The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-08
NEWS SUMMARY
THE WAR IN THE EAST.

A Rome dispatch says: "The Pope is pre-
persecution of the church in Poland, and
against King Humbert on his accession to the
throne for his assumption of the title Of King of
Italy. The Queen Of Portugal, daughter Of the
late King Victor Emmanuel, and the Pope's god
daughter, is refused admission to the Pope be-
cause she is residing at the Quirinal."
Captain General Jovellar liberated forty
seven prisoners from the Havana fortress on
the day Of the marriage Of King Alphonso, Of
Spain.
The Queen offered to confer the Order Of the
Garter upon Lord Beaconsfeld, but the honor
was declined.
In asking the British House Of Commons for
grant Of money, the Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequCr explained in detail the events which,
in the opinion Of the Ministers, justified the
ordering of the feet to the Dardanelles and
the demand for Parliamentary vote. Efforts
had been made to obtain from the Gear some
specific definition of his purposes, but the
only assurance he would give was that he
would not attempt to occupy Constanti-
nople permanently. AS to Gallipoli, En-
gland was assured that Russia would not at
tempt to occupy the peninsula unless the
Turkish army retreated to that point. In that
event, the Russian commanders would be
bound to fight the enemy at Gallipoi or
wherever else he might be found. Finding
these declarations unsatisfactory, the fleet was
ordered to the Sea Of Marmora but next day
a disp atch from the English Minister at Con-
stantinople gave what he believed to be the terms
offered by Russia, including the proposition to
refer the question of the straits, to confer
eace, whereupon Disraeli recalled the feet.
A cable dispatch from the Turkish capital
says "there is appalling misery from the
Bosphorus TO the Gulf of Salonica. The
whole coast is crowded with terrified Moham-
medans seeking transportation across the
straits. Hundreds are perishing from cold,
hunger and exhaustion, and no succor il posi-
BILE until the panic and confusion in the capital
has abated."
An Adrianople dispatch of the LIST inst. says :
"The Russian Grand Duke Nicholas arrived
on the Goth by railway from Hermanli and
took up his quarters in the Governors palace.
The Russian vanguard has occupied Bo-
boski, Haskioi, Dematico and Kirk-Kilissa.
The Czarowitchs army has crossed the LON in
force. The Turks are everywhere retreating
upon the fortresses Of the Quadrilateral. Ten
thousand Russians are advancing on Radosta
and Keshan."
An ant-war meeting in London was broken
up and dispersed by mob, which took pos
session of the hall, cheered the Government
and sang patriotic songs.
The war situation on the 4th inst, as CLEANED
from the cable dispatches of that date, was
about as follows Russia had granted an
armistice, and the preliminary conditions Of
peace hal been signed by the representatives
of the belligerent powers; the lines Of de-
marcation had been fixed, the Russians pro-
visionally to occupy Erzeroum and Sistria Rus
sia had accepted Austria's proposal for confer
ence for settling the questions resulting from the
war: there were rumors of an alliance between
England, France Austria and Italy for the
purpose Of opposing Russian ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Gambetta, the French statesman, giving color
to these rumors by publicly declaring that the
Russian conditions were a fragrant violation Of
the treaty of 1856, and intimating that peace
based upon those conditions will not be toler-
ated by the French nation.
Following is the exact text of the peace pro-
tocol signed by Russia and Turkey at Adriano-
pie /. The erection of Bulgaria into a princ-
pality. 2. war indemnity, or territory
in compensation. 8. The independence
of Roumania, Servia, and Montene-
gro, with an increase of territory
for each. 4. Reforms in Bosnia and Herze-
govina. 5. An Interior understanding between
the Sultan and the Gar regarding the Darda-
nelles. 6. The evacuation Of the Danubian
fortresses and Erzeroum.
The Russian killed and wounded up to Jan.
80 were nearly 1000 men.
A London dispatch states that Austria has is
sued invitations to the other great powers to
hold conference in Vienna.
The Gear, in an address to the troops the
other day, mentioned the necessity Of holding
themselves prepared until he obtained dura-
Die peace, worthy of Russia
GENERAL, FORFICN NEWS