The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-27
TELEGRAP!HIC.
[Telegraphsd to the oekTsland Arqus.l
THE RUSSIAN-TURKO WAR.

LONDON, April 27.-Foreign officers
haYe received intimation not to leave Ser
via. All administrative officers in the last
war have been ordered to place themselves
at the disposal of Servia. The war
misiter's permanent committee of the
Skuptschina has been summoned to Bel
grade. Abdul kerim wishes Servians to
occupy all important points on the Danube,
regarding Servia as an integral part of
the Ottoman empire and bound to support
the interests Of the Porte. Italy intends
to occupy Albania as soon as Austria
enters Bosnia. One third of the refugees
who crossed the frontier during 1875 and
1876 are now dead or have returned home.
Only the protection of Austrian bayonets
can induce the bulk of the refugees to
return, Without 1t they will rather die of
starvation. The Turks, it Is reported, are
making arrangements to destroy the road
from Ragussa to Trebinie. The Turkish
forces are very weak at the camp of Du-
brawa, four hundred men having died
within two months. At Trebinje there is
a garrison of 1000 healthy men 800 sick.
About half of the troops are Asiatics, who
fail very rapidly.
LONDON, April 27.-The stock exchange
opened comparatively steady but became
dull and very fiat, business quiet and no
excitement. Consols first showed an
Improvement but are now lower. Foreign
securities generally steady, Russians
better
A telegram from Hassan pasha, com
mandant of division at Batoum, announces
that the battle at Tshurukson which be-
gan Wednesday continued Thursday.
| LIVERPOOL, April 27.-Courier' Lon
don correspondent telegraphs that the
British government has resolved to inter
fere between Russia and Turkey. | have
the highest authority for stating that hel
maiesty's government has Just been called
upon by Austria to fulfill her engagements
under the tripartite treaty of 1856 fol
| protecting the integrity of the Ottoman
empire, and that decision has been come
I to by the cabinet council. The cabine
! resolved as first step to make forma
| request to the Russian government to stat,
the object of the military operations nov
being undertaken against the Ottoman
, government, and define the extent t,
: which it is proposed to carry these oper
: ations.
s The correspondent also learns that tn
Austrian government will address an en-
quiry of the same purport TO Russia
France. the third party to the tripartit
alliance, mas not been required to take ac
e ton in consideration of strained relation
S of France and Germany. The treaty er
3 ables any one Of the three powers to aC
a separately in fulfilling its terms or to ca
npon either or both of the other powers
If fulfill the treaty by joint action.
e Austria has obvious reasons for nc
embroiing France, yet Austria cannC
rs longer hesitate for resisting the Russia
invasion. Though Earl Derby was ab
to confidently state a week ago that thi
81 country was not likely to be called on
fulfill the tripartite treaty, yet within 81
- days the British government actually b;
! been required to fulfill its undertaking an
: it is quite anticipated that the momentol
ly alternative of declaring against Russ
=. will arise shortly.
d The situation is regarded at Vienna
s. far more urgent than British statesmt
i. seem willing to admit.