The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-01-31
EASTERN ECHOES.
Z. \. BURKE.
LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING

LONDON, Jan. 30.-No doubt there is a
little misunderstanding between st. Peters
burg and Vienna, Austria. IC seems and
IS expected that conditions of peace would
be submitted TO European Congress, or at
least communicated d for approval to members
of triple Alliance.
WILLING TO ACCEPT ALMOST ANYTHING.
VIENNA, Jan. 30-A correspondent of
the Times telegraphs the following ::
Whether preliminary conditions have been
signed or not, 1t has become of purely Sc
condary Importance. Porte, at any rate, has
approved them, and according to all ac-
counts isquite ready to accept almost any
thing else which the Car may propose
merely to prevent Russians from executing
threats of marching on Constantinople.
CONFIRMED ON MINISTERIAL AUTHORITY.
LONDON, Jan. 30,-The Telegraph's Vienna
dispatch says Austria's refusal to annex
Bosnia and Herzegovina is confirmed on
ministerial authority Andrassay will sane
ton no measure calculated, directly or in
directly. to bring about the ruin of the OF
tOman Empire, This resolute attitude of
Austria within the last few hours has, in
certain measure, been made known 10 Rus
sia by Count AndraSsay, as we'll as Lord
Derby, in the form of an identical note.
THE INTERESTS OF THE EMPIRE WILL BE
PROMOTED BY SUPPORTING THE FOREIGN
POLICY.
LONDON, Jan. 30.-The Conservatives in
the House of Commons are expected to give
a solid support to the credit vote Thursday.
One or two QefectiOns, not more, are prob
able. The Liberals, on the contrary, are
divided. There will be numerous absten-
tiGns and some of the Liberals will support
the Government. The Home Rulers are not
yet determined on their course but will pro-
badly mostly abstain from voting and such
Of them as vote mainly with the Ultramon-
tanes, will support the Government. The
majority for the credit is already estimated
at. over 100 Meetings are being held
through bout the country to influence Parlia-
ament against credit but they are mostly
Liberal or reform or peace organizations.
No nOn-partiSan meeting has yet been at
tenn pied. An open air meeting at Sheffield,
yesterday, for the purpose OF opposing the
Government was turned into anti Russian
meeting. An amendment TO an original
resolution against credit was carried by an
immense majority, declaring that the cause
of peace and the interests of the Empire
Will be best promoted by supporting the
foreign policy of the Government. The
meeting numbered over 2000 persons; they
sang patriotic songs, cheered Lord BeacOns-
tield's name ana greeted Lord Carnovan's
with Kisses anG cries of "traitor!' Some
of the leading provincial newspapers are
taking an nti-Russian tone.
THEY APPEAL TO ALL MEN OF KINDLY HEARTS,
The Central Committee of the Red Cres-
cent Society telegraphs from COnstantinOple
an appeal to all kindred committees of the
Red Crecent and all benevolent institutions
and all kind-hearted men of all countries.
1t saws a considerable number of wounded
soldiers are. flocking into COnstantinOple
from all parts of the country; nearly fifteen
thousand victims of war flying from the
scene of military operations. deprived OF all
means of existence and almost naked, con
stitute a situation, which considering the
limited resources of the Red Crescent So
ciety. might end in disaster and in general
calamity.
A FLEET TO GO INTO THE DARDANELLEs.
LONDON, Jan. 3O.-Lord Gladstone in ac-
cepting an address from a Liberal aSsocia-
ton at oxford, to-day. said that he cOnsid-
ed sending the fleet into the Dard1nelles an
act to form a breach of neutrality. The
vote of six millions would be token by Tur-
kew as encouragement to prolOng the war.
He feared the vote would be carried by the
failure of the Irish members to oppose 1t,
though he hoped for lrelands honor that
those who had themselves had struggled Tor
freedom would respect and sympathize
with the freedom OF others. He said sthe
Liberals were in the minority in the House,
but that they had the country with them on
this question. and it ted with the cOuh-
try to say whether it would receive the bur-
den of this vote and encourage Turkey to
persevere in prolonging the cruel and
bloody struggle which has already ght
her well-nigh to destruction.