The Morning herald., 1878-03-05
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LONDON, March 4-The Psra corres-
pondent Of the Times says ---"B By giving
up their hostile European provinces (at tho
Same time receiving tribute from them, or
saddiing them with = portion Of the national
debf), and concentrating the Mussulmsns
In the territory contiguous to CONSTANT
n,ple, End making the concentration re-
quired by the terri orisl concessions in Asia
Minor, the Turks will create new Otto
man power ten times stronger than when It
was spread over q vast, badly organised,
and hostile territory" ...
LORD LYONS aeINe 70 LONDON.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
telegrsphs ~ follows: Lord Lyons, the
British Ambassador here, will 20 to London
on Tuesday, presumably to confer orally
with the Government about his course at
the conference"
IHsURREcTIeH III TIE GREEK rhovINeBs.
Special dispatches to the Times from
various points in the Greek provinces of
Turkey indicate that the insurrection 10
spreading. These say 1900 Insurgents are
encamped within eight miles of the town
of Vale, In Thessaly, and are entrenching.
The district berween Mount Olympus and
the Pindus range is In revolt.
The Epirus insurgents defeated the Turks
Ghrasta on Friday, after four hours fight,
killing eighty Of them, and woundpg $50.
Another fight took place ct Cslimpa, with
4 similar result, the Turks leaving seventy
dead on the field. A provisional govern
ment at Lycursion, and union with Greece
proclaimed. Two hundred and ffty refu-
gees (women and children) from Lyeursicn
have arrived at Cerfu. A great panic pre-
walls among the Christian population Of
the insurrectionary districts. Consular re-
p 'rts from Larissa, the capital of T6essalys
say that sixteen unarmed men and thirty
five women and children were massacred
by Turkish irregulars. and all the womeA
in the town were violated.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TEE TREATY or
, HRAoR. ..
4 despatch to Reuters Telegrsm Com.
papy from Const an tinopIe, March 8, by way
of ri Arich, says: Previous to the sigma
ture Of the treaty Of peace, Gen. Ignatieff
demanded that Turkey should unite with
Russia in defending all ito stipulations
before the conferences. safvit Pasha re-
fused to acceds to this. General Ignatieff
then telegraphed to st.. Petersburg for In
structions II 10 not known how the ques-
tion was settled. Russia agreed not to in
clude Salonica In Bulgaria. =, 1t includes
Bourgas, varna and Kustendje. The money
indemnity of e4O 100000 originally claimed,
in addition to the territorial cession waR
finally fixed st Ga, ,ooo, 900. ...
GRAND DUKES DHsPATcH TO THE GEAR.
sT PETERSBURG, March I The Grand
Duke Nicholas has sent the following
despatch to the Emperor - ......
"LAH STErANo, March 81 do myself
the honor of congratulating your Majesty
upon the conclusion OF peace. God has
vouchsafed to us the happiness Of accom-
plshing the holy work begun BY your Ma
j sly, and on the anniv' rsary Of the en-
iranchisement OF the serfs your Majesty has
delivered the Christians fiom the Mussui-
man yoke" ..-' w''''# ~ 'H...' r
PEACE BE TWEEN ENGLAND AND RUSSIA
NOT TO - DISTURBED. "y'T's' '.
LONDON, March 4.-The opinion ID ex-
pressed in Government circles to-day that
the Eastern question will be settled to the
satisfaction Of England and the other
Powers. The feeling seems to be general
that peace between England and Russia
will not be disturbed. 1t is rumored that
the English feet 10 to be recalled. ,s.1a-