The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-21
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TIE CRISIS IN THE EAST.
POPULAR ENdSPERA TTOyAT TIE FILE
or MIDH1T PdSHf.
Growing Discomfort In Constnntinopie that
may Render Peace Impossibie-No Pause
In the MllItnry Preparations Of Rm.aIn.


LONDON, March 2O.-A special despatch
from Vienna to tho Times says: According to
accounts from Constantinoplc, tho dependency
caused by Mdhat Pashas fall has been suc-
ceodej by evaporation which sccms almost
ready for anything. The hopo in Midhat
Pasha's ability to save Turkey might hava
proved illusory. but it certainly was exceedingly
strong. Idhom Pasha and his colleagues vainly
endeavor TO do the best according to their
abilities. No one believes in them. They can-
not carry popular feeling with thcm. Discon-
tent grows daily The police are kept constantly
searching after the authors OF tho placards
which are posted by night, even on public build-
ings guarded by scntinels. and anonymous ct-
tors TO tho Minister full of invoctlve against tho
incapable Government which takes all able-
bodied Mohammodans for soldiers, grinds
down the people by war taxes. and yet makes
humliating peace with Servia. and even talks
OF coding territory TO the Montenegrin robbprs'
Ulemas and Soitas are transported TO St. Jean
d'Acre; but that does little good. MS the sams
language that appears in the placards is current
among the people. being openly spoken in every
cafe, and even in the Government Offices and
military schools. Arrests are made. houses
searched, and conspiracies sought which do NOT
exist, as all, except those actually in possession
OF power are more or less of the same mind.
In this condition Of the popular mind. the prose
" Nl'i 'i'iA ,,'h,EiN 'tiuN1
great anxiety but what Is feared above all Ia
the eventual dishanding Of tho army The
avocations throughout the empire to defend
,hem. ,hheir country Rnd religi9n and now thesa
and kurds are 70 40 home again. probably un.
paid. ~ find their lands untitled and homes des-
IS u Of fI OF tRs R'yss cons
gnenc,es OF wholesale disbandment of this
Tho Pal Man Gazette. in n leading article,
says: " The silent testimony Of events seems to
point more and more directly to war. or at any
rate to tho eyer.progrcssing accumulation of
materi al OF which wars are made There IL no
pause IN military preparations on either side.
Montenegrn ENJOYS have thoir answer from
the Porte, difficulty has arisen with Seryia
about presenting iirman. and from all sides
lsh capital. Whilo diplomacy thinks only of
thc necessity Of making ,conccssions 70 tho
suddenly find all It's calculations 0yerthrown by
being confronted with = counter necessiy of
The Vienna iSuticai Correspondence pub
TaTEs6 % Envy Psrtr Eend yT was rceevcd S' W ~
Prince Milan to-day to pr sent tho imperial ilr-
man. Peace with Scryi'I is the dchnitivc.
Reuters telegram from Con-lantinoplo re-
ports that the Montcnsgrin delegates having
tlegraph.d 10 Cettinie for repetition Of the
Princes despatch. which was undecipherabls.
received today n fresh Telegram which was
likewise unntelliglhlc. They have aggn asked
grin armies Will remain on TIA" defensive. the
negotiations not having boon rupturod.
LONDON, March 2l.-Thc Standards special
from ST. Petersburg says the general opinion
there IL that the signing OF the protocol 10y Eng
land will not alter the situation as the liussans
cannot demobilize until Turkey dsnrms.
Turkey cannot disarm until the conclusion u
poace with Montenegro. Of which not very much
hope is now felt
The Standards Vienna despatch reports
that Montenegrln troops are concentrating on
the frontier but will not attack the Turks.
Prince Nicholas announces that he will star; on
the 2tth for the camp at MEDIUM. A Hcrzcg VII
MAN corps Is concentrated nt Bnnjnni. Gen.
Drspotovich is marching ON BHHialnka. 4 cir
cular from Moscow urges All the Siavoninn co M
rnltt"cs 10 raise fresh funds IN aid Of MOntcue-
grin war.