Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-10
Foreign News.
TIE EASTERN QUESTION.

cia!ibg the luCepeLQ2Dca OF Sef7la
The congress H yc.tcrday's sitting disposed
CT several additional trootier questions CT Ill
| nor character, aoa arrived at G satisfactory set
| tlement relative to Bstouu. The report Is con-
irmel that the r3zicg Of the forti6cs'lons OF
| Batoum has 70. been formally broached IN the
Congress. Il is stated that special under
| standing will BE- entered into on this so! lact.-
| The question az 10 the Notifications On the land
| side will not be discussed, so tina! 10 the; re
| spect Russia will be unrestricted.
It's declared 10 high Russian circles that
this settlement of the Batoum question was er.
ranged at O private interview between LORD
| Beaconsfeld and Prince GorscbakoH yesterday
morning. The settlement leaves the Lazi territory
under Turkish control. 1t is also declared that
at the same interview Lord Beac0ns6eld fully
and ftarkly defended the Auglo Turkish con-
ventioD. Prince GortEchakof replied that Rus
sa saw nothing Oh jsctiouable 10 the convention,
as she entertained no projects ior aggraDdiZa-
meDt on the coast of Asiatic Turkey. lie per
ceived 30 difference between Eogland's occu
patton CT Cyprus and her occupation OF Malta
He would always be pleased With everything
tending to strengthen Eoglaud's road to India,
| because calculated to promote the prosperity
of the whole world. Go1tschakof aud Beaco1s.
field then shook haEds, as pledge Ct the new
relations between the two Powers.
| The Diratto, an Italian ministerial organ,
does not tbi5k the European public opinion
| will view the occupation # Cyprus 10 very
friendly manner.
The uorniog journals Announce that Sir Gar
net Wellesley will sail on Saturday for Cyprus
k,t briu 1T sh
tloops from Malta in addition 10 the lodlan
contingent.
A telegram from Olessa .anDouccts that the
director of the Russian Steam Company has
left for San Stctaao to prepare for the return
Of l2j 900 Russian troops.
The National Federation Of Liberal AssCcia
lions 10 Birmingham has issued circular,
urging al immediate general protest against
the virtual annexation CT Cyprua and the secret
conclusion OF an alliance with Turkey.
Special dispatches from Berlin state that the
| B.toun question i, still unsettled, Russia and
England na7irs failed to agree respecting The
exa act boundaries. The Russaaa have also re.
vi7ed the question touching the Qualifications,
sDd it Is believed that they desire to gain time.
Il late telegram from Berlin, however, states
that Lord Salisbury contrary to the arrange
men: between Baacoas6s!d and Gottschakof,
o!aiaod that Turkey should Ie;sin Oil as a
poriiua Of the La=i territory.
TIE Eahjec: Wa5 Immediately referred to a
committee, who arranged compromise, which,
however, crdes OH 70 Russia. The atfaiv thus
sscma 10 be virtually settled.
A correspondent says tue Gar doa= not view
the acquisition Of Cyprus Sd i.7orat;y as Prince
Gortschskoft doaa,
TIE Political Correspondents; atat;J that
Count 3,hou72'cf wss appri5cd 6 he Anglo
Iurkian ulierataIl!ag three weeks ago. Vi.
ezra papers Ifutra!!y approve CT Finland &
course.
A R,riia Correspondent says The dowIia Of
Turkey is now unavoidable, iu Consequence Ct
the !In7x OF Western ideas
Intelligence has been received from Coastan.
tiaop}e that The Withdraw! Of the russians
iicm 3su Stefano is b,ipg negotiated, and that
they will leave when the Turks q1it The heights
oommsulug Varna aod Shun!s.
A dispatch tiom Pera anoourcag that it was
decided at . council CT the Turkish Cabinet
held ca Saturday las! that Turkey should DOT
;;eld to he demands Of Greece.
The London Daily Telegraph believes that
t:,c British flag was holated st Cyprus on Mou.
deg by Lord John Hay, the commander Of the
Charnc! squadron, who had sealed orders to
that effect, to be opened on the receipt OF tel.
egraphc dispatch.
LONDON, July l0.-The Tunes Berlin cor.
respondent: says: The date for the publica.
ton Of the Auglo Turkish treaty is supposed 10
have been selected with q view to avoid uIte.
rior complications If the Berlin peace is
signed by Russia with the knowlodsG; ol the
cyisttn2e of the hpglo Turkish tr'atY the latter
,raatv cannot hereafter be alleged by Russia
az a reason for impupoiDg the validity OF the
Berlin inatrumcct. whereas should Russia now
decline to adhere to tho Berlin treaty unless
modified 10 suit tho poGllon which supervcned
since the publication Of the Arglo Turkish
treaty she must prepare Tor the troubles she
wished to avoid when going to Berl!D.
4 Constantinorls dispatch to the Times
says: Mr.. Fawcott has returned from Lagos
and reports that intense suffering exists among
the population south of the Rhodope mountaina
He etumerates the horrors perpetrated by the
Bulgariaos and Cossacks and sometimes by
regular Russian soldiers whose design seems to
be determination or utter dispersion of Mus ul
mans and Christians favorable to them. ln
the Domada district 6iiy three villages have
been pluudcred and burnt by Russian aud
Bulgarian troops within the last two mouths.
Twenty three villages have been equally laid
waste and burnt in the district of Haskied, and
III Cuc i UIlpuppuiIS ulSt!Iol - f''abeo haS0
been burnt
10 numerous villages there has been wanton
destruction attended by deeds of uuheard Of
barbar,y. Cases Of men and women deliberately
burnt allvo have been frequent. The violation of
the young has also bscn very frequent. Nothing
moro horrible than tho particulars of this report
can be imagined Its veracity rests on the official
authority of one of the most respected OF Hcr
Mi .sty's servants and Of men employed by
him upon his conviction Of their perfect trust
worthiness. Mr. Fawcett intends to lay his
report before the English, Austrian and French
Ambassadors with view to sending out
commission Of irquiry to the spot to endeavor
to put an end to these cxoasses which disgrace
humanity.
1t is understood that the French Govern
nient are going to ask or already have asked
Russia whether she does not prefer abandoning