, 1877-09-03

IT COMPLAINS or TIE LACE or NEWS.
Tho 4fvtorussinsty Telegraph Of Aug. 4 says
that at tho prcscnt time there nre two questions
under consideration by the public. The first Is
the suppression of all official news. II this
were nn3c public 1t wuuld answer the q,lery
which burns every ones LIP, What Is the news
from til. seat Ut war2' The other il, What IS
tic result Ut our failure hc!orc 1'lcvna1 III r.
gard 10 the first l6tcrrozatory the !Ser4~r,.o.
1estriet remarks that 1t Is long since VIC received
any Information from tho theatre Of war in
European Turkey. When We yay long 1t means
not more than few days, for In that brief time
erents Of such magnitude may have tl,:ppcncd
TINT weeks are, a. II were, condensed In 70 tIavs
The events succeed eacll other with sue Il rapid
fly, and the public interest ls 80 great, TINT
hiatus OF three or four DAYS In the abs e.,cc Of
news seems to bc an age. The public is be :onfng
impatient at The icartl of Intelligence, and tue
nbscnre Ut anything official oniy leads us to the
hops that the morrow Will relieve our tmpa.
ttcnce. Tho kilograms which arc pru.ed In
foreign papers md hnd their way to our r. .uers
are very much exaggerated Tie cures oond-
euts nso tnusc or less blascl, and their reI ,orts
0llould not meet with Implicit confidence.
In mn extra the K~tfkN .uir remarks that It
has always paid great attention 10 the im1nost-
tlon Ut secrecy IN rclation TO the sccret move
Ments Of thr nrmies IT, the field, and abstafL ed
from making any comments on the probable &C.
suits VI the military combinations. During tho
past week there has bccn great anxiety I'M 1ti-
festcd bY tho public over tho as,sut,ce 81 apy Ut
flcal intelligence. The few facts thut arc al-
1owed TO creep Into tho sunlight indicate that
important strategic movements arc on foot,
which publiu policy does not allow to be pub
lcly inatle manifest.
IL tiu,f vii /. =.
fcafs TINT the events up to July II llave been of
such character as to preclude tho sending os
It 10 bc q Kusslaua'' II is IL believe and m.
tlcntty uwatt for good results. Should these ~
satisfactory, all lswell; II MT. let US llope Tor
tho best. Time will make ali things eycn, aud
III the tu:nsc w will rctrcyc ull. Such has u
why's bccn the inborn coincidence OF the Russian
sollIcr. Tne armies are enthusiastic, e:seI iudi-
ytdual soldier u Impressed witt, un Insured
oyents Will bring them to ths goll for whril
they are striving. The fsussian propL. are not
atrafI Ut defeat. They know their Etrcugtlt aud
hase ths h!,, fullest eontl1eneu IN t. 'rl4r'r
aru cutassc,l. Tl'eir ultimate uni outy
ubjoct IL the Freedom OF tllu Gu ristia.1s;
who groanlng under the exactions a1,u perser,,.
ttuns Of the Turks. Il il fur thu fate; Of the
sat,ds whu sce with tho upproacl Vt lsu.s[at
tayontts the tlrss dawu Vt lrvedons. Fur tl,csc
We lear lLsuci suffering growing cut OF our uu.
feats. They Will bc coI!pclle.l 10 lcnre their
1o,ucs anl surrender their al1, wives Anl chill
tren, IL tic nlcrrilcss Turk. They Will t,c ,e.
rurAei ~ truturs and dcsertcrs, aud on then!
tic Turk will wrcak Ills n'ostcrpcl veDs,anrc,-
suvh ~ ae practtecd Inst yeur IN tho Bal9artlus,
outrasgcs would lnake thu boot d thu realer
run cJld. 1'hese azv hangers which liz with
heavy weight upuh tllu HIssian Heart. With
EefeFc'1se tu Tho seeun4 questiuu.-tt'a outcump
~ ttttf ftNfi flIVf - thtk
laionuosn encourages tic people to hopc for the
| best. Tic EaHie OF WIZ IL hot always ot, ono
side. In tue upluton vi tEe Ud:tits tho defeat
would hays % bcen ,.e o. stra.esie tnlortalSc bad
ya,itaSc ol u, anu snoveu a.,aiust lovju, which
was occupied ty Nlu liuss,allS, aud seixel It be-
| furc tho re!n!ortehenis cnt,le up. Fortunately
fur III, Oslnan Pasha did not scize Ills opportl-
n!ty
Tlle St. Petersburg I1aiomosti takes the curEc-
spuu1cuts Vt thr foreign papcEs to task fur ex-
agsrratIn. tue defeat Ut lhs lsassisn troops at
rluyaa, All! adyses that they bs plavta untler
close Surveillance. lest they repeat the Iltslda-
ctous stories about uthcr army movements anil
ecnsugesncnta II believes that thy Russian
Mar oass s,,,n;rS s4Sa'a & turu'. a,- tho Hts.t
news, u. ~ !el,aase caa b. plnesd
on tic cxtrts which they orc obliged to make
| from fuEctEn pawrs IN iicsi of tho abscncu Of
auy intelligence frosn official sources.
4 correspondent u the Soyurussky 7tiegraph,
| writing from cunstant'nolle, saya That tue
I!k<xi G.z..d1 Ut that city Etves the following
as tho Russian loss fsosn tbs beginnlug Ut tho
| war to date:
First cro.sin; VI tho Danue .......,.. .... 1.5oo
sccon. cso.st,; q tho cpanaba...,...."....3 1900
ta'saseMsnt p!i,. Bp!iua..'t.'.'. 49, ...... 4M1
sk,fmIshrs At bauuban point. ......:......: ] 3,U1
Asla Minor csaupAisn'..'." ....".........a2.oo ooo
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