Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31
Tho Eastern War.
THE PROPOSED MEDIATlOA


THE PROPOSED MEDIATION.
The New Tis,es Of ST. Petersburg r. produces
vsrous reports that England Intends to occupy
certain points ia the East, amoug Others GALL
poll, Ccns!antincric and Batoun. The lines
considers that the occupation OF Cobstaotnope
or Ba;oum would be equivalent tu DECLARATION
of war. Tho semi. official Agence hnsse says
the reports arc Incorrect. The EoglISh UoVGrn'
ucot has simply expressed to the hussian Cao'
| met tS apprehcnsioDs that Russian OCT up--
ton of CoustaDtiuople, Though merely IIop'S-
| ionaI, would SO excite Engsh puGhc opih'o"
that ,hc Government would be conpc:lC!u 10
take certain precautionary measures. The
Agcrcc Russo adds that the British Govtrn
mept has nat specified what the measures
would be, hut they Cannot be thOs: cited Oy
the New 1imcs, az it would be impossible to
take such measures without u declaration OF
war. Relative to reports concerning E1gliah
mediation, the Agenco Russe paints Cut that
according to International law mediation IS Only
| possible whcn solicited by both bclIlgerents.
| Russia. though always ready to listen TO aty
o7eriures which the Porte might address 10 her
direct, has never done anything to sho" Size
| had any Intention CT accepting mediation.
| The North German Gazette says: I'll lInE-
Iaud merely seeks to sound Russia respecting
her willingness TO make pcacI add the chances
OF SUCCESS Of direct application oil the Pore to
ST.. Petersburg, credit may be awarded to Great
| Britain for her mcritorous intentions. ir ..G,y
other case TIC theory Of the Agcncc l,lsse that
| mediation, uncsl solicited by hyth begarcn.s,
becomes Intervention, may assert itself. Re-
| gardog intervention. Russia 10 the fuIiiImcut
OF her In,sslOu can scarcely be stopped even by
| the cIrvarrSt moves on tho political chess.
! board
Tie I.oudoo Tines thinks that the Sultan
has acted wisely 10 asking the British Govern
n,cnt for its aid to bring about negotiations for
peace, and urges i; to conduct them in d spirit
absolutely free from partnership. 1t must ~,
Ger: ain if Russia is wiling 10 open negotiations
and what arc her conditions; thea to Offer Tur-
| key such advice as may sCcu proper aud to
present har answcr The Interests OF EGgland
must Of course BE- borne 10 mind, and there Is
no reason to far that they Will be neglected.
| The DIlly n ,Wj says tbat the Government will
| have to harmonic, its new character with dec
| laratoD3 il has repeatedly made and with
whole cour:a of conduct ''of which the least
that CA be said Is that it has not prepared the
| world for the part it has now undertaken to
plsy." GA Her Mij:sty's Minister'S may very
much drpenI whether tho Eastern question
snail be COW settled ct least for many years to
come, or this war be f,ilowed by mere truce,
the prelude to var cV.n greater and mere
| disastrous than that CT which we are now spec.
ia ora We are bound to hope that they will
prove cqlal 10 their responsibilities.
| Meetings. Of workingmaa, both ia iaEor OF
and opposed to Turkey, were held in Trafalgar
Square, London. ca Saturday, some scvc0
| thousand persons being il attendance, but %
| nj rrc,it n
| have been free faht, which was kept up ftr
| 60 hour.
LONDON, Dec 3l.-Thc Lordou correspond
ept of the Manchester Guardian cegraphs to
that journal regarding the governments policy
o. follows: There is 20 idea Of the acquisition
| Of Egrpt, which would be 40 abandonment oil
the polic7 opposing the partition Of Turkey. 1t
is believed that should Russia reject mediation
Lord BeaconsGeld is prepared to appeal to the
country on the question OF declaring war tor
the dctcncc of British interests.
The Times Bucharest dispatch says: THE
bridges crossing the Danube at SimDl'za were
| takuu UP TO prevent their DESTRUCTION. 1t Is
hoped that the bridge at Petroshani just re
ported as having boen ctrIicd away can be re-
paired Nine hundred horses persisted 10 The
vicinity OF Sistova duIloE the storm. The toa!
| loss OF draught aEltDal9 must DC bumoereu ny
thousands. Details arc slowly coming in con.
caroing the suffering CT the Turkish prisoners
from PIcvna on their way to Roumsnia. The
prisoners we're uoaccompanicd by auy vehicle
f,r the purpcs of picking up those who fell BY
tuc waysdc. These were left by the guards to
freeze, as they had 90 means OF carrying theu,
and halt would ou:y have tcen to Increase
| the numAer of victims. The absence OF wagons
| vas cot due to deliberate cruelty, but TO that
| thoughllcssncsj which So frequently sutjec!s
! Russian soldiers to unnecessary sutterlog. |
| lcsro through Roumanan c!h4ers who came
from Nikopols to PIcvna after the passage Of
these prisoners that they drove against 1um-
Der Of dead bodies in the snow. No provision
was made 10 the Bulgarian villages for the
! proper sustcnancc Of the captivcs, but when
the Danube was passed supplies were provided,
and irom that time their lot IVES never hard to
bear
Ec;sar from Calls s,urcfi.