The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-02
The Eastern Question.

recommending well known reforms,
which are specified. There Is no ques-
tion of Turkeys signing it. nor is there
any form agreed which Turkey is ex-
pected to give adhesion or consent The
same correspondent says that Russia eI.
presses readiness TO treat directly with
the protocol relative to dissrm-
ment and for that purpose TO
receive q special commission from
Turkey in st. Petersburg, thus re-
moving the objection Russia had to allow
ing the powers any right OF interference
in the matter.
Ceylon sdvices say that by the end of
March $4,000 laborers will be paid of
from the coffee estates, and in q month
or two there will be some 10000 TO pro-
vide for. In the meantime gangs of
starving men, women and children are
coming over from India.
PARIS, April 1.-The La Franea,Ss
says the signing of the protocol virtually
sbrogstes the treaty OF Paris. We be-
lleve that Russia will proclaim this re-
suit. Among the obstacles to the con-
cession of peace with Montenegro is.
Itsly's opposition to the cession OF the
port OF Spizzs.
LONDON, April "A Netos special
dated Constsntinople, Saturday, says that
Safvet Pashs is preparing diplomatic
note to the powers Its object is TO obtlsn
an agreement TO delay OF one
month in which to terminate the
present situstion Of uncertainty,
which compromises all the interests.
a special dated at Vienna says that
according to kilograms from CONSTANT
nople the Grand Vizier and Safvet
Pasha have resolved to torestall the for
egn diplomatic pressure by making peace
with Montenegro, and complying by an
ticipa,ion with the conditions of the pro-
tocol. Even With this news the hope of
peace are very faint.
The Protocol signed.
LONDON, March SILT is officially
announced that tie protocol has been
signed.
The TINES leader says: We cannot
but see Turkey IN the background-be-
hind all these fair arrangements Of the
powers. SO much depends on what the
Porte will Do or decline to do, and Rus.
sian disarmament Is promised Ia expec-
tation OF so many things. which may not
so EASILY oe fulfilled. On the contrary,
the dominant feeling in Constantinople
is still defiance. In their present
temper, the two Emperors' sug-
gestion of negotiations for
common armament be carried On by
the Turkish delegate At ST. Petersburg
does not appear promising. 1t may be
SAID the success or failure Of this new st
tempt AZ paciicatlon must be decid-
ed At Constantinople. The government
is in circumstances and fully justified in
sending out Mr. Lsgsrd rhe Turks are
full OF animosity against Russia, and the
dlstrust OF Russiss seeming aoettors may
be even less reasonable than three
months ago. Many interpret Russis's
oyertures rs sign Of pussilanimlty and
weakness. Lsysrd has had the exper-
ience of the Turks and perhaps there is
no EaglIshmGn 10 whom they
would more readily listen TO than
70 him, and to the other ambassadors we
must look 10 impress Oh the Porte the
expedlency of doing nothing, which may
be represented as nullifying the protocol
The following Is received from
Kischeniff: General Skobeletf has
been nominated Commander of the
four corps which form ;he
first line of concentration towards the
frontier is ordered to be complete uy the
Sth OF April. II the Russians lose the
Roumanian frontier, they intend TO claim
the hospitality Of the ROumsnisns as
little as possible. They will bring
wooden barracks 10 accommodate large
portion Of the army. lranOt, President
of the Bulgarian Committee, sent TO
the Russian headquarters list
OF the Bulgarisns who might be employ
ed in the civil administration OF BuIgs'
ris IN case the Russians enter. Iranott
himself is to have prominent place.
News from kischenef is generally q
few days later than political news, hence,
probably, the simultsn eous publication OF
the war rumo-s and the signing OF the
protocol.
Gslsta Bau kers waited upon the Grand
ViZier. declaring the reduction OF the SAL
aries of telegraph operators dePriyes
theim of subsistence. The Grand
VIzier replied that he did not know how
ANYBODY could be paid Low, even in
paper, as there was barely enough money
10 provide the army with -four and rice.
LONDON, April IA dispatch from
St. Petersburg says that according to in
telligence from London, the protoco! vas
signed on Saturday, snd the Porte will
be immediately notified. General lg-
nstiefF arrived on Friday evening, and
had 81 interview with Prince GUr!schsk-
of. The newspapers ia commenting on
MS mission, expresse the belief that the
protocol will only guarantee peace If
Turkey carries out the reforms, which
they regard as doubtful.
A special from 81. Petersburg says
that IN spite OF the signing Of the proIo-
col pessimist views again prevail there,
and war Is considered inevitable.
ST. PETERSBURG, April The Eedo
Na,H declares that the protocol Il the
beginning OF the deuouement, and that
! Russia cannot dissrrn unless she ls con-
vinced thst she will no; have 10 arm
again. War may DO: be immediate, but
il is inevitable.
The Golos says that the signing Of the
protocol does not decide ~ TO peace or
war. However desirable Pesce may be.
there sre situations in which war would
| be necessary.
The ST. Petersburg Journal says thA.
the tone Of the debates IN the Turkish
Parliament leaves bat little hope Of 3
peaceful issue.
The vienna correspondent OF the
! Standard reports thst, according TO Ad-
vices from ST. Petersburg. Bussia mas
ordered her sguadrOns in AedIteranean
and American waters 20 return 20 the
| Baltic.
The Times correspondent st Vienns
saws that the disarmament stil! remains
the reaI question ST issue Il has lot
been solvei by the protocol bat Only
postponed. The chsHoes Of 40 eventual
so,earnsrt have no., psThsps, been