Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-06
The Eastern Question
!" SUVSVHOH.
THE DELAY WITH THE ARNIsTICE-RI

THE DELAY WITH THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MOVEMENTS
The Vienna correspondent of the Landau
ItnteS telegra phS as follows No attemptl il
maze In 81. petersburg to remove the suspicion
tliat the Russian commanders i'm Roumeiia de-
llberately prOcraStinated negotiations in order
to take the greatest possible advantage of the
military situation. On the contrary, i'm order
TO clear the Russian government of the charge
winch otherwise might attach to it that the
delays occurred, if not by its orders at least
with Its conniyance, the merit is claimed for il
Oh having finally overcome by its peremptory
command the resistance and unwilingneSs OF
!ne army TO see the armiStice signed. causing
III 10 stop before the very gates of CONSTANT.
nople. Nothing is yet known about the line of
demarkation and the other conditions of the
armlStlce, but, according to hints from Berlin
where the intentions and aims of Russia have
all along been pretty accurately fOreShadoWed
lar greater stress is laid i'm St Petersburg on
the military than on the political side of the
negotiations just concluded which seem nat
urai enough: as the military position oc-
cupied by Russia during the negotiations
for definite peace cannot but he of con
siderable influence on her political weight.
The TACT that considerable reinforcementS of
russian troops continue to stream through
Bucharest to Bulgaria that besides operating
forces i'm Bulgaria and Roumania the army of
reserve In Roumania is being steadily i'm.
creased, and tat the creation of forty-four
fresh battallonS, to be formed into four new
divisions, has just been ordered by the Car.
all show the Importance to be attached to the
military attitude to be assumed in the con
quered territory during the peace negotiations
The cars speech at the review of troops at
st. petersburg seems to point i'm the same Ii
rection. From all this it may be taken for
granted that regard for the military position of
Russia dur ing the coming discussion has moi
been lost sight of in the terms of the armistice
According to Berlin telegram To the Pesther
Lloyd the passage of the Russians through
ConStantinepe forms part of the StipulationS
though this would only be done after the con.
cluSl0n of peace, and for the purpose of EN-
parking part OF the army there on the way
home.
THE TURKISH MINISTER RETIREs FROM
ATHENS.
The Turkish minister at Athens designated
the action OF the Greek government as a dpcIa.
ration OF war. He teegraphed to CONSTANT
noplt 1or men-Ot-War to convey him from the
Greclan capital, in consequence of which The
Turkish fleet, under Hobart Pasha, has ar
rived. The Greek government is i'm conster
nation. and intends appealing to the inter
Nen1lon OF the guaranteeing powers. A great
panic prevails in Athens. The foreign minis
tiers held meeting yesterday and undertook
10 guarantee the PiracuS 1.-THE port of Athens,
. miles southwest OF the city, against bonn
bardment il left unarmed, thereby remaining
an open port. The ministers adjourned the
meeting TO wait for further instructions.
SURRENDER OF ERZERoCM.
The London Daily NerS has the following
dispatch, dated kas. Monday: THE surrender
OF ErZerOum is officially announced The
russians Will enter the town tomorrow The
IurkISh garrison and poorer Mahommedans
who wish to go will retire to Turkish terri
tory" This surrender is probably in fulfill
ment OF one of the conditions of the armistjcp.