Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-19
AFFAIRS AT coNsrASr1NopLE

ing very Like n Settlement.
AFFAIRS AT coNsrANr1NopLE.
CoNsTANTNoPLE. Jan. 1s.-Queen Vic
toria's speech has caused considerable dis
appointment here.
The Turkish peace delegates have Iarrived
at Karabuna.
It is reported Grand Duke Nicholas is at
Yeni Saghra.
At Thursdays sitting of the Chambers
message from the Grand Vizier was read ask
ing the deputies to appoint FIVE of their
committee of senators and officers which will
direct military measurers in the event of
failure of armistic negotiations.
The British Consul at Adrianople has ask
ed permission to leave, but Minister Layard
ordered him to remain at his post. Mr.
Layard has given assistance to forty thou
sand refugees within fifteen days.
sULEIMAN PAsHA's ARMY.
LONDON, Jan 1S.-No news has been re-
ceived from Suleiman Pasha as yet. Kal-
marli, where the Russian troops are said to
have arrived. is an important point on his
line of retreat to Adrianople. If the Rus
SLAMS have gained that point before him, Us
there is no reason to doubt, he not only has
General Gourka's pursuit to beat back but
will be taken in the flank by column march
ing from Eskisaghra, while the force posted
at Harmanti stands directly in his front.
Suleiman Pasha's force includes the division
he brought from Bulgaria, the garrisons of
Sofia and other towns up to Nisch, and Cha
kir Pasha's army from Kamarli. All, how =
ever, are by this time badly broken and
weakened by their hasty retreat and
frequent encounters with their pursuers
CoSsTANTINoPLE, Jan. ia report which
was current here to-day that the bulk of Su-
lehman Pasha's army had passed through the
enemy's lines and arrived near AdrianopIe
proves to be premature. Nothing is known
of the position of Sulieman's ar1ny
LONDON, Jan. 18.-A Russian official dis
patch dated Kezanlik January 16. says a re-
connoitering party of dragons has brought
information that Sulieman Pasha is at Phil
lpopolis, and has given orders to burn every
thing. Tatar BaZardjek and Philipopolis are
reported to have been burned
EASILY FRIGHTENED.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-two squadrons of Co.'S
sacks having arrived at Tirnova Sementi to es-
cort the Turkish peace delegates to Kezaulik.
The Turkish commandant at the former
place believed an attack was intended and
blew up the railroad bridge.
PH1LL1poPoIIs CAPTURED
LONDON. Jan. ia Russian official dis
patch announces that Gen. Skobeloff en-
tered Phillipopolis the 10th and extinguished
the flames in the Bulgarian dwellings fired
by retreating Turks.
MOVING TOWARDS PEACE.
LONDON. Jan. 19.-Special from st Peters
burg says person who helped to draw up
the armistice conditions says they are such
as not likely to be accepted by the Turks.
The same dispatch states that the Russian
Minister of interior has instructed the press
to be moderate in it's remarks against Aus
tria and England. A Pera dispatch has the
following: 1t is said Grand Duke Nicholas.
accompanied by his staff and Gen. Ignatieff
met the Turkish delegates Friday
morning at station in Stamboli railway The
duke had advanced to meet the delegates.
because of difficulty on the road. and cor
teously invited them to return by carriage
with him.
Constantinople correspondent telegrapls
under date of Thursday evening. 81 am as
sured that the council Of ministers to-day
decided to order Turkish ambassadors nj
Vienna and London to request an explana-
ton of the protests against separate peace
| recently lodged by Austria and England and
to ask how far Turkey may count upon the
support of those countries
The correspondent at Vienna declares posi-
lively that Russia has made no communica-
ton to the Porte concerning terms of peace
since her answer to the Porte's note of Dec.
u, asking mediation. Another correspon-
dent at Pera states that the Turkish delegates
met Grand Duke Nicholas at Turnoya Semli.
that preliminary notes were exchanged. The
Grand Duke then announced he had decided
to treat only at Adrianople, which should be
Immediately evacuated. The delegates hav~
| ing assented orders were telegraphed Djeni
Pasha to evacuate Adrianople. Upon this
decision being communicated to for
eign consuls they telegraphed their
ambassadors for instructions and were
| ordered to remain and protect their country
men. Dismal Pasha then prepared to retire
upon fortified lines before Adrianople where
reinforcements are now concentrating Rus
| slams will probably arrive at Adrianople in
| two days.. Temoni Sementi being 80 kilome-
tres distant therefrom. Negotiations will
then begin. It is generally thought here the
wisest policy is for Turkey to make peace at
once.
has embarked number of refugees at Burghas
and English mariners are patrolling the streets
of that place.