The Red Cloud chief., 1878-03-28
ENGLAND.


A London dispatch Of March ~. says,
The Coal Owners Association u North York.
shire and South Dcrby shire. have determined
torcduco wages seven and = half per cent. This
determination affects between 1900 and ~,
90 miners. The manufacturers In the North
~ England iron trade were demanding n rcduc-
tion ~ wages ~ from ten 10 seventeen per
cent. II Ia believed 10 bc the end OF the grca,
strike.
A London dispatch 81 March 18th
says' In reply TO = question the Chancellor
said the Government had agreed 20 take part
IN the Congress. The Government IL nov com.
municatiog with various Powers regarding the
terms upon which VIZ shall enter the Congress.
The Chancellor said he could not enter into the
details, but H. might say that In the Congress
each Power would maintain liberty Of action.
II was not intended that q majority would bind
tho minority. England will maintain her views
IN the Congress, and will require, before enter.
Ing u, that every article 0f the treaty of peace
shall be- placed before the Congress In such a
manner that the Congress can Judge xhcthcr
the articles are to he accepted or not. Ia the
House Of Common Air Robert Pcclc objected
10 Lord Lyons representing England In the
Congress-, because his opinions were opposed
n those Of i.ayard, and sir Stafford Northcotc
replied that the Government and not Lord
Lyons, wa responsible for EnglAni's cohrss st
the Congress-.
A London dispatch Of March 1ath,
Gays, The officers III the Royal Engineers frat
on the ltst Tor forctgn service have been or.
dered n provide themselves with field equip.
tncnss and b. ready TO- Immediate service. The
London Tin,ea says: The Prusstans are max.
tng further advances toward tho Bosphorus.
Our government must have satishcd them
selves that the virtual command Of CONSTANT.
nop,e gave Russia no insuperable advantage
and We may therefore view, with comparative
Indifference, the movements, which arc no way
inorc alarming than those In which We have &C.
quicsced! In tho House Of Commons. Smith.
First Lord OF Admiralty, introduced = navy ca
Innate He stated that the present force Was
ample to man every ship that could he com.
nissioned. Hc had co,ne 10 tho cancellation
That II was not his duty In the time of pcacc
ana nc hoped, Of the continuance Of peace, Ia
AJAX Tor an incrcaseof the estimates. The House
then passed all the cstimatcs except those for
the dock yards and stores, the consideration of
which wss postponed. -1
RUSSIA.
The journal do st. Petersburg do.
ciares untcnable tie reported English demand
that all points Of the treaty should he submit.
70" 10 the Congress, and says Il the mission Of
the Congress Is to result IN peace, subjects not
OF an EnWPcan character and which might
lead IN m excited hut resulucss discussion
| must be- set aside. '
AZ Russian headquarters II IL posi-.
lively stated that whcn.the British nce, passed
the pardhneRcs, orders came from st. Peters.
burg to march into Constantinopie, but Grand
Duke Nicholas took upon himself To dssobey
the and only moved forward IN the
direction OF Constantinoplc, sending a, the
same time to st. Petersburg q statement Of the
reasons Tor ~ doing. IA -
The Political Correspondence saws;
A conviction prcvails 10 St. Petersburg th.,
the British armaments reveal Euglaud's int.u.
ton TO occupy some point In the L.evaut, pos
s'Ay Mitylenc. Russia would then have IA
consider the safety Of her Black Sea coast,
which u only . few hours ssil from Mitylene.
Immediately AFTER the arrival Of Gen. Ignst,ef'
ana Reouf Pasha In II. Petersburg, the cond,.
lions Of peace will be committed 10 the Powers,
II Is announced, semi-ohicially, from
It. Petersburg, that Prince B~aitenberr, the
Csar's nephew, has been definitely proposed
Tor the throne Of Bulgaria. The London Pos,
states In an official dispatch that Russia hss
neither received nor rejected the proposition
Tor tho admission Of Greece to the ourres.,
ohe was disposed TO agree 10 the admission az
tue Greek delegate with merely = consultiye
voice.
The Agcnce Russo commenting on the
Berlin dispatch intimating that a secret ar.
rsngement had been made between Russia and
turkey says: Russia 10 not NO conndipg A IN
conclude secret clauses with Turkey when aha
knows that the slightest transactions are com.
munieated to Minister Lsyard. In regard TO
1ngiand's claim OF the right 70 examine the
wnoie treaty at the Congress and Withdraw
rom the meetings In certain contingencies thu
Agencc points out that every power viii ante,
inc Congress with full liberty as 10 the attitude
u may assume I'm relation to the claims brouph,
FORWARD and the decisions arrived At.
TURKEY.
The visit Of the Grand Duke Ni,ho,..
70 the sultan has been postponed TN af,er ,hs
treaty Of peace IL ratified. A, The rsons., ~
Layard me sultan has approved the charter
Tor TIE froeestants Of Turkey, similar 70 that