The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-06-09
TURCO-RUSSIAN WAR.
Won Aoitke Regards RussIA's tharee,
Steadily Improving. and the Ihan-
derer that the Fortunes OF
War VIII be Ayersc 10
the Turks.
This Catastrophe Europe will Accept. ia
the Meantime Casting Abou, for that
Which is to Replace the Parting
Poser Of the Ottoman Empire.

'SNef W a't OtASAah EuapuC
LONDON, June 5.-A special fram
Galstz says the Danube there i fifteen
feet above its ordinary level.
A Cettinje dispatch says battle
was fought to-day near Matyat. last
ing several hours. The Turks wer.
defeated and lost five hundred men.
The Montenesrin losses We're not A.
certaIned.
Note: Foregoing Is from slavonic
ServiA-
The Guardians Vienna dispatch say.
it appears that the Turks exaggerated
their troubles. II Is believed that tn.
main body of the Russian center i.
still near ksrs, aud that the recent
panic at Erzeroum wAs provoked d,
flying corps Of Cossacks and irregu
lars.
A special from Berlin to the Pail
Mall Gazette says the stat, menIs
which have been published, that the
governments Of England, Germany
and Spain have come to an under
standing with respect To the taxation
OF British and German subjects la
Cuba, turns out to be incorrect. Ger
many ana England hyve objected to
any war tax at al.
The Times i'm its leader, says: '-So
far ~ can he judged, the fortunes oi
war Will be Ayerse la the Turks. The
operations may not have ihe raIlidity
Of recent war;, Lut the Turks are over
matched and must succumb in the end
rhis catastrophe Europe will ascept.
No nation will go to war again ts sup
port that which cannot bv supported.
No real statesman j. willing to = dead
element ia system, instead Of look.
ing for its living forces. We nov
must seek for that which IL 10 replae.
the parting power. To this We cannot
too sSOn direct attention"
y special from Vienna 10 the Stand
ard says the porte, ~ = precAutiou
against the growing war agitation In
Greece, has ordained the calling out
Of the militia and reserve in E-pirus
and rhessaly and distribution Of arms
among the people OF frontier districts.
The Berlin correspondent Of the
Times says 1t is asserted on good su-
thority that Count Won Moltke regards
Russis's ehsDee- steadily improving
In consequence Of the extraordinary
negligence or overnight of the Turks.
In the house of commons Mr.. Eyer
ton, secretary to the admiralty. Iu re-
ply TO 4 question, said IL IL not true
that n mutiDy has occurred aboard her
majesty's ship Alexandria, flagship
OF the Mediterranean squadron. II
was only n case of insubcrdinstiOn.
A despatch Was laid on the tabis
addressed by Lord Derby to Lord Ly-
ons, British mbas ssdor at Paris. The
despatch IL that Great Britain had de
clined LORD Lyons proposal of NJ. De
lesseps to keep open the SGez canal &c
all nations, and had intimated 10 Rus
sis that an attempt 10 blockade OF
otherwise interfere with the canal Sl
its approaches, would be regarded by
England rs menace to India and q
grand injury To the commerce of TIA.
world, incompatible with the maia.
tenance Of the British attributes OF
passive neutrality. At the same time
il was intimAted To the porte and khe.
dive that England was firmly deter.
mined not to permit the canal to ts
made a scene of any combat or war
like preparations.
An official report received at Con.
stantinople to-day, from the governor
of Herzegovina, confirms the reported
defeat Of the Montenegrins and Her
zegovinians on the 4th, in the de-le.
Of Krishoes, with heavy loss, by Sali
man pashA.
Note-The Evening Standards PestA
special 10 confirmatory Of the Turki.t
account Of this fight
A Corstrntinopie special says tn,
khedive has intimated TO the porte. In
view Of Earl Derby's dispatch 10 I.ors
Lyons, British ambassador At Paris
which was laid on the table Of III,
house of commons yesterday. says
the porte determines To refuse tn,
Russian navy the rigat To pass througl
the Suez canal. IL must send men-Of
war to defend Its entrance.
A Naples dispatch says Professo
Palmieri states that Mount ye-uyilI
has been IN IN unusual state of kgita
ton for some days, showing at nigl.
ire 1T the mouth of the new crater re
Gently opened, aboye which a con
bad formed.
LONDON, June The slatemen
published In the Vienna Deutc
Zeitung, yesterday, that an Italia
corvette had come 70 grief ia the Dai
dAnelles by striking q torpedo Is ut
true.
The porte has taken measures I
avoid any conflict In s0ez canal nav
. CATION. The canal will be free 60 .
vessels except Russians.
Consnls 1t RAgu-a have inform alto
that the Turks have been defeated
an engagement on the southern fro,
: tier. Fighting continues In the yicir
ity Of Duga pass
The arrival Of the czar NJ PiAsje,t
. wss made the occasion Of one Of "A
greatest feasfs On record r.. -.