, 1877-04-12
Little Change to Note in the
Eastern Situation.
Turkey Will Concotlo Nothing to
Isussin or Montenegro.
Derby Notifies the Porto that It Will
Oct No Help from England,
The Turks Actively at Work upon For.
ttilcations Along tho Danube.
Bismarck Notifies the Reiohsrath Of His
Intended Vacation.


THE EAST.
THE Mov1ENEaRIN NEGOTIATIONS.
Loxpox, April 11.-A dispatch from consthntt-
noplc says safret Pasha has informed The Mon
scneErin delegates that II IL impossible for Turkey
10 cede Nlcslc, Koutchl, or Ko1atsch!n, because
tho Chamber Of Deputies has rejected thcir do.
aujs for the tesritosr. safvetsddsd. however, that
The sc1ate had Atttl to examine the question. The
Monteuegrins replied bJ asktng for hnal hnawcr
Friday. II theis demands arc sefuscd. which seems
to be certain, they will quit 'coustaatinople On
Saturday. 49,.
DnusssLs, April 11.-rhc Nord says Lord
Dcrby's reservation on stEnng Tho pEotoco has
been mlstutcrpseted At Constantinopc. Lord
Derby has since written TO Constant1nopls cate.
gosicaliy declared TINT the Porto must In 10 way
rely upon England.
TuKisn MILITARY PREPARATIONS.
DrcmAnEsr, April 11.-The Turka dispfaJ
great activity In pushing forward military prepara-
tIops. Twcnty.four Knapp guns arrived recently
for tho defense Of tho banks of the panubo. Six
basta1tons with horscs snl ammunition for
artillery, landed At Varna yesterday. sadyk
Tasta daily concludes contracts for provisions.
Ftour Ia being forwarded to Wlddin, where
several thousand soldiers arc completing out.
works. The territorial army Of tue Vlla5ct OF The
Danube IL already In arms.
CONFLICTS.
RAuusA, April 11.-Thcro have been continued
conflicts for tho last three days between tho Turks
and MlE!dltes.
TIE FoRTEfs REPLY.
Cosa7AHr.Nor1z, April II. .-Safvct Pasha, COM
n,unlcating the rortc'a determination to the for
eIxn Representatives, expressed tho regret Of Tho
Sultan and his Ministers Ut their Inability to
follow the wcl-mcant advice OF tho Powers, but
both political aud financial rcasona nado Il abaos
lutcl5 necessary to terminate the pscsont niscra-
bio position Of uncotta intJ. -. s's
CLEAR PROOF PROMISED.
ST. PxrknsnuRn, April l1.-rhe Golos says:
'.Europe probably within the next week will 70.
ceivc clear proof Of Rusaa's determination to At.
tatn tho ond for which her troops hayo been con-
ccnssatcd on tho frontier"
xL LONDON. -
LoNpoN, April II. business on tho Stock E1-
changc is rory fat. Turkish bonds aro lower than
at any tIu,c since tho dethronemcnt Of Sultan Ab.
dull Aztx last May.
WILL PROBABLY CAUSE WAR.
LONDON, April 12-5 a. m.-Thc 8tanddrds
spcclai from Coastnnttnoplo says safvct Pasha was
present in the Chamber of Deputies when the Mon
tcncgr!n proposals ware Rejected. lis was asked
whethor thcir rejection would cause war, and 70.
piled that 1t probably would, though he was not
ccfta!n.
4 Vienna dispatch reports that tho Russian AM
bassadors will sceoise Instructions to mako known
to tho Governments to which they arc accredited
that Ku4sla tntcrprets tho protocol, under the
present circumstances, ~ binding tho sfgnatatlcs
| to consider Immediately those common steps for
which the protocol dxed no time. NassiAn dip.
lomutsts anticipate that Turkeys refusal will pro.
voko action on tho part OF ali tho six Powers.
| rEaRMlTonY.
4 Derlln correspondent te'cgraphs that Russia
coatemplssos sending . categorical summons to
Conssantlnuplo demanding decisive reply In three