New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-12
TURKEY IN 4 SEA OF TROUBLES

CRISIS SUCCEEDING CRIsiS-wIID EUMORs AFLoAr
THE ADVANCE on TIE ENGLISH fLfET-PAE-
LAMENT sUMMARILY DIsMlssED--CoMMANDERs
QUARRILLING.
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THt TRIBCNR.l
CoNsTANIINOrLr. Feb. 20.-l lie Eastern question
is bcset with intcTminablo complications, which
produce crisis after crisis. file of Consantnoplc
papers or better still diary of the events of the
past two years is a record of tension, passing away
at times, only To be succeeded by greater. The ne
eotiations concerning the Andrassy note; the bul-
garian instructions; the Berlin memorandum; the
Scryian war; the conference, and the negotiations
for united action in Europe followed by the Russian
war. have each, in turn, aud at every successive
stage seemed to be the supreme crisis until greater
crisis appeared. The complete surrender Of Turkey
and the arrival of the Russians at onr fortications
seemed 10 DE the cap of all climaxcS. until the de-
mand of the English fleet for admission produced Il
greater crisis.
The earnest request Of Ahmed Ycfk Pasha to Mr..
Iayard was accompanied by information that if
the English fleet wcrcallowcd 10 come to CONSTANT
nope the Russians would enter the city at once.
Council followed on council. All The men who have
held Office at any tlmc with representatives. of the
Sofia or Ucma class the Generals now IA town, the
Senators and Deputies, were invited to aid i'll devils
ing measures Of escape. Mr. Layard announced that
the feet would pass the 18th instant,
with or without the consent of the Porte,
and General IinatieTs dragoman, Mr.. Onon,
came down from Adranoplc, with httle
note to say that as soon the English fleet WAS
allowed to enter the Dardanellcs the arnlisice
would be considered as ended. Other Powers sent
around word that Their fleets wonld also enter tie
Straits if the English feet were permitted to do SO.
The Ministry were at their wits ends. and cntreaies
4 al 20 hnt and English for
modeIaton Rumors came in to intensity the excite
mcnt. Austria had crossed the frontier into Scrvia
and Roumania and was marching against Russian
reserve forces. The Russians were laying torpedocs
in thc Marnora, and were building heavy torthca-
tons near the neutral zone of demarcat0n. Min.
isry and people. h0rrOr-stricken, pictured to them
selves battle fought over passive Constantlnoplc,
between the Russians on the heights and the Eng
hsh IN the sea. Mr.. Layard declared himself pow
erless to interfere with the progress OF the Meet eX
cepting that he might select for IL an anchorage III
thc Sea of Marmora so distant from the harbOr Of
Constantnoplc that the Russians could not
reasonably claim that the English had occupied
the city. The Russians then agreed to oc-
cupy Only the enyirons Of tho city, ana TO
do this in q friendly way, since the Turks,
by formally protesting against the entrance OF tue
feet had made it unnecessary to declare the armis-
tee at an emu. Inc IIlgiiSh hoou c"hV "p "iui'ii
from sight-secrs by "a fierce 3now Storm and an
chorcd among the Princes Islands but the Russians
did not appear and shortly the English ships hauled
off little farther into Of the CULTS of the sea.
where they are within three or four hours sail OF the
city but sufficiently far to satisfy the Russian quams
HOW THE PARLIAMENT WAS DISSOLVED
Excitement about this matter has died away but
there is strong cOmmOton over local politics.
While the negotiations with the English aud Rus
slams were at their height, tho Parliament was
prorogued by the Sultan, to the amazement of oil,
lnasmuch as deputies had been present in the
council held at tho Sultan's palace o day or two
before. At first the loss Of the Parha-