, 1877-03-07

MnttuEo WHEE CHl1lnHHs lAt HtcHC anu EApfUfE OK
nly morc than fell IL tto battle Of Knisveha, which,
though only last!nR fonr hurs decided tho fate q
tsmo1e Ihis d,cay Of ne se ont of y tic way of tho
Rutsfans. Following the mndern plan of leaving i
the main body o2 1he army would probably push
on, toward Constant!noplc. 50 FIR ~ ono can
otss s rae ss's mss oaess Il Sse a.
,sat Of Tu1key mnch easier thnn n sho h. 3D. She Ind
sn &eks s' wSe a. hs msn.
499 9 oo men for purpose. q .nrss!on ha. now
nea. she frontier, Wills fol Tho pnporos Of restt
Ss tns fessS T"tac, ,Soh'e{ 'S more
loo, would be ab.afd Il eo.nparc ON the @ pros1e:s
made by Turkey, with that made By, Russia, hid 1t
mar reasonably b. supposed that Tho relative 'n,-
Efessed. And yet, Ia spite OF lesser numbers. Of
hsvlnE to trarerse sonntry almost dcstitnto Of
aas aa'qs shes IT. ss gss D
against I'ussIa. Turkey was beaten, and province
On every hand evidence accunna.cs which
shoMs ai Mnss,a = mose ptspaFed and Turkey log
ese esnsae ss ses ssy 70
case of wnt, you'd be l!kcl!cet to win. ! have
been on The spot, hass seen the Dannbe AND tIs
ton on Tho nan,hsrs s aia e!fleisnsy & each army
distinguished ohicer, / 1l,ave s1nce Ind oppors1nt-
Ties Of hearing him stato hts be1ct II length. md
pbllo.Turk, he tees no rcaron wbatcycr 10 doubt
That Turkey would stand no chance ngainst Russia.
We hare here at tho present time another military
ii. French army: Hs, to, sdheFcs to ito ira. j.
dt9pa po1tsy q Tm.rssy H.
tinguish between lis Wishes and HI belief. 1ie Is
Of tho opinion also that Itnsrta must inevitably
succeed against Turkey. with altogether eIcer-
shs condition of tho Rnssfan "a army ~ on 1'ac tho
1oam,nlan i.ontisr, be utterly dIsbetlcyes Tic sto
aeo9 ses Sgut .sss. ee H. Ssad e e. t hoo%n % . I'D
Turkish army le anything like strong on tllo Dan
Mbc. The Turkish Government has given ont In
mon Nobody Rerp IN position s t. jndee believes
that It Aas half tho number. Moreover, what it
has l. dispersed all over tho wide empire. 1rucco
Grccce will be kept back no longer, and Tho long.
coveted ThetsnlJ and Enoirus, together with tho
mcnt to make tho Greeks forget their hostility to
lsats!a and make common cansc with her., In case
not probably think Of doing 20 fol slk weeks At
1cast Tho condition Of tho roads in Roumana,
sna on a th; siaa ef tho p.naee s saeh as taat no
tends aghtng, il Il obviously hsr Interest 10 keep
beie.o, that sho docs not nntii March. No
eoneluslon4 against the kolihood Of ean, there
lore. .afely M 9e drawn from tho faet that almost
prepared and docs not intend 10 aeht. A merchant
who arrived yesterday from Poti statcs that tho
Tho TURKS iaye scnt . shlp roana to Dasoam to iay
toFpedoest to defend t!te harbors from any attack
from Potl, md considerable number Of truops
moss Of Turkey consists in tho fact TINT she will bo
attacked IN not less than aye separate point. The
.sd ity s ssqss GO soas S % T.
soont 10, 300, and rallway accommodation that
can bring down o, 600 men = day, with everything
ihan so, 600 men near Toti. isouaiania Sl proS. Oh
ably furnis. her with 90, 600: servia with 40 600.
AZ The inosacnt of entry into Turkish tefritory
eicntiy srons 10 requiro 2o 600 Turkish troops 10
LOOK attet II would DO n u motIon.
BEIdnApE, Feb. 1h-From scrvtan officer
who recently visited various parts of the tletl-
tral zone tn the Morava Valley, accompanying
u 9s 5 tat It. nos Iabsa a It. ss,
heaps Of unburcd skeletons, but he could not
tel whether they woro the romans Of
Turkish or ssrytan soldiers. 1a the
MMopxnstcry sM xS Of ": Roman he saw that
dofaecl by the Turks, who Ind occupied tilc
building, fhvorite operation being the driving
OF pegn into tho trescoce Of saints for the pQF-
pose q hanging their clothing md kuapsaeks
pcela!ly objects of mutilatlon. lie says tho
TurkiHh offcers were surprised ut tho wcll-ied
appearance Of tho exchanged Turkish soldiers.
liz says that tho 6erylan so'dieFs rocc.Eed IN sx-
change for tho Turks complained Ut tl}-tspat.
lucnt at tho hunds of thcir ganlurs.
oAUaE OF MIpNAr rAHHAfs FALL
VlnNnA, Feb. H.-The Fotidschs GorTtspond-
enz, In letter from ConBtAntfnoplo, brings
new. Thu first Cause Of misunderstanding be.
tween the Sultan and MIdhat Is stated 10 hayu
been tue affair Of tlhalib Pasha, 1ata Minister oi
Finance: Not during to resist the order Of tho
IL s q %dsst peaaas s i ea Il f.
disposal Of the palacc. On this, Millat insist.
cd On the dfstnissat Of tho Minister Of
Finance, which the oultan only consented 10
arter long Resistance, and ,sSoluess OIL both
Midhas asked for tue appointment Of thrro
vi!ayet; costah A,lossodi gsy, Tor Jatiua; and
od'an ' E1entt ios Smyrna. The saltan refused
70 hts house. and, under tho pisa of illness, re-
fused TO coRo 70 the palacc, III spits Ut tho re-
peated orders which he received " this effect.
IhIs was tho moment taken advantage of by his
Djcu.iis bultaua, The sultaus slater, Lcr
husband, Mali1uoud DAm4l Ferlk Pasla, the
Mfnistcr Of War. and tile Minister Of Police. It
was asserted that he atned ut rltsItg llasht1
notIcs Of tho Jurquk VIVA shown which ruportA
ou tho pa.sage u lua Boy, tho former lender of
the =, "Young Turkey" paFty, through smyrna
on hts way to by new post ~ 0oyerlos Of Hyrt'4
called the Sultan the tlrst servant Of tic Btate
This was Represented to tho sultan az 4 2ign
that ho WA commissioned by Mldhat TO pre-
pase and agttato Tor . cllahgo On thu thEote.
Tho Sultan believed this, hutl ut once onlercd
sitdhat t. give In hls resignation. The answer
was that as loyal subject hu could not III such
o critical moment wathtlnlw, and would only xo
II lls Was dismissed. This wua only calculated w
make matters wtIrse nnt! to strengthen tbs kli-
p!clUn of the Sultan. The cncIncs Ut Mfdhat III
the palace then consulted uu laEA snaru for him.
They rot the Sultaa to send m order for HIN 10
come to tile paiute ind wllsu le arrived thuto hn
was made to walt for nl1rt thun aE uur.. On tlis,
AIlhat sentl ln II Cl!siNburl4in u heguf tho Butan
to rcceiyu lin, as hs WIS uyerhuncl,ed with
work. Instead Of au a1'swcr. four OF tho Atdcs-
te-Cump rushed out ofthe Imperial apartments,
throw thclnsclyes on hldhal, anti put ha,ldeulIs
on hiD,. tclling hm vt tho same time that l,c
wus prisoner, aud would De cxtlctl. alidhAt
received this with lswonted ealmaeas, and only
exclaimed, 'uod saye NY countryl" An hour
aftcrwar,is hs was place.l on boar,l tho Ixzcin,
which had already steamed up bcturu thu rutaco