The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-06-08
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gene Conclusion.
Correspondence of tile New York SUM-

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Emboldened by his triumph in Parliament
and certain Of support frem the nation.
Disraeli is believed to be preparing to
precipitate England, joined BY Austria,
into conflict with Russia. Diplomatic
circles confess that England's partieipa
/ ton is foregone conclusion. Extraor
dinary preparations in the armament Of
both land and naval forces are reported
in al parts Of the kingdom. All home
transports from d tant colonies are under
orders for troops. Great fleets Of troop
ships are preparing. From all naval rem
devious prodigiops accumulations ofnaval
and military stores are en- route to the
Mediterranean stations. Orders have been
sent to India to mobilize the Mussulman
contingent. Under these signs the mark.
cts have become unsettled, and corn, anti
cipating cavalry demands, has reached
extreme prices. The tone Of the majority
Of the London ard provincial press is out
spoken for instant Intervention upon
almost any preteSt, War newspapers re-
! peat the street arguments that the Rus
/ slams disregard the fGal clauses in the
Black Sea treaty Of 1854 guaranteeing the
] inyiolability Of a narrow slip Of territory
north and West Of the Danube. War mea-
sures are welcomed with enthusiasm
among the great body Of merchants whose
! business is crippled by the blockade Of
the Black sea and the cessation Of traffic
with that that region. which in Liverpool,
/ Glasgow, and London more thsn equals
Transatlantic operations. Besides this,
various ranks Of business sustain heavy
losses, many suffering bankruptcy by the
capture, confseation, or dispersion Of
their Asiatie branches. In English homes
even among the lower ranks, a feeling Of
intense hostility against Russia IS marked.
They charge upon the Cars coyetous
ambition the hardships arising from the
rise in the price ofbread, the stagnation
i in business, and all the niseries that &C
company war without its advantages.
i Eneland's Interests will be tie Fretext,
and The first Russian success Of magnitude
! the occasion for Intervention. That this
will be the en- the informed men in Par.
lament, the press, and in public life con
cur n declaring. Disraeli and the officials
of tie Government have been incessantiy
in Cabinet council since the defeat Of
Gladstore's peace resolutions. 10 make
this fefeat so signal their management
contributed greatly.
The war party press clamor for instant
protection Of England's interests The
Russian Ambassador has gone home to
warn the Car Of the impending danger
Couriers follow linn in rapid successor
with reports Of the situation which are to-
compromising to be iatrusted to The pos
: or to the telegraph. The correspondent
: the Sans of London bureau, German
Pole, expelled on Monday from the Rus
r sian army, telegraphs from Vienna tha
only meagre reports from the Danube arr
allowed by the Russian staff. Matter b
! mail even is seruinized, and not lin
permitted to pass n5enioning numbers
disposition, or identity Of the forces. G
. villains approaching the army are keptpn
! der lisid surveillance, and ell contraban
! statements are burned, the writer, 9
writer's, being warned At once. The e.
PEELED correspondent had orders from tt
!, etsaa's London bureau 10 move westWar
: along the Russan front, from Galatz
: Rustchak, attach himself to the main bo !
: and follow lis movements. With som
difficulty he reached the Danube aboy
REM, and accompanied a division of Co
sacks 10 lie naigIborl aod Of Galatz. Her
: the Russians had projected prodigiop
: lines Of Qualifications, behind which wei
assembled thirty brigades Of infantry, az
: gregating lT5,o00 men, $4,000 cavalry
: and a great mas Of artillery. Hene
southvestward to 0ltenitza the army form
i a continuous front in echelon, embraeln
j a total Of 45o 600 men. TO the westWar
5 Of this, at distances from one to TIRE
miles from the Danube, . thinner line
carried TO Widdin, the extreme Russia
right. Re-enforeements were pouring
mainly on the left and eeatre. The Ro'
manian leyies were. used to mask the Rd
s. sian movements, and every artifee adop
4 ed to Iull the Turks, into the heIiefthat Z
formidable movement would be sttempte
Ii on The Danube. t was open talk in q
Russian camp that The Russian army
= the Caucasus was 70 advance steadll
toward the Boseorus, drawing off Il
% Turkish forces ia that direction, and lea
ing the army Of the Danube an easy roa
se through the Balkans. The slow adxant
Of lie Russian army Of the Danube
d caused bg diplomatic rather than By mi
tary considerations The Car i anxio'