The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-07
ENTENT OF TnE CALAMITl
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
Russian Forces Within Twenty-iour
Hours March Of fConstan!inople.

IluuTs MaICu ul Nuustah'H"I'e'
London, February IA special from
Rome says Private islegrsms Of un,
doubted authority, say the Russians are
within twenty. four hours' march ot Con-
s:an.inoplc.
A Russian Official dispatch dated Adm
auople January -, SAYS that on the 25ih
inst, Gen. Slrukotf occupied Laleh Bur
gas and Cbur,u. He overlook convoy
Of between ten and dflcen thousand wag /
ons and dily thousand Musselman fIgt-
tives The latter were disRrmcd and es-
corted TO Rodis:a, from which place they
are 70 be transported 10 Asia. DemonkAI
and UsunkopEi EerS occupied aa The .b'h. /
A Distressing State Of Affairs.
A relief agent who arrived a. Gallipolil
with Suleiman PAshA, telegraphs / will
stop here TO relieve 100 refugees, who
are in great distress l have seen vast
numbers OF refugees. sll over the eouniry,
diving from cold and hunger. There is \
great movement towards the sea. Rcis-
gees asg,ys perfectly destitute. having gen
erally lost hAlf Of each family. /! Is na-
tion moving without the means OF igaHs-
pert, and wilhcu, homes 10 gO 20. Eng.
lishmcu cannot imagine the suffering. dcs-
,itu.ion aud ruin Of these last three weeks
10 sn innocent and industrious people.
London. February l,--lgaIy Is prepared
To make an alliance with any Of the Pew.
ers 10 cpIoss Russian supremacy.
Cause Of Delay OF tbs AEmis!ice.
The principal cause Of the delay Of the
armistice. is stated 10 be = difficulty about
the military conditions imposed. \ Vi
cnna paper SAYS these include the occupa-
ton Of Condaniinoplo. The Turkish
Minister has received dispatch reporting
that the EeYsgA, b,..;; the armissicc and
peace were 20 be signed &. leA
Conslau,inoplc. February l.-Soon-
The Sultan has ielographCd the CEar de-
mAnding an aImistics.
DISTRESS AND PESTILENCE.
Special eo.respo.dfa,, Of the London
newspapers also eoIIinue 70 EiTo ls!ails Of
tho immense distress prevailing. They
state that smallpox and ,yphus have com,
menced among the refugees, and efforts
are making 10 send them to Asia. II Is
apprehcnded ;ha, the increased population
Of Conaaniinopie c will occasion scarcity
OF provisions, unless there is some special
eGor. r.om without 10 repleaish the stores.
Eihgi thousand gee arrived in tho cap,
i,al on Monday. II is impossible 30, 80 =
find shelter. Many are huddIed in open
sheds, knsc.decp in mud and water The
wholesale exodus from RoumeliA is una.
bstcd.
Another Turkish Steamer Sunk.
The commander of tho Russian steamer
Constantine reports TO 81 PeieFsbu5E Jba.I
be left Sebastopol for cruise on the 22i
inst. He approached Batoum on the 25tb,
where there were seven Turkish vessels.
The Constantine sent Whitehead
torpedo ngsinsla screw steamer which was
on gE1g1 outside and sank her immediate
ly. The crew gsIo 81 drowned. The
Constantine has returned TO SebsstopoI, {
There is n plausible rumor that England
is preparing programme 10 capture the
Turkish feet in order to prevent! its fall
ing into the hands Of Russia as part Of in.
demnity, No telling what may turn upI
soon.
The invasion Of Turkey by the 6saeksl
affords pretc1t for the despatch Of the
fee, from the Black Sea, and II Is asserted
that the vessels will be sent TO the Miditer-
ranean n. once. Then comes the grand
coup
Will England Dare do il?
As soo4 a. lbo Turkish feet emerges
from the Dardanellss it vii DO geized by
the British iron,clads and conveyed to
MALTA. In brief, the high-handed pro,
cceding at Copenhagen in 1901 will End
parallel in 1873 Indeed, one officer gave
expression TO his own ideas by saying -
NO shots will be fred" This may be
taken TO mean lhat Hobart Pacha will
have spaeiai DISTRACTIONS from the Porte
as TO bis conduct when tho British Heei
kes it, appearance. Without violatingi
the neutrality Of tho Straits England's
navs supremacy would then remain un-
questioned. What Germany, Italy and
Russia would think of such an act can
easily be guessed.
THE BLACK SEA BLOCKADE
RAISED.
Constantinople, February 4.-The block
ade Of the Black Sea, between Odessa and
ConstantinoplS. has been raised.
The peace preliminarics and armisticeI ,
we're signed at Adrianople, January 81.
rho following are the conditions Of the
protocol. First, the erection Of Bulgaria
nto principAiity. sa4onl, ? -ar ndeu-
Iity or territory in compensation; third,
Of Roumania, Servia and
Montenegro, with increase OF territory for
ach fourth, reforms in Bosnia and
herzegovina; 9Th, an uterior understands "
lg between the Sultan and the Gear re- .
arding thR DsrdaE sixth, evacua, q
on Of the Danubian fortrnssGs Gp5 Egec. V
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