Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-20
The supreme Court OF
Louisiana RcverSes
Judgment.
In Case of Thcs. @. Ander.
son and Releases Him,
Hon. j. f. Wilson. Of Iowa,
Vindicates Himself
1n Regard to the McGarrahan
Claim.
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FOREIGN.
THE ORIENT.

LOSDON, 4AATCu 1Cs-A SOuSIautls
nople special says: 1t is asserted
that Northern Syria has revolted and
proclaimed itself separate from the
Sultan.
1t is reported that the Kurds, in the
province of Diarbekir, have revolted.
ouTRAGEs BY TURKS IN EplRUs.
An Athens dispatch says: The
commander-in-chief of the Greek ar
my has notified the Minister of War
that the Turks have committed un-
pardonable crimes on the Christians
in Epirus. A large number of desti-
tute refugees have entered Greece.
TURKS EXPERIENCING.
A Ragusa dispatch says: The
Turks have strengthened the garri-
sons in Herzegovina, and are working
day and night in the entrenchments.
RUSSIA STEALS A MARCH ON JOHNNY
BULL.
LONDON, March 16.-The Times in
an editorial says: On Monday the
Russians not only occupied several
villages around Constantinople but
took possession Of the point or edge
of the most northerly plateau running
down towards the entrance of the
Bosphorus. The small forts which
command the entrance lie directly at
the foot of the position thus occupied,
and as these forts are open on the
land side the Russians have power to
march in at any moment and close the
entrance to the Black Sea. AS our
Vienna correspondent observes, such
movement does not seem calculated
to dispel the apprehension entertained
that though they may not be a secret
treaty, a tacit understanding has been
established with Turkey which may
involve arrangements most material
to the decision of the other powers.
1t is to be presumed the terms Of the
treaty will provide for evacuation
within moderate time Of the whole
of Roumelia and consequently any
position now held near Constantine
pie. But in the meanwhile the fact
remains that Russia has established
herself on the Bosphorus. AS our
correspondent observes, not only is
there nothing in recent movements OF
the British to justify this advance,
but there is little doubt that it must
have been adopted prior to these
movements and Independently OF
them. 1t would have been difficult
for Russia to adopt course less like
ly to conciliate the good will Of Eu-
rope or this country.
Our correspondent at st. Peters
burg does not give more cheerful
report. 1t is there said, he tells us,
by persons Of considerable influence
that while it is by no means certain
the Congress will assemble, it is NOT
very likely to be successful if it does.
England and Austria are accused OF
being animated not by nero desire
to protect their legitimate and ma.
terial interests, but by jealousy of the
military and diplomatic success OF
Russia. They are supposed, therefore,
to be DESTROYS of diminishing, as far
as possible, the consequences of the
war.
Russia, it is stated, will declare that
though she is willing to have such
questions as that of the Straits dis.
cussed, the conditions she has already
signed are the minimum Of what she
has the right and determination to de-
mand. The diminution Of the results
of the war being thus impossible,
England, it is said, will seek to in
crease them by demanding the extern
sion of Greece, but the effect of this
will be to break the last link of Eng
lish alliance with Turkey, and the
Sultan will then recognize Russia as
his surest ally. That these wild no.
tions should be seriously entertained
by persons ofauthority in the Russian
capital indicates, as we have said, a
condition of mind by no means favor
able to satisfactory conclusion Of the
present negotiations. The terms of
peace may prove an agreeable sur
prise, but Russia is not assisting
Europe to place a favorable construc-
ton upon them.