The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-02
The Conference Project Has
According to Berlin Polti-
clans : allied.
Lord napier 10 Command any EIpeal-
tionary Force that Asy be Sent eut
In Case OF War. with wslsIey
ss Chief OF SgAn.
Al no Previous Period HAS England Been
50 Strong in a Military Service as
sos-HaIf Million Men Ready
10 Take the Field.
All Danger of . Sonnies s-t~.e- Ing
fnsu snd Rns-ia 0. Asserted .aa De-
ates On the Same Rr~nth

LONDON, February s7.-A -. Pe;er..
burg special, speaking OF the terms Of
the treaty, says: The Sultan l. 10 re-
tain his heet- The questioB Of the
strait will be submitted to the confer
snce, when, If Englond, rs is probable.
proposes the preservation oi the sta,as
qao, Russis, l am assured, will not =.
riously oppose her. IL would sest.i.
therefore, a. If all avowed British IN
terests are respected and the danger Of
conflict between Russia and England
ended.' such, however, IL not tn-
opinion here. The negotiations have
left much soreness. Ii is thought Eng.
Lands real aim is the humiliation OF
Russia. These feelings mAy lead 10
the most serious consequences.
Lord Napier, of MaedalA, governor
and commander -in-chief of Gibraltar,
arrived here from that plzce. The Af-
ternoon papers announce very promi-
nently that IL hiss been decided 20 em-
ploy Lord Napier, OF MagdalA, a. com.
mander-in-ehisf Of any sxpedItionzry
force that may TO sent out in case OF
war, wi.h Asjpr General sir Garne,
Wulslvy ~ chisf uf staff
I:3o p. m.-The government j. s;ill
unadvised ~ to the signatures OF the
treaty OF peace.
Lord Napier, Of IsgdAls, had long
inf.yrIa,p a. s,h 81.
cOmmander-in-chIe One Of the mem
bers OF the cabinet answering = private
Inquiry as 10 whether Lord Derby hsd
resigned, said "HAlf an hour $50
Lord Derby was with me at oASsuet
council. Nothing was sad aboat hi-
resignation"
A Cons;AnttnoPle dispatch says it j.
now stated that peace negogiaiiou-
will consume another week, unless
Russia insists upon their being brought
10 E close.
The channel squadron has arriy "a 1t
Malta fFons Gibraltar.
Ia the house of commons the colo
nial marriage bin, which Sas opposed
10y the government, was adopted Is a
vote Of fls2 to lGl.
Msjor General Sir Garnet Woisley
contributed O. the Nineteenth Century
an article entitled. "Eugisnd As a Mili>
tary Power" The following are lii
rraciusions "At no previGus period
hs- s-r.-ta-5 -7"a 80 strong fn = mill
JAly s-igirs n. noe We're war de.
rtE6r.. to-naTsov-, at.,.t - 4l. srI.l =
ueu susii f-i int, ,ae q re4a.-e-.
supported By three hundred AMI =et-
enty two field e,lus MANN and
hoEsed by the royal artillery. Ir.i
numb "Saii be roughly a. sie % ~.
follows Standing army a. a-rr-.
50 600 men; array and militia reserve.
80 con Iaiil;is, s5.oo9; yoiau.esss, O. =.
0tI, sIA -ee0ud else amy r--erse.
100, 9,co)-lJtai Hg,0%. 10 tac ca
euiaiioa asye pat the lc-
ures very low AID have ler
out altogether the ten thoussna yeo-
LnHnry who would be available for
home service. / have not taken into
consideration the number of regular
troops that would lie available for war
when the Mediterranean garri.ons ars
furnished by militia. IL will thu. =.
seen that We could At once take th,
field with two fully equipped army
corps, with more than thirty Thousand
soldiers each, leaving similar force
Of regular troops at home ~ a reserve.
When compare the military strength
Of England now with what Il Wa in
lS52, / am amazed st the condition q
the military weakness and the help
ie-sness In which We were when Ne
began the nssian war % tina; year, A.
| am at the ignorance Of those who A..
now croaking over our supposed Weak-
meas.
LONDON, February 2s.-Six hundred
sets Of field ambulance fitting. Au.i
three hundred tons OF bAyonet s,.rI
have been ordered in Sheffield. II.
Woolwieh authorities have purchased
five thousand miles OF telegraph wire
for use y ith torpedOes and materials
necessary to construct Temporary rAli-
G-ys for the conveyance of stores Aui
the mounting Of heavy gum ia siege
works The war Office has ordered
that no soldiers shall he transferred O.
the reserve until further Instruction.
The 81. Petersburg correspondent o.
the Times sAys the state msnt thni
Russia supulate- for the ce-.lon Of .tx
iron-clads aud tn. payment Of Turki.l
tond- IN full To Russian holders .. Ger
tsiDiy fAise.
The TImes' Berlin oorr.spond.u; lei.
egraphs that Russia propose. TO appoint
NJ Baisbroif, Bulgarian. governor o,
balsari., s11Jvct 10 the control Of ;ns
itusstan commsodznt.
The meeting Of the conference gro1.
nlore doubtful ia coDseqo-nce of III.
ohJsctions OF Austria aud England q
iti--i.s proposed Limitations OF its pro
grAmme.
The Daily Telegrsph's dispatch frou
vienna ssys it l. fully confirmed thAi
the demand for credit VIII not =.
brought before the chanLers
= sssNa s-eit htt-alA I'm lfsssf fftr
prevails, ne satisfactory ss-.uraue-- h.x,
been received from 81. Petersburx an
Beflin that Russia hss renounr.d ~,
Idea OF the extensioa OF Bulgaria 4. -.
lonies, aud seems also tnciined "a ~,
nouDoe the C.iya bSuudsry, and Iins
the period OF the military occupstio,, !,
Bulgaria perhaps even To Elk mouth.
III a. MT l. q prevalent opinio. .
tnapeial writers in IL. n,ornine L.,sr
mails that ~ the rate q discount. nov
Two Per cent, u not advanced al a.,
meetirg Of the board Of siireefors 10
day, t VIII bs because an adv.pr.
might affect the placing Of exchsqa.l
lille, which are Ia he allotted to-d.,
a. two aud = half per cent.
The Elswiek ordnance work.. /.
Seweastie.on Tyne, which Wa, r-
rently ordered to Manufacture on,
hundred torpedoes for the goverumr.
with all possible speed, bss had ~
order now Increased In eight hupdr.s
The Vtsuns corresposdeat n a.
fimss says the exfeosion Of the ma !,
ctpeuty Of Bulgaria % The Aeoas -
'vs = q sAs as.sss ssassessass !
- lr.... = = .. $50.