Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-03
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FACE OR WAR?
European Situation Critical.
REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.
Excitement on the Rio Grande.
MINNEAPOLIS DISASTER,
PEACE OR WAR?
European Situation Critical.
REVOLUTION IN MEXICO,
Excitement on the Rio Grande,
EUROPE TO-DAY.
The Financial Raromafor


LONDON, May 3-HeSterday'S Bank of Eng
lands return is regarded as distinctly unfa-
Vorabe, the proportion of the reserve TO liza
bilitieS having descended to an extraordina.
rlly low figure. The bank ought to, according
TO the old rules, raise its rate of discount The
reasons for its not doing so are chiefly aScribed
10 the Tact that the money withdrawn from it
IS wholly for internal requirements. This
mornings Fndncjer says =" Should there be
an active foreign drain of gold, the banks
minimum rate of discount might be expected
to leap to four per cent. in a week. The rate
now Is three per cent"
More Hopeful.
There is remarkable absence of news re-
Specting the progress of the negotiations be-
tween England and Russia, but the latest i'm
preSSiOnS are more hopeful.
The Steamship Cimbrfa.
LONDON, May 3.-The Central NetCS saws:
The steamship Cimbria was chartered on the
24th of March last by the Russian admiralty
for a year, to serve exclusively as a transport
The amount paid was l5,S00 pounds. The value
MeSSrS Mendelssohn, the Berlin bankers. Her
principal work will be to supply provisions
and munitions of war to the Russian fleet in
the Pacific. Her present destination after
taking aboard war material contracted for in
America is north Japan
The Military Situation i'm Turkey
Critical.
Though Russia is believed to have secured
Austria S neutrality her military situation in
Turkey is now regarded as exceedingly criti-
cal. The attitude of the Turkish Soldiery is
reported to be more favorable than ever for an
alliance with the English troops. \ month
ago Russian influence seemed to be on the
point OF carrying everything before it, but
now the Porte seems more intractable than
ever, and the IuriSh army is so strong that
the threats of the Russians have little effect
The Turks have entrenched positions, and are
scarcely inferior in number TO what the Mus
coVlteS can mass, so that not only can there
be no question OF a surprise, but even most
serious attack might be resisted sufficiently
long at any rate until help could come from
n1S Ilr II 20
ly that they will accede to the evacuation of
Narna, Shumla and Batoum, even to get the
IuSslan army away from the neighbOrhOOd of
COnstantinople. Gen. Todleben, therefore,
VIII have TO display considerable diplomatic
talent in the attempt to overcome all the diff
cultleS, While the cQnciliatory disposition in ST.
Petersburg must be strong not TO be worn out
by the tempOrlZing policy which the Turks,
feeling the strength of their position, will
doubtless use with their well known conSum-
mate Skill: Meanwh lille, though direct negoti-
atoms with the Turks for the withdrawal of
the Russians have begun, accounts from Adri-
anOple state that troops are still moving i'm the
direction of Tchalaleya and the capital, while
westward against the insurgents but few bat
tallOnS and SquadrOnS OF COSSackS have been
dispatched.
English War Preparations.
There IS no abatement OF the pressure on the
government works. The activity which pre-
walls in every department cannot be expressed
in details, being created by the general de-
mands for munitions, stores, &c. The first
issue OF preserved meat and biscuits to the
troops at Woolwich, in place of the ordinary
ratlCnS was made yesterday. This has been
done to accustom the men to the fare which
will, in case of war, become their daily food.
| The Manchester Guardian says: "Of the
| seven battalions ofithe guards, three, namely,
the first of the Grenadiers the first of the Cold
stream, and the first of the Scots, are recruited
| to their full strength. Their baggage and arm
chests are all ready and packed for instant re-
| mOval. The ranks of the other four battaliOnS
| are being filed up to one thousand strong"
Russian Cabinet Changes.
PARIS, May 3.-AccOrding to private dis
| patches from st. Petersburg, Gen. Ignatieff
| will be appointed a minister without a port
| folio. 1t is thought probable that NJ. Valo-
| nief will succeed Prince GOrtschakoff should
| the chancellOr'S health render his resignation
necessary.