The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-03-14
FOREIGN FLASHES.
TURKEYS WAR INDEMNITY.
Full Text OF the Articles of Peace
The Experiment. Costs Turkey si0e-
OOO OO0.

CoSsrANTINoPLE March 6.-The treaty
bears the title of the preliminaries of peace
and contains twenty nine articles. The op-
ening article relates to Montenegro, Servia
and Bulgaria The indemnity is txei at
fourteen hundred and ten million ruubleS,
but G even hundred million are covered by
territorial cessions. Nothing Is fixed CON
corning the t-rms and period Of the paI-
ment of the three hundred and ten millions,
and no guaran ee is stipulated, nor Is there
mention of Egyptian or Bulgarian tributes,
or the Turkish fleet. The treaty simply
states that Russia and Turkey shall agree
subsequently, about the payment. Pierat
remains in Bulgaria, ServIa includes
Sieniiza. Noocbazar and Nran-
ia. Montenegro includes Anti
wari, Spuz Padgorilza aud Nicssisus. All
the Il lgarian fortresses are 10 be raZad aud
the Turkish troops Withdrawn. \ military
road will be established for the Ouoman
posts, and the telegraph and passage OF
troops, which. however, must not make any
considerable halt while passing through the
country of the Mussulmans, my return 10
Bulgaria. Any property Of the MuSSul-
mans who have not returned, and
which they leave undisposed OF, will
be sold after two years for the beUeh, oil a
widows and orphans fund. All arrears oi
| taxes in Bosnia and IIerzsovins, are to be
| remitted. The revenue until lcoo Is 10 he
| applied to an indemnity Tor the sufferers by
| insurrectionS, and to provide Tor local ne,d1
| Austrian and Russian commissioners Nil
| arbitrate in all disputed claims NsvIgt-
/ ton OF the straits Is declared Tree i"r mcr-
| chant vessels during peace OF war. SIX di-
| visions Of Russian infantry and two cavalry
! will occupy Bulgaria until the formation 81
| the Bulgarian militia, the strength oi which
| shall be fixed later by Russia and Turkey.
| TIE RUSSIAN ARMY.
| Of occupation will preserve its cOmmunira-
tions. both through Rpumania aud the
| Black sea. The expenses Of Russian Ucc't-
pation are To be borne by Bulgaria. Eou-
mania is authorized to make her demand
| Tor indeuxuity, direct to the Porte and make
| a direct trea:y No indemnity i stipulated
for Servia and Montenegro The EUs'ian,
Turkish and Bulgarian commissioners Will
determine the Bulgarian trihut :. The re-
form programme of the ConstanrInoplc con
ference will he applied To Bosnia and iisr-
zcqovina. An organizlti1n similar to that
granted to Crete in 1865, Is stipulated Tor
Ihe>saIy and Epirus.
|
Is made Of Greece or Crete. Batavia, Ar
dahan. kars and Eayazi1 are ceded To
Russia. Erzeroum ami T'ribizond are not
mentioned. except that the Russians may
embark at Tribizond on their return home.
Asiatic Turkey Is to be evacuated in SIX
months. The evacuation of European
Turkey is to begin Immediately, and be
completed within three months. The Eu-
ropean Danube Commission retains itS Tor
mer rights. The Porte undertakes ihe ex-
pense OF re-establishing the navigation "i
the Danube and OF indemniiying private
loses.
1 RUSSIA RESERVES
Debrudscha, to exchange it for B,ssarabia.
The question Of the 1urco-Pefsian frontier
shall be speedily settled. The treaty Is to
be ratified within fifteen days, but It's pro-
visions become obligatory immediately.
Notbinp is said about its ratification by
the Congress, nor the capitulation, nor of a
Russo-Turkish alliance. The details about
the payment OF the indemnity, which wss
TO have been arranged at San Stefano, have
been postponed and the negotiations have
been arranged at Constantinople.
The british Fleet.
| CoxsrANTINoPLE, March The British
fleet is still at the Touzala channel. The
squadron has reached Bezika Bay, and 1t
will probably be ordered to rendezvous at
| TauZala.