Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-07
THE CZAR's BACKING.

THE CARS BACKING
The Gar has inspected the troops anC
addressed them as follows: II con-
gratulate you upon the armistice, the
satisfactory conditions of which are due
to our brave troops, who proved that fo1
them nothing is impossible of accom-
pllshment. We are still. however, far
from the end, and must continue to hold
ourselves prepared until we obtain a
durable peace worthy of Russia
THANKFUL MosLENs.
A Constantinople dispatch under date
of Feb. 4th, says there is great satisfac-
ton here over the settlement of peace
preliminaries The following are the
conditions of the protocol:
l. The erection of Bulgaria into a
principality.
2. Awar indemnity, or territory in
compensation.
3. independence of Roumania, Ser
via, and Montenegro, with increase of
territory for each.
4. Reforms in Bosnia and Herzego-
vina.
5. An ulterior understanding between
the Sultan and Gar regarding the Oar
danelles.
s. Evacuation of the Danubian fort
resses and Erzeroum.
TIE UNCERTAIN UNCERTAINTY.
| A London dispatch dated on the I'd
inst says the basis of peace and armis-
tice were agreed to Thursday, and
should have been signed that day, but
| ,-fI l. ol.x j
as to whether they were signed. Little
reliance can be placed upon dispatches
from Turkish sources, and at present no
others are forthcoming. They are all
apparently
INTENDED TO AWAKEN ENGLISH SYMPATHY
for the suffering refugees, and to leave
the impression that Constantinople will
be sacked and burned by Circassians
and other irregular Turkish troops
should the Russians advance to attack
or occupy that city. The object of this
is to give ~ ..-
AN EXCUSE TO ENGLAND
to send her fleet up to Constantinople,
and, unless the armistice is known to
be signed by the time the supplement
reached, it is expected that the fleet
will be
ORDERED TO CONSTANTINOPLE AT ONCE.
England and Austria haye taken ex-
actly the same course with regard to
peace conditions. though acting entire
ly Independent of each other, and Rus
sia has therefore
CONSENTED TO REFER ALL QUESTIONS
affecting European interests to the
great powers. Whether these questions
will be settled by these powers through
a congress, or through separate nego-
tiations with each cabinet, has not been
determined, but it is likely that con-
gress will assemble in Vienna or Ber-
lin.
THE ACTION OF GREECE
in beginning hostilities tends to COM
plicate the situation. Many ofthe best
informed politicians here believe that
the signing of the armistice comes too
late, and that the greatest difficulty is
yet to be met
THE CZAR HEARD FROM.
A Constantinople dispatch dated Feb.
End says the czar has telegraphed the
sultan, promising to grant an armistice.
Server Pasha, foreign minister, and
one of the plenipotentlaries, ,telegraphed
yesterday that the Russian Grand
Duke Nicholas was ready to sign
protocol of peace preliminaries, under
the reserve of peace negotiations.
The grand vizier, in reply to Server
Pasha's dispatch, authorized him to
sign the armistice and peace prelimi-
naries. All military movement and
immigration of Mussulmans have been
stopped.
THE BASIS OF PEACE.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg dated
Feb. ID says Russia has accepted Aus
tria's proposal of conference for settling
the European question, resulting from
the war, but she has not yet determined
the basis of the Russian peace condi-
tions.
NEUTRALITY OF THE DANUBE.
A correspondent at Vienna, writing
under date of Feb. I'd, says it is assert
ed in diplomatic circles that Count An
drassy's note to Russia passed through
the hands of Prince Bismarck, and re-
ceived his approval. Austria has de-
cided to bring forward a resolution to
secure the neutrality of the Danube at
all hazards.
A MYSTERY.
A London telegram dated Jan. 31st,
says the situation does not tighten any
this morning. The secrecy concerning
the delay in concluding the armistice
still continues. and will increase the ir-
ritation and suspicion. There are sim
gular contradictions in official and semi
official statements. One from the porte
is to the effect that the Turkish
ENJOYS accepted the terms and conclud-
ed peace eight days ago, since which
time nothing official has been
heard from them. The other is from
Russia, and is semi-oficial, to the effect
that everything is all right, but that
there has been delay in the trans
mission of the results Something is
wrong somewhere, One explanation
that Is being received is that a secret
understanding exists between the
porte and Russia, and that the
announcement of the arnistice
is being delayed to allow Russia to
complete her military preparations
necessary to carry the agreement
into effect There has been large and
swift concentration of troops south of
the Balkans, who, if the negotiations