New-York tribune., 1878-03-05


night. The Sultan is about to send in Am
bassador to the Gar. More fighting is re-
ported from the Greek provinces.
THE RCSSO-TURKTSH PEACE
THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS CoNGEAIULATEs THE
CZAK-FURIHEK DETAILS OF THE CONDITIONS
AN OTTOMAN AMBASSADOR TO BE SENT JHE
ST PETERSBURG Monday. March 4, 1873.
The Emperor has received the following despatch
from the Grand Duke Nicholas:
| SAN STEFASO. March 3, 1873.
81 do myself the honor of congratuIating your
Majesty upon the conclusion of peace. God has
vOuchsafed TO rs the happiness of accomplishing tho
! holy work begun by your Majesty, and the anni-
versary of the enfranchisement of the serfs your
Majesty has delivered the Christians from the Mus
| sulman yoke"
GENERAL IGNATEFF KEEPS THE CONFERENCE IN
VIEW.
CoysTANTISoPLE, Monday, March {, 1873.
During the negotiations, General IgnatIef called
on the Turks to promise TO uphold the treaty of the
| Conference. Safvet Pasla refused 10 do So where
upon the General telegraphed to the Gar for fur
thcr instructions. 1t is not known how the matter
settled.
| THE TREATY TO BE DEFINED N DETAIL.
! Tomorrow the penipOentaries will enter upon
the discussion Of the details of the several points of
J al
up first the payment and guarantees for the pay
ment Of the indemnity.
PEACE MAKING TO Go on.
Intelligence comes from San Stefano that General
| Ignatieff and a special Turkish Ambassador TO
leave for st. Petersburg Immediately after the sign
| ing of the preliminarles Of peace. 1t Is thought
| thar the special Ambassador will convey the
Sutans desire for the restoration of diplomatic
lations or be charged To conduct negotiations for
drafting detnitive treaty, the preliminaries only
! having so far been signed
/ The PRINCIPAL CONDITIONS OF THE TREATY.
The principal cOndtiors of the preliminary treaty
ust signed are as follows
/ /. Batum, Kars, Arabian and the district of
! Bayazd to be ceded to Russia.
=. The question of the Straits to be reserved for
/ further consideration.
/ 3. The question of navigation of the Danube re-
/ mans in status qUO
4. A zone to be left between Montenegro and Ser
VIA, so as 10 enable the Porte 20 maintain commu-
nication with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
/ 3. The new Principality of Buaart to melinda
Bourqas Yarna and Kustende- but not sa!0nica nor
,ipn.c n have power to cedc the Dobrudja to
Roumania in exchange for ROumanian Bessalana:
J Z. The money indemnity to he 1lZ Voo~tu, IN
/ addition to the Territorial cesson. The Original
claim was for tl0ODc,o0O.l
| THE AMBAs>AD"Rs STILL IN THR DARK
CoN~TANTINOPLE, Monday-Ndnigh'.
The foreign Ambassadors have not yet received
the text Of the treaty. They no; certain
whether it j. deiintiye. IL Is understood, however,
that the exchange of ratiiications within fortnight
Is obligatory.
TIE EGYPTIAN TBBCTE NOT AFFECTED.
LoNpoN. Monday, March A.. 1873.
/ In the House of Lords. this afternoon, Lord
! Derby. IN reply to question by Earl Granville,
said that the Government has received the terms of
! peace. hut an lmpCTirct state. Iic could only
that the do NOT include the c"S-lon OF the
/ Turkish feet. that the indemnity j. reduced TO
/ El2 600 900 sterling, and that the Egypuan trib-
ute is not affected.
lie NOrd, the Russian organ in Brussels gives de-
tails which confirm the accuracy OF the abOYe-namCd
contions as well 10 that of l. nd Der6ys cxplana-
| tlOn
The Agence Russc saws some days must elapse hc-
/ fore the treaty can reach -. Petersburg and tho
authentic conditions be published The .igGce de-
clare, that these viii show that the indemnity has
been reduced to almost nothing, aud that the qnes-
J ton of guarantees has not been touched.
HOPE FOR THE MUsSULNAN.
The Pera correspondent of Ihe Times says:
By giving up their hostile European provinces tst the
same tlp receiving tribute from them sdddng them
with portion of the national debU and concentrating
the territory contiguous To Ionstant-
/ nopc, and making the concentration required by inc
territorial concessions in ASIA Minor, thc Turks viii
create new Ottoman power ten times stronger than
when spread oven vast badly oFStniZcd ana
/ nos lie territory.