIu
then marched to the Palace. l. 49, nurH
some of the Ministers will re SSic r;soa 'k
ish official statement of t. "u'h -5. 'Iru .o
sens that the depr wso ,joruad bv the
It Chamber consis; p0' mo0i - nHnr :, al.o
ing 10 Corr ci't, caate - Eut ~ naH.
IS capttnhFe utmost soIicitude upon the state oil
:. !do army 10 Anatolia. The Chamber assured
| the deputation that the Government was fully
| equal to the situation.
! The transmission Of private kilograms in The
interior is prohibited unless the dispatches a,e
| written 10 the Turkish language.
| During the past few weeks measures have
| been adopted for the gradual mobilization Of
| the whole Russian army to crush Turkey 5y
superior strength.
Russia will probably put of attempts 10
cross the Danube IN force till the middle Ci
June.
A correspondent at Ragusa telegraphs as fol.
lows: | have Just returned from Albania. The
Turks about Scutari and Podgoritza plumber
twenty thousand regulars with forty cannon
| aud about thirty three thousand Abanl Bashl
Bazouks. They received orders on Tuesday 10
advance in force along the Moratcha Valley TO
attempt the capture Of Danilograd. The Turk
ish officials in Albania are very dtspoadent.
Many express belief that the days OF the En-
pire are numbered. A great Russian victory
on the Danube would probably be the signal
for general revolt 10 Albania, Epirus aud
Thessaly.
A correspondent at Athens reviewing the
attitude of Greece says: 10 THIS small demo
cratic State the policy OF the nation is not de-
cided by the Government, nor by the Chamber,
but by the whole people. The policy Of a ma.
jority of the Greeks is now pretty clearly de-
fined. While things remain in the present. un-
certainty they will observe an eXpectant atii
tude and prepare Should the Russians advance
rapidly, they will declare war against Turkey
10 order to create Greek question, and show
practically by rising of their race what is Slav
and what is Greek. Should the Turkish feet
be destroyed, or even engaged elsewhere. 50
that the Greeks are relieved from the fear OF
bombardmeut of their seaboard, their anti.
Turkish sympathies would predomnate even
to the length Of rebclling if the government re-
fused to declare war. Should England become
in any way involved in the war, the Greeks
would seek an English alliance on terms which
will not obligc them to fight with the Turks
against the Christians. AS a recompense they
will ask only that no part Of the Hellas shall
be given to other than Greeks.
The British squadron has arrived in tie Bay
of Salamis.
1t is tclegraphcd from Athens that the pres
ence of the Engsh fleet 10 the Pireus is re
garded as a menace of pressure for insurlng
Greek neutrality; but notwithstanding this and
the pacific lcanings Of the government, the lat
ter will not be able it is believed, to resist the
warlike current
A Belgrade correspondent states that the
Russian newspaper Novl-Fick, referring to the
rumor that the neutrality Of SerVa was guar
anteed nv Russia observes that at most Rus. |