The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-29
forhcntons being raised on the Tmok to protect
the Russian march on Servan soil

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DANGER OF MASSACRE IN BULGARIA
Rustchak correspondent writes as iolows:-ssThe
twenty odd thousand troops OF this garrison the
perfection Of soldiers. They are brown open faced,
big shoudered fellows perfectly resigned to any fate
Allah may have for them with perfect faith in the
bankrupt government for the chief Of which they
shout and saaam every evening at sunset The dis
orderly Moscm element is IN . state OF great fury
Christians are frightened death lest imprudent
member OF their faith should provide the spark which
might light up such glare would throw Batak into
the shade completely. Even the Consuls have to be
gerous tension of the relations between Moslcm and
non.Moslem could be gwen without end. Mr. Richard
Readc, the English and American Consul here, who
has never been accused throughout the troubles OF
being In any way preiudced against the turks. but
who has been suspected Of leaning the other way,
thinks that matters are serious they be- and
his urgent warnings ignored both at Downing
street and Constantinoplo. II is believed by some
artfully planning dreadful outbreak aud tina. those
friend to the Turk who do not insist upon stop
being put to irregularities, the nrm repression Of
which would give satisfaction to decent Mohammedans
and non-M ussulmans alike"
EyGLAND's PREPARATIONS
neet OF ten iron-clads is assembled at Plymouth.
Tho iron-cad turret ship Thunderer has returned 10
Portsmouth with machinery disabled Four thousand
horse stalls for transport vessels being delivered
at Woolwich by a contractor.
xuKHrAR WANTS TO BE LEFT ALONE.
Mukhtar pacha is genuine Turk, and, like all SOL
ders, does not 10 DO dictated to by drawing
generals The Council OF War which has been lately
appointed, and which sits In Constantinople has
asked Mukhtar Pacha what his plans He replied
that there scheme process OF execution GER
tain to insure success and begged to be left alone.
THE TROUBLE IN ccSsTASTiNopLr.
A Constantnoplc despatch says:-"Al excitement
has disappeared and everything IS quiet The order
suspendng the Lerant Herald has been re-
voked. Tho Turkish Chamber of Deputies
have unanimously passed resolution that all
the Ministers should invited attend the sitting
OF the Chamber to consult with the Deputies upon
measures which urgently required by the military
situation lsmail Bey, former Governor Of Tultcha,
who was suspected Of completely In the Sofia demon
stration, has been arrested and cxtcd to Broussa.
Several others have been arrested and banshed and
seizures Of arms have been made"
The Sultan has been advised by some Of tho diplo-
matte corps to change his Ministers.
A cIRcAssIAS CONSPIRACY.
few days ago number OF Circassians In tho
Russian service were sent home from Roumania. 1t
represented tho time that they discharged
account Of awless conduct toward the Roumanans.
The Vienna Deutsche Zeitung now asserts that
spracy discovered among thcm, and colonel has
been expelled from tho army and i've other officers
shot at Krajoya.
,.n.4.- A CORRESPONDENT IN DANCER. IS.
"A correspondent at Rustchuk explains the incident
recently reported from Constantinopla about tho
British Consul striking a Turkish officer 1t seems
this correspondent with one companion crossed in u
small boat from Giurgevo and were arrested by y
Turkish naval officer. They were seriously threatened
by Moslem mob. Tho Consul came to the rescue and
pushed tho Captain out Of his way when the latter
tried stop him. rho correspondent thinks that the
Consuls vigorous measures alone prevented them be-
ing thrown into the Danube by the mob.
THE NAVIGATION or TIE DAyrDE.
The SEMI official Vienna Monags Revue says :--ssrhe
principle Of free navigation Of the Danube Is intimately
connected with the vital interests Of Austro gary
and should be respected by the belligercnts Russia
In this view, ana has given distinct and
assuring explanations on the subject Turkey, how
ever, has not and the orders gwen w the Turkish
authorities OF nature to call forth most decided
protest on the part THIS country
entitled to Insist that difficulties should be raised
beyond the immediate requirements of military OPERA
tons, and that such restrictions should not be
tended further nor remain In force longer
than strictly necessary Eventually they
must be entirely removed. Austro- hungary IL
justified In expecting binding engagements from tho
Porte concerning the freedom Of navigation prompt
and complete as those already given by Russia The
claim Of the Porte that vessels belonging tho Euro
pean Commission OF the Danube should hoist the Turk
ish flag Is mpracticabs the international character Of
the Danube excludes the idea oil placing It under the
sovereignty OF the Porte Instructions in accordance
with the above views have been sent to tho Austro-
hungarian representatives at Cons,antinopio and
Bucharest
UNSTABLE GREECE
A despatch from Athens says the Greek chambers
opened yesterday The opposition Is very strong and
tho position OF the Cabinet extremely insecure A
later says that the Ministry we're defeated In tho
Chamber oil Deputies and announced thor rcsigna-
tons large crowd assembled under the windows
OF the Royal Palace yesterday. Speeches de-
Ivercd urging military preparations and the iorma-
tion OF strong ministry. The KING absent q; tho
tlmo OF the demonstration.
Copstantinopc despatch has the following: -'sThe
Turkish aec numbering nineteen vessels has arrived
al Crete II stated that Greco, has sent note to
tho Porte asking that tho same privileges should be
accorded to Thessay and Epirus to The slas onic
proviuces The Porte replied that the only privileges
they had right to were already accorded by the
stitution Greece communicated second stating
that as the present might prevent the Porte carry
gu. the constitution Greece demanded guarantees The
Porte has not yet replied to the second note"
correspondent at Athens sends tho following &C
count Of the demonstration "A crowd, estimated al
Ave thousand TO thousand, icd tho square before
the palace demanding from the King strong and war
ike measures. After whiting two hours tour delegates