Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-05-17
England and Russia.
A BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT AGREED ON

A BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT AGREED ON.
LONDON, May Z.
A basis of arrangement, which the
powers desire TO submit to the Car, has
been agreed upon. The arrangement
is in five divisions:
The first division proposes that the
two regions of Bulgaria, north of the
Balkans, shall be ceded to Russia, and
that the southern portion shall remain
to great extent under authority of the
Sultan.
The second division relates solely to
the Asiatic compensation, which II is
proposed shall be reduced to mini
mum.
The third division relates TO the
straits question, and will be arranged
hereafter.
The fourth division demands def
mite statement of the war indemnity.
Under the fifth division it is proposed
that Thessaly and Epirus be accorded
the right of sef-govcrnment, thus Sc
curing for them the protection of Eu-
rope and national independence.
COMMENTS ON THE HOPES OF PEACE.
LONDON, May 10.
A Vienna correspondent, comment
ing on the hopes of peace revived by
Count Schouvaloff's expected arrival
at st. Petersburg, and the increased
friendly character of the pourparlers,
says: Notwithstanding a way out of
the difficulty seems at last to have been
found, egress is neither short nor easy.
1t is, after all, nothing more nor less
than solving the most vital questions,
that is, doing in great measure the
work of the congress itself. A certain
nervousness therefore exists, it being
instinctively felt that the present may
possibly be the last effort to arrive at
pacific resolution. The pending pour
parlers no longer relate to formula
for a congress, but to the merits of
settlement in the East, and if irrecon-
cilable antagonism should result on
one or more points it would go far to
prove the'uselessness of further endeav-
ors to bring about an understanding.
BeYound this is the question of guar
antees, to-wit:
1.-THE pledge that Russia will really
make the concessions she promises, and
security that England will demand
nothing further. 1t would form a dan
gerous anomaly to leave armed forces
of the two sides face to face while they
have automatically agreed. The with
drawal, therefore, of the British fleet
and the Russian army seems to be the
natural corollary of any understand
ing. This scheme IS now broached, not
in the old form as security against ac-
cident, but in connection with guar
antee for the fultillment of an agree
ment to be made. England is credited
with the initiative in this respect. She
is supposed to demand the withdrawal of
the Russian troops beyond the Balkans
as pledge of Russia's promise not to
place herself in opposition to the wishes
of Europe, while in each case she would
be ready to withdraw her fleet. Curl
ously at this juncture the Wiener A6end
Posts st. Petersburg correspondent an
| nnnnces that in consequence of the Mo-
hommedan insurrection and the hostile
attitude of Roumania it is possible that
the Russian troops will withdraw from
Roumelia, after Varna, Shumla and
Batoum have surrendered. This has
strengthened the impression that the
Gar would not object to the retirement
of the Russian army from Roumelia
provided he obtained BatOum, which
would mean that England had with
drawn opposition to the Russians re-
tanning it.