The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-02
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.


..-. SNAVSoA Hlk ueus
LONDON, March 3l.-It Ia officially an.
nouneed that the protocol has been aiVu.
ed. The 3ime' leader says: 1--WE car
not sec Turkey in the background be.
bind all thCae fair arrangements Of the
Powers. So much depends on what the
Porte will do or decline to do, and Rus.
sian disarmament Is promised in expec.
tation OF so many things which may not
be easily fulfilled. On the contrary, the
dominant feeling in, ,Constantinople Is still
zone OF defiance. In their present temper
the two Empires suggeStion Of negotia.
tions for the common disarmament, TO
be carried on by the Turkish delegate at
ST. Petersburgh, does not appear promis.
Ing. ltmay be said that the success or
failure Of this new attempt At paciGca.
tlon must be decided at Constantihople.
The government is, in the circumstances,
fully justified In sending out Mr.. Layard,
The Turks are full Of animosity against
Russia aud disIrust Of Russia's seeming
abettors and may be even less reasonable
than three months ago. Many interpret
Russia's overtureS as Rigns OF pusilanim.
ity and weakness. Layard has had ex.
perience with the Turks, Snd perhaps
there is no Englshman to whom they
would more readily listen. To him and
the other ambassadors we must look 10
impress upon the Porte the expediency
Of doing nothing which may be represent.
ed as nullifying the protocol"
CHANGES IN THE CoNsrAxrLNopLE GAR.
RIsoN.
A Pera dispatch explains the changes
in the Constantinople garrison. ltsays:
The garrison exhibited symptoms OF
sympathy with the seditious Soitas, and
is being gradually removed and replaced
by recruits from Servia and other remote
Provlnces-uncouth, wild looking men,
on whose readiness to fire the GoveFEment
thinks ii can rely. There are many
Turks as well as Christians who only
look for a chance Of safety in foreign
intervention
The following has been received from
Kischeneti: "Gen. SkobeleiF has been
nominated commander Of the four corps
which form the first line. The conCentra.
tion toward the frontier is ordered to
be complete by the Sth Of April. II the
Russians cross the Roumanian frontier,
they intend TO claim the hospitality Of
the Roumanians as little us possible.
They will bring wooden barracks to ac.
Commodate large portion OF the army.
lvanOt, the President OF the Bulgarian
Committee, sent TO the Russian headquar.
ters Il list Of Bulgarians who might be
employed in the civil administration Of
Bulgaria in case the Russians enter.
lyanoH himself is. to have prominent
position. A general movement OF the
Russian troops is observable in couse.
quence OF the orders for concentration"
Newsfrom kischenetl is generally few
days later than the political news, hence,
probably, the simultaneous publication OF
warlike rumors and the signing OF the
protocol. The Galata bankers waited on
the Grand Vizier, declaring the reduction
in the salaries Of telegraph operators
deprives them OF subsistence. The Grand
Vizier replied that he did not know how
anybody could be paid now. even in paper,
as there was barely enough money TO
provide the army with flour and rice.
MoNTENEGRIN DEMANDS.
CoHsrANTrSorLE, March 3l.-The Mon
teuegrin delegates told Safyet Pasha, 10.
day, their last demands, ,whereupon Safvet
intimated that the Porte would shortly
come to a final decision, and communicate
it to them.
BERLIN, March 3l.-The authorities
positively deny that the Bank Of Finance
has advanced 500, 100000 to Russia.
LONDON, April Ia dispatch from
St. Petersburg says: According to intel.
ligence from London the protocol signed
Saturday will be Immediately notified to
the Porte. Gen. Ignatieff arrived Friday
evening and had au interview with Prince
Gortschakof. The newspapers, com.
on his mission, express the belief
that the protocol will only guarantee
peace II Turkey carries out the reforms,
which they regard as doubtful.
ARRoGATEs THE TREATY OF PARIS.
PARIS, April La Francois. saws;
"The signing Of the protocol virtually
abrogates the treaty OF Paris. We be-
lieve Russia will soon proclaim this
result. Among the obstacles to the con-
elusion Of peace with Montenegro is
ltaly's opposition to the cession OF part
Of Spizza."