The Portland daily press., 1877-05-03
FO r EIG N.
The Turc0-Russian War.
Sundays Fighting at Kars.
THE TURKS DRIVEN BACK
WITH GREAT LOSS.
B8yazid TIA ken by the Russians.
The Situation in European Turkey
Unchanged.
FO r Ell G. N.
Bnyazid TIA ken by the Russians

LONDON, May "A Berlin special definitely
confirms the report that Russia, at the instance
OF Austria, has promised to respect the neu-
trality Of Servia. The Turks have consequent
ly abandoned the plan Of occupying Gladowa.
The coup whereby the Russians seized the
| belief.
The Telegraph publishes the following from
! Vienna:
The convention bet ween Russia and Rouma-
MIA tor the transit of the Cars army is consd-
| cred by Austrian Hungary as breach of neu-
trality, and the impression it has caused is such
that 1t seems doubtful whether the government
VIII De able to resist muchionger the manifesto
lions of public opinion in favor of intervention
The press has never been so violent in its
language towards Russia before.
The Teegraphs Vienna correspondent says
It appears as if Roumania considered the rat;-
ficatIon of convention with Russia as dec
laratiOn OF war against Turkey.
1t is announced that the Russian troops have
taken the fortress of Bayazd in Armenia.
VIENNA, May 2.-Withn the past few days
news has spread that convention is conclud-
ed between Russia and Austria relative to the
credence here, so entirely is it opposed to the
whole line of government policy. Every one is
so convinced of the falsity of these rumors that
they do not cause the slightest misgiving.
TIFLIs. May AN official Russian de-
spatch announces that the Turkish garrison
UGIluS 1(UU nave aUduQOUeQ BaVaZl0, and
the Russians have occupied the town.
New YORK, May 2-The Herald's correpon-
dent at the headquarters of the Russian army
sends the following, dated Kischeaetf, April
"a:
The Russian vanguard marched at one this
morning from Kaubeg for the frontier Cos
sacks took the lead, taking the direction of
Belgrade, one regiment marching at the head
of the collmn. The troops crossed the Pruth
in ordinary ferry boats, and made march
through the mud 4S miles to Barboschi, which
they occupied early in the morning. The van
guard OF the army then occupied Isnail, Galatz
and REM: Since then two other columns have
passed the Turkish frontier, one by way of
Leore, and the other toward Nugenti.
formidable earthworkS have been thrown I'D
at Bastoutch to command the Danube. The
whole army is in motion in the Caucasus The
Russian army has already crossed the frontier
at three different points.
The corps under Gen. Okobicio encountered
the Turkish troops and took possession OF their
strongly fortified camp. The Russians lost 30
wounded. The corps of Gen. Lorcemecki in
marching on Kars, attaked the Turkish caval-
rg, taking prisoners a colonel and six officers
The squadrons of Karrapapas, an indigen-
Gus be, previously conquered and brought in
to submission by the Turks have laid down
their arms before the troops, offering their SER
vices to the Russians. Fifty were IT ceived and
the others disbanded.
Line turkish fleet IN the Black Sea has bonn
bar1ed Fort st. Nicholas, which has been dis.
mantled since 1854. A Russian sergeant who
happened by chance to be in the fort, was kill
ed.
LONDON. May 2.-The Telagraphs leading
article points to the omission from the declara-
ton OF neutrality issued by the British govern
ment OF paragraph which appeared in the
declaration issued at the outbreak of the
Franco-German war. The declaration then
published contained the following:
We are firmly purposed and determined to
abstain from taking any part directly or indi-
rectly in the war row unhappily existing be-
tween those sovereigns and to maintain peace !
ful and friendly Intercourse with each of them, |
The Telegraph says this omisson!can hardly |
be accidental, nor under the exceptional cir !
cumstances of the present war could the gov |
eminent be expected to bind the country to an |
pacific course.
The British foreign office publishes des-
patch from Mr. Layord announcing that the |
Turkish commander on the Danube has been (
empowered by the Porte to close the river to all
navigation, to detain on requsiton neutral
vessels subject to decentralization, or order |
them to repair to or leave certain ports under
penalty of total confiscatop, or adopt any
measures rendered necessary by military ext
yencies.