The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-07-20
WAR NOTES.

IHB iHndDlIluIS OF DdIOum nave again
telegraphed Minister Layard, asking for the
protection of England, and declaring they
have resolved to hoist the British flag and
open fire on the Russians on the 18th of
July.
THE island of Adakaleh has been definite
ly ceded to Austria.
ROUMANIA is to be admitted to the per-
manent international committee for the
navigation of the Danube. 81
RUSSIAN papers comment angrily on the
reports that England intends to oppose the
cession of Batoum. The St Petersburg
Gdlos and others contend that in event of
such course Russia ought to retire from
the congress.
A TELEGRAM from Athens says there is
intense disappointment there. The press
urges the king to lead his army across the
rrVnuIcI.
1T is said the troopships Himalaya, Ser
apis, and otherpowerful English transports,
have been dispatched to Malta, because the
conclusion of the congress may probably
render rapid movement of Indian troops to
British territory necessary.
A VIENNA dispatch says that Gen. Phil
lippowitch, commander of the army in b.
hemia, has been summoned to Vienna to
take command of the army of occupation
Turkey asks that the time of occupation be
fixed at two years. Considering unforeseen
circumstances that may arise Austria de-
clines to be hampered with any distinct en-
gagements. The troops will not cross the
frontier until the con gress is over.
RoUMANIA asks for the harbor of Kavarna,
on the Black Sea, as an additional price for
acquiescence in the cession of Bessarabia
The congress probably will not object if
Russia does not.
DISPATCHES from Constantinople speaks
of the warlike movement appearing among
the Mussulman population, but certainly
not against Austria, dreaming only of re-
covering the provinces awarded by Russia.
A BERLIN correspondent gays that con-
gress, in view of Turkeys absolute inability
to pay the indemnity, declined to take any
action and left the matter for private settle
ment between Turkey and Russia.
OWING to the alarming spread of brig
andage in Thessaly, Greece is reported to be
massing large forces on the frontier to pro-
tect her territory.
The Russian members of the military
commission, which is now discussing the
boundaries of Servia are in favor of making
them include Navi Bazaar and Nisch. The
Turkish and some other plenipotentiaries
oppose this.
THE civil commission will accompany the
troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the
purpose of organizing the administration of
the country. large train and seven am
bulance hospitals will follow.
The congress has agreed to grant the
Turks hating stations on the road to the
Balkans, but they will not be allowed to
be quartered on the inhabitants.
THE journal dc st. Petersburg SAYS: Now
that the Bulgarian questions are disposed
of, the views of Europe, which have hither-
to regarded the integrity of Turkey in the
light OF a dogma, have undergone total
change. Europe now recognizes the neces-
sity of the late war by sanctioning its re-
suits. This bears testimony to the success,
ability and prudence of Russian diplomacy,
which may be congratulated upon having
obtained The object for which it has striven.