Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-04-28

mania troops will oppose the passage OF the
Danube by the Turkish army and will allow
the Russians to cross the Pruth. The cor.
respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: al
have just inspected the ottoman fleet in the
Bosporus, and find that the condition Of the
sultan'snavy is really splendid The vessels
are fully manned and the discipline is as
good as possible. Admiral Hobart Pasha
has been formerly appointed commander of
the Black sea squadron, which comprises
fifteen irOn.cads, The forts on the Bospo
rus are also ready, and reports from the
armies are satisfactory. Mehamit Pasha, the
sultan's first aid.de.camp, has left the cap.
tai to inspect the troops and munitions of
war in Anatala and superintend the final
arrangements along the Adriatc frontier
Lord Derby has sent the following dis
patch, dated April 18th, to the British cho,qc
dd6dircS at ConstantinOplc: "Sir-The
Turkish ambassador called to-day and lett
copy of the circular on the subject of the
protocol. expressed my deepest regret to
Musurus Pasha at the step the porte had
taken. l thought it unnecessary to enter on
any further discussion of step which had
been adopted by the porte, after full consd.
Grafton, and could not be retraced, / said,
however, it did not seem clear whether the
porte would send on an ambassador or not to
81. Petersburg to treat on the question of
mutual disarmament Musurus Pasha stated
that Turkey was not prepared to adopt any
such measure, and expressed the opinion
that matters could not be settled satisfacto-
rily unless the powers should consent to an.
nul the protocol. replied that the diver.
gence between the views of the two govern.
ments appeared so wide as to render fur
ther discussion useless, and said | could
not see what further steps England coukl
take to avert war which appeared inevita-
Bile. Musurus Pasha answered that the attl.
tude of his government was simply defensive;
that they did not desire war, but they would
prefer 1t to the sacrifice of their national in.
dependence, which appeared to be involved
in the acceptance Of the protocol"
A Times dispatch from Vienna, dated
the 18th says there are Sounds for believing
that the idea exists Of making the eight art.
Gle of the treaty of Paris the starting point
for fresh negotiations. This idea is now
taken up by England, and brought forward
at st. Petersburg but it seems as if the era
of negotiations is there regarded as closed.
Sanguine people may still derive some hope
from this uncomprOmising attitude so osten.
tatiously displayed, but Russia has all along
shown her unwayerng purpose to set aside,
or, at any rate, to ignore the very existence
of the treaty of Paris; still, she will not care
to raise discussion on the point as to how
far its stipulations may be deemed valid,
knowing that such discussion might per.
haps bring her into opposition with one or
more other powers besides Turkey. As the
czar's arrival at Kishenev is only announced
for the twenty.secOnd instant, it is supposed
his maesty will stop at Moscow, and he may
use his stay there to make another declara.
tion or possibly issue the expected manifesto
thercfrom, Intelligence of the movement of
the Russian army is confirmed on many
sides. 1t is believed in well informed circles
that much time will be lost in crossing into
Roumanla. Such movement may be made
Simultaneous with or perhaps befoIe reg.
ular declaration of war, so that movement
would have the character of a menace. This
would be following The precedent of 1858.
The Turks may not be disposed to allow such
occupation to pass over in silence, for trust.
worthy information indicate that they mean
to consider the crossing of the Pruth de-
caraton of war, and intend crossing at the
same time into Roumania at Kalafat and
Nkopoli.