Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-05-04

RuSSia's Concessions More
Apparent than Real.
The London Times" on
the Cimbria.
ENGLAND STANDS BY THE WASH.
lnoI0N TREATY.
tsrEcrAL DIsrArcWrs To TIE oLp HnA
pA 1T Nrws.l
The Eastern Question.

The Casters Question.
The week closes In Eastern Europe with
no perceptibls progress toward the estsb'
lishmeni Of q definite and lasting peace.
II closes. however. with Great Britain
stronger In every respect, and better pre-
pared to maintain her position and en-
force her demands. should the policy Of
the Ministry deem such proceedings judi.
cious. while Russia Ia offering any and all
conces.ions which are not absolutely hui
initiating to her national prestige, In or.
der TO put an end to tho present uncer'
tainty and secure the meeting Of . Con-
gross to discuss and amend the treaty OF
tho 81 Of March. Indeed, the indications
are. that the Car Is willing to give mp all
the advantages secured by that treaty. with
the exception. porhsps. Of the acquisition
Of Des-arabia, 10 by so doing England can
be conciliaied and induced TO consent to .
general Congress. Russia Is In no con.
dition TO enter into . war such a. now
threatens her. and no one knows the fact
better than His Imperial Majesty Alex
anier himself. She has no money to begin
with. and the negotiations for q loan In
the money ccnters Of tho world for the
last two months has shown her that her
credit Ia exhausted. Her internal Affairs
are subject to %convulsion from tho Nihilis'
faction, aud quite an army 10 required ts
secure peace at home. And finally. she
sees her allies dropping from her one by
one. and even servia ovincing q disposi.
ton to shake her of. while u has become
a moral certainty that Turkey will use all
her power-and II Is not i~nconsiderabls,
even now-to aid the cause OF Great
Britain, should war DO declared. II 10 not
surprising, in view Of these facts that the
Car is anxious to purchase peace at any
price, short Of actual humiliation and
national disgrace.
England. on the contrary. seems to DO -
thoroughly determined 10 force . conflict
az Russia Ia DESTROYS Of averting II. Day
by day tho impression 10 gaining ground
that she has meant war from the begin.
ming. and that hor peaceful declarations
were only made to prevent Russia from
sciEing Gallipoli and other sirategieai
points, before she could transport her
army IN convenient positions. That she
would prefer lighting to diplomacy 10 owl.
dent from her refusal to accede 10 the
proposition TO withdraw her feet from the
Gulf Of Ixmid. Negotiations with that end
10 view were continued between General
Toilobcn aud Admiral Horribly yesterday.
but without result. The Russians fairly
offer To givo England tho advantage BY
withdrawing their troops to Adrisnople,
three days march. while the English heet
are only asked to retire to . position which
IL equal to about ten hours sail. Bot
diplomatic objections OF all kinds ars
raised To delay the final answe and II 10
comparatively saiO to predict that the an.
swer. when 1t comes, will 30 an emphatic
negative.
The only movement Of importance yes.
terday was the occupation Of the town Of
Pravadi by the Russians. The town lies
on the railroad. nearly midway between
yarna and shumla. In Old Bulgaria. aud
the communication between these i'm.
poriant fortresscs Is thus cut on. Tho
Car could do no less to protect himself In
case 81 war. than to order this occups.
ton. by tho terms Of the Treaty OF Ban
stefano. varna and shumla were to have
been evacuated long before now. but since
English influence has become dominant
IN tho councils Of the Porte. the Sultan
las refused to order tho Turks to deliver
over these fortresses tn Russia. aud hence
the Car has determined to separate them
aud thus destroy their usefulness for sup
porting each other.