, 1877-01-01

lhc Sultan replied that hcdceply regretted tnat
10 was
COMPELLED TO DECLINE
.IStng Ills adhesion thereto, us Ills powers were
United by the Constitution. Lord satIsbury
Ihcrcupon remarked that, III that caae, Turkey
must not count upon money or tncn from Eng
Anil, wl,o Yuuld leave Turkey to her fate. The
sultan answered: 1t Is useless to press me,
far, II accepted tho proposals., It would be ut |
the risk of my crown and lifc.' Lord Salisbury |
thcn nskel On what his Majesty relied for de-
fcnsc, in easc Of war. The Sultan replied that
THE Army AND PEOPLE
would defend him. lie could not depend on
them II he opposed tho unanimous wishes Of his |
subjects. At the conclusion Of the Interview
Lord Salisbury Informed tho Sultan TINT lie
would bc compelled to Withdraw the British feet
In order to .lisstpate IN erroneous idea TINT the
fleet supported Turkey In resisting the will Of
Europe. On leaving the Sultan, the Murqufs
tc,ceraptc.1 to Admiral Drummond to With
slruw his feet Immediately from Turkish
waters. Tho Admiral asked for authority to
winter IN tho ltntbor of 8alonica, but Lord Sal
iAl,,,ry refused 10 giyc It. Consequently, por-
tion Ut the fleet sailed for tho Tlrs, aud the re-
il,nlnler proceeded to Malta.
NOT SO WAAL1EE.
4 dispatch from Constunttnop1c dated ThuTs-
day, easth, says tho Turkish representatives at
to-t1ay's sitting OF tho Conference accepted n
protongas!on Of tho artnistEce without opp'sI-
lion. Tho Conference afteFward dfacussed the
Portc's countcr-proposals for reforms, aprllca-
bio to nil Of tho Provinces without distinction.
Tic rlcnlpotent!arles did not reject these propo-
sails. This is believed u imply willingness un
tho part Of the Powers to modify their
original proposals. A mutually-conrilatory
spirit prcyaiicd, the Ottoman delegates appcar-
lug disposed TO make suc'1 CONCESSIONS ~ are
compat't'le Will the inteefatY anu 'nuepci'aence
ot turkey. consequently
1oPks ARR zs1safA1asp
that IN understanding Will DO reached oy Hhlcn
oil intcfcsts VIII DO recone'led. ~ tho 1ua
council VI Ministers held this evening tue ea!-
tan prealdcd In person: Inc coanca "aa io.-
lowed by q council OF Gcnehl!s us'def thu fscs1-
ticncy of the Conlinander-1n'Ch!ei.
AEuT3Rs PARIS TELRohAM
sayst}le Forte propoacsthat the force to be e'tab.
l's''rd III chr!stinn provinces he composed VI
Christians under European o|llcerf.
The acceptance OF this otlcr appcaFs probable.
The only ditsicultyts condition that tle olccrs
shall be commissioned ny turkey Minister
e1tfao't. FcteiS'Ht SJnaiSate Vi thS stosA-
brokers Of rar'T' sa'd that, relying upon me
~1Sdofn OF Europe no afnaly tF1ste'l IN peace-
1ut so'utloa OF Tue Easterh question.
NAous4 TELEGRAM
l'cc. W. reports that 'uRoYitch anu FetroVlch'
with lo,oQo men eacl'' nave reoccnpica POSITIONS
Oh the no1ti'cFh a'au sontaeI" frontiers OF alo'l
tehrefo WHICH tney hc'a before TUG esmlst'ee'
TUE hossiAss'
VIENNA, Dec al.-lt IS s'atcd TINT Third
part VI thu Russian mob''lzcd army Will winter
~ hherson. 81 to'eFao'e quasta1s ese hot 10 bo
l'ad oi Tic rEptf''
TIE SITUATION.
LONDON Der. Jl.-TlIo Vienna correspondent
Of tho 7ises reports that, At Thursdays sItttug
al the Conference. tho Turks DECLARED q read
incss 10 enter into discussion OF the points
drawn up by tho Conference only OH condition
thnt they might bring forward counter-pEo-
posals,whtch should. equally with tho proposals
OF tho Powers, form q baass for diacusslon. Tho
European nPlcnlpotenttaries took tho condition aa
Tt}tfGAdhH, and afteFwarl held q astparatc Hcnt-
Ing. The sitting Of the Conference Saturday
was short md formal. All this pleniPotentlartcs
were alrcady agreed that Turkey should for
mulato her rcountcr-pEoposals. Tho Turks, how
eyer, asked a short slclay, as their proposals.
wcro not yet scaly. This WIS agreed to.
TWO MONTHS
aro not likely to provo too long timo for tic
negotiations. The impression that the question
Of guarantees preScnts tue Chief dttisculty ts it,
decd likely to proye correct; hut there aso other
points which lave Itttlo chance OF ever
being accepted ny 1uFkcy IN Inc shape
which thor have taken At TIC Conference. TIC
principal OF them Is lilo ccsa''n ot Territory "
Montenegro, which. as projected w ti'e Confer
cure, would make Montenegro !lalf - largo
ngain a. how, anu lnvuISe soTt OF ..
FORMAL RECOGNITION OF HER 1AbEFkNpERCK.
Tbs irlineatlon OF bulsaFla a. planned oy tho
Powers. and wlict9 would 'nske taat Province
1ncluue uloTe than Halt TIC balkan fcn4nsu1a,
leaving only narrow strip Of coun-
try alonE tho IEGeah sca and
cast of Adsianople, tlss even less chahco OF being
accepted. Tie qucation OF TIC ceeslon OF L!ttle
HcveFnak to osefsia may also create so1ne ult-
llcnlty whcn the proposals asfee4 W the ficnl-
potcntiartes aro fully KNOWN
The snsIsess!a" that
RUSSIA uAs HAD 1T ALL nut HER OWN WAY
Ut thu preliminary conference Il not likely 10 DO
weakened. Russia, however, III return for