, 1877-07-02


been accepted If there had tccu FREQ aud timely
communication between tho Government and
the House Of Commons.
SUMMED Up.
The Saturday Ktskw sums up the political
situation, 70 far u. :erns European Turkey,
thus: "As thu T. Of costly campaign,
though 1t naYt Es haVo been victorious,
Russia will depen 1e permission Of Austria
to effect perma !: ,nqucst In Turkey"
= STA.
A. regards thct position Of tho Turks
in Asia Minor thcr - be little douht that 1t
has Improved. 1h!;S ness Of the Russian ad
vance has no. only Sa5 confidence, but given
time for making pE 5 t,ons, In consequence
Of which u has hetS 3 Owed to defend tho
Junction Of the roat' Kars and Bayaxid In
tue Araxes Valley. rur this purpose
TIE TRANSVERSE RIDGE
west Of Zcwin, which Is crossed by both roads
from Kass oycr the 6oghanlt, has been occupied
by tbc Turkish main force md strength.
cucd by cntrenchmcnts, while at
Delbaha. where the roads from BsYaxid
come down into tho Afaxcs Valley, tho
Turkish right wing has taken position TO pre-
rent the Russians from dcbouching out Of tho
puss. The two positions arc near enough to
support eacl, other In case Of need, whllc there
Is = small reserve nt Kupr!koi which 1nsy he
used to assist either column, or eventually
serve ~
ARALLY1so POINT.
Should the Russian centre succeed In an nt-
tenpt to storm the northern end of the Boghan-
1u dcflle and gain footing on the plateau OF Olsi
aud Barloscll, Of should It prore true, ~ re-
ported, that strong Russian force
has succecdcd In reaching Khorassan,
tlukhtar Pasba will probably concentrate
bis forces between Kuprkot and Hastan Kalch.
Preparations are making In tho contingency Of
lis inability to maintain the ground there to
defend the position Of Dcycbohun, In front Of
Erzeroum, which ia likewise strengthened
with carthworks. 1t seems evident, from, oom-
partaon Of the NussEah and Turkish official dis
patches and reports Of correspondents, that
TM8 TuItKs HAD DECIDEDLY 1nE REST
Of the recent fighting, both Ut Dc1ibaba md
Zcwin. At the litter place the brunt Of tho
defense fell Oh tho command Of Chefkct Paaba,
notorious for participation in the Bulgarian
massacEcs, and reports say that he greatly lis
ttnguishod hitnself and contributed largely to
Turkish success BY bis personal psowess.
PooH MoNTENL0ho.
Reports from Montenegro continue conflict
ing, but tho best Information leads to belief
that tho success Of enleImau aud Saib
Pashas has been completed. The Turks
place their entire 1osses At 1900
killed and wounded, Which probably Is III
undcr.csttmate. but hardly 30 far out Of tho
way rs The Montencgt5us cla!m,-of over 1000
Turks killed. The fighting forces Of the Mon
tepegr!ns are now chiefly
wEpaEp II
between the Valley Of tho xstta and the Aus
trim frontier, whilst sulciman aud Saib Pashas
usc awaiting the aivance OF aiehenct All along
the Moratscha to tho clear eastern portion Of
the country, and intercept their flight either
across the Valley Of tho Zetts to the Prioco's
headquarters. or down tho Moratscha into the
Kotacbt Mountains.
1 1ELE0nAN VIA HA1USA
from sc1nvoufc sonrrca claims tho defeat OF
MotcU1ct AL with great slaughter, but 1t ia un-
confirmed and probably untrue. It .uust ho re-
membered that tho Turkish forccs NOW In
Montenegro OF Oh her confines number some
5000 mcn, nearly half the tota. population Of
the pFiuctpalitY.