, 1877-08-29

him In make both the demand anil tho re1u:hl
known. It n now stated most positively that
this he The rsac nr not. the fact cannot pc
questioned thai the telegram Was allowed hy
the Turkish authorities I" pafs; and they M"
exercise 50 saretui eeusorsflip ovcr a.i . Ine*.
altU be deemed tu approve, ESPECIALLY WHEN !!
touches uprn tile tth,ltnt of tie t'oyornnens
on most important question. Tho dentala ~
tlse Porto arc. morcoTet noi wnsth very ,na',
declare that tie British Ambassador had dis
avowcd Its own printed dispatct which appeaf-
cd in thc last Blue.nook. Putting all these facts
togctl:cr sccms clear ~ t5c1e ~, ~ reiss.to
bospl or,la; anil, Sine the demand whfrh u
pstsuppuses did not cpuc through the En1l's!l
Ambassador. one eau unly. conjecture that u
came from Hutnrna Psshai ny waether propF1p;
the British Cabinet, you At home arc more Ike
ly to kuow than We here+
As tn the coming of the 7ctt, optntona here
arc greatly lfvfdctl,-tome looking nnon @ 1t -
certainty. others as 4 moral tmpohsibilItT. One
ingenious friend Of mine tas suuecstcti that,
SINCE Russia occupies Bulgaria. Austria sl'oult
take temporary. possession ot Bosnia ani
ssf.va, anl Engiana a~.2.r .. cpa'tant'nop,s; ';
est ass taFFtsS 70 s,ats, rs. asde vbe tn TIC
Russians were still on this side Of the Balkans,
and there can be no talk Of peace. now: But
there Is M difference nt bpinl1n t!Iat, IL TIC
| the ls,ls,lans are tn Turkish soil. ~ retreat
must lie secured ly British force At 0aflipoii.
| An Englshtnan who has Just paid =. ststt to
these lines tells me the Turks arc working must
actively upon them. ,lIo found 6,oW mcn cn,-
| p1oYed. and waa much strtltk by the pfDEtess
n,ade during the five days tbcy had been al
| wurk. liusecln rasha WINS supcrihtcnJinH tfic
work, and seemed thoroughly 70 under"
stand his busiaeu. He expected to tavc
from 1t010 to 1900 men employed "
the end Of this week. There wa',
doubtless, great deal to be dane; 1ut
II tue work goes on rs Il las heeun, three weeks,
~ completed, together With three commanding
forts,-Sultai,, Victoria, and Napoleon. Tlcke
viii lie dcfcndcd BY IRON 10 to 100 guns. mostly
krupp Gx-inch field pieces, md some Vt largc
callbrc. Thc men aro working With sJstcm and
order and portions Of the batteries and trenches
already completed would 10 credit IL Tho
super1ntcn1tncc OF the most fast]11ous engl'
rcer. The willingness and checrfulncss Of the
laborers also arc very striking. The wotk Is,
Of ru,1rse, done bY eorrut, or forced labor.
all ab!e-bodicd men from, II TO 70 being
obliged to lend their nfdt without dtetinctlun ol
race Or creed; but Turks, Grecks, Hulgarians
n,,d Jews all work toseshcs with ~tl!, The
Turks, all tho same, deem the labor lost, aa1
| think It abo,t, es likely TINT the Russians Wit
come to GatIipoli as that they themselves vii
70 to 81. Petersburg. Ny informant GOES on II
eay that the monster gun presented by the NJ
t!ott to the aultan-a most formidable piece u
artillery when properly handlcd-s mounted a
the Daf,laneles, and that the Turks secrl prct
ty well up to It's use. it, mechanism, ID perfect
mud onc man can elevate and 1cprcss It Will
perfect case while three ucn cail work 1t a
easily and rapidly rs any small field. pteec.