The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-08
FOREIGN NEWS.


a special dated at ConstantinopIe an
nounces the arrival of ex-President
Grant.
\ special Vienna dispatch asserts that
two divisions of Austrians will enter
Bosnia in about ten days.
Layard, the British minister at Con-
stantinople, gave a soiree at that place
recently in honor of General Grant.
Yellow fever again prevails at Rio
Janeiro. Deaths from the disease the
first two weeks OF February number
forty-five.
The Governor Of the Dardanelles has
been ordered to allow no more men-of-
war Of any description to enter the Sea
Of Marmora.
It is stated that the Russians will be-
gin to leave Roumelia Immediately,
some embarking at Pera, and others at
san Stefano.
The work Of removing distractions
from the Danube has commenced. It
is expected the river will be open to
navigation in fortnight.
A Vienna dispatch says that the will
inguess Of Russia to grant concessions
to Austria arises from the fact that the
princes of Roumania and Servia have
resolved to accept Austria's protection,
if il is obtainable.
The typhus is increasing rapidlyamong
the Russians in Roumania. All the
Roumanian railway carriages are in
fected. 1t is absolutely necessary for
the army in turkey to return by sea,
aud not through Roumania.
A COnstantinople dispatch of March
81 says: "The treaty Of peace has been
signed. Grand Duke Nicholas announced
the fact to the soldiers at the review at
San Stefano to-day. Russia has aban-
doned her claim on the Egyptian and
Bulgarian tributes"
\ Constantinople dispatch Of March
5th says: Foreign ambassadors have
not yet received the text Of the treaty.
They are not certain whether it is defin-
itive. 1t is understood, however, that
the exchange of ratifications within a
fortnight is obligatory"
St. Petersburg and Pera correspond
ents confirm the report that the treaty
has been signed. At st. Petersburg the
enthusiasm over the news was almost
unprecedented. There was an immense
crowd before the palace shouting and
singing, "God save the Car" The
Pera correspondent says that the treaty
Of peace was signed Saturday.
Intelligence comes from San Stefano
that General Ignatieff and the special
Turkish ambassador were to leave for
s.. Petersburg Immediately after the
signing Of the preliminaries of peace.
It is thought that a special ambassador
will convey the Sultan's desire for the
restoration Of diplomatic relations, or
be charged to conduct negotiations for
drafting a definitive treaty, prelimin-
aries only having so far been signed.
a Pera correspondent writes "By
giving up the hostile European PROV
inces, at the same time receiving tribute 1
from them, or saddling them with a
portion OF the national debt, and con-
Mussulmans in the territory I
to Constantinople, and max |
ing the concentration required by terri /.
tOrial concessions in Asia Minor, the |
Turks will create a new Ottoman power /.
ten times stronger than when it was
spread over a vast, badly organized, and I
hostile territory"
The Austrian newspapers are dissatis- /
fed with the peace conditions, as far as
they are known. They express the opin- /
ion that the most difficult phase Of the |
crisis is yet to be passed. They say no. I
body wishes to disturb the great result .
Of the war, the Liberation of the Chris
tians, but while the demands calculated .
to lead to a conflict with England have
been dropped by Russia, a similar con-
has not been shown for Aus
tria. 1t is stated Count Andrassy will
make a full exposition of his policy to
the delegations, which will probably
meet.
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