Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-31
The War.

1
rather an interesting phase but dull
one. The question d peace is being
considered but the terms are IN.
Known. 1t is understood that Tur-
key will accede TO almost any de-
nand made by Russia. The latest
news is summed up in the following
dispatches
London, Jan. 29-Advices from
Con-ts ntinople up to 1880 o'clock
last night say there is no news yet
from the Turkish peace Plenipoten-
taries.
The concentration Of Russians at
Adrianodle continues. Scouts have
arrived oeGr Charfu, about
SEVENTY MILES
west of Ccnsiantinople. Suieiman
Pasha is at Boulsir. Mehemet Ali
ia at Constanlinopie, but returns to
Chataljs Immediately.
There are ten British ironclads in
Beslca Bay
The Egyptian garrison has evacu-
ated Bpzardjitt and reiterated to
Varna.
The Turkish government is hav-
ing difficulty to maintain order inthe
capital. Among the tens of thou
sands OF refugees from Ronmania
are many armed Crcassians. Th3se
have already plnndered Sulen, Bou-
goer, Charlr and Roaosto and other
towns, and they are now fiooking
into Constantinople laden with
oooty The Government wishes to
dlsarm them and send them into
Asia, but it is doubtful whether
they will be able 10 do 40.
APPALLING MISERY
prevails from tbs B ,sphorus to the
gulf of Salnica, The whole coast
is crowded with terrified Moham-
medans seeking transportation across
the straits. Hundreds are perishing
from cold, hunger and exhaustion,
and no succor ia possible until the
panic and confusion 10 The capital
has aba:ed.
NEW RUMoR,
Vienna, Jan. 20 Among the ru-
mors current is one that no regular
armistice will be concluded, but that
Immediately after the arrival of
Grand Duke Nicholas with tho Tar.
kish Plenipotentiarios and Gen. Tg-
atieff in Adrianopls definite peace
negotiations will b. entered into %
the basic of the ereliminariea &C
copied by the Porte. There is moth !.
ing improbable in thla. Tho pre-
limlnary questions are so genera
and realistic that they will only re-
ceive real significance by their de-
fini ion ia the finAi peace insiru-
ment. They may be made infinite
ly harder than ais eauy, or else soft
ened down so as to leave Turkey q
semblance OF existence as Euro.
pean Power. He would bea bold
man who would now venture to af
firm what will ultimately best suit
the purposes of Russia--w neither she
will aim at radical solution, or
merely prepare tho way for it. Much
will doubtless depend on the course
of the pour-parlers with the individ.
ual Powers which seem to have been
going on simultaneously with the
negotiations with Turkey, whether
Russia may think it more advanta.
geous to Crush Turkey or protect
her. An armistice with fixed date
would certainly be more in the way
than the sort OF taos suspension oil
hostiiiies which seem for the mo.
ment to exist, put which Russia NAV
terminate any moment she likes.
BEss-ARABIA.
Bucharest, Jan. 29.-Gen. Igna.
tieff has arrived wi b an autograph
Charles Of RonmaniaA. AI It v is ie nsres
the Gar refuses to abandon his
claim to Roumanian Bess-Arabia.
BAKER.
A Galipoli dispatch of Tuesday
evening says Bakrr Pasha has Just
arrived with 5000 men.
A Berlin correspondent under date
of Tuesday night says: Some excite
ment and unepsiness is caused
here by reports that England has
partially succeeded in
DETACHING AUSTRIA
from the triple alliance and secur.
ing her conditionai opposition to the
Russian peace programme. l have
good reason to believe that the re.
ports arc at least exaggerated, but ii
ia evident some slight frictien exists
between Austria and Russia.
London, Jan ga special from
Pera says Odessa is the place named
for the signing of the peace conoi.
tons. Hence the expectation that
Grand Duke Nicholas would pass
with his escort through Cons.antir O.
pie. The same correspondent says
he has been told as possible expla-
nation of
THE DELAY
in the signing of the peace prelimina-
ries, that the order to sign was tele.
graphed to Schipka via. Vienna and
Bucharest, and would thence 90 to
Kezanlik by courier, who might take
some hours, fhe found that the peace
delegates had started for Adrainople,
for his journey thither, might occupy
two or three days.
A Vienna correspondent telegraphs
that whether the preliminary condi-
tons have been signed or not has be-
come of purely secondary Importance.
The Porte at any rate approved them,
and according to all accounts is quite
disposed to accept almost anything
else which the Gear may propose,
merely to prevent IT, Russians from
executing their threat of marching on
Constantinople.
The population of the capital is
kept in constant state of alarm by
the daily rumors spread, by those
working in the interest of the Rus
slams, of project of the Turks to
burn the town, blow up the Mosque
OF Sofa and make general massacre
OF Christians and foreigners before re
turning to Asia. II looks very much
as if all further steps in negotiations
with tho T,riya xr.,,IJ