New-York tribune., 1878-04-30

England had or had not great interests in the East
He maintained that the Treaty of San Stefano ia
its present shape did not contain single element Of
permanent peace. The interests of the Greek and
Mussulman populations must be protected as well as
those of the Slavs. The or the British Gov
ernment were not warlike but precautionary.
A war party or war minIstry1was impossibility in
! England. If people went to war it must not be
for the sake of Victories but only for great prncl
pies. The Governments were determined to main
tam the principles by which their conduct on the
Eastern question had hitherto been actuated.
ENGLAND GROWING MORE WARLIKE.
| THE BRITISH GOYERNMENT RESOLVED TO PROPOSE
! NO PROGRAMME MILITARY PREPARATIONS
| GOING on.
LONDON, Monday, April 90, 1873
In its leading editorial, The Pal Mall Gazette
says:"The solicitation to III ofGermsuy Austria and Italy
TO propose plan OF our own. amounts to neither more
nor es than verbally modified offer OF the principle OF
equivalents the basis OF set ement for the Eastern
question That offer has been again and again declined
by Her Majcsys Ministers during the progress Of the
late war; aud have fear OF their accepting at a
time when they would incur conspicuous discredit
/ by 50 doing than on any past OCCASION"
| ACTIVE SERVICE VOLUNTEERS TO BE ORGANIZED,
At amecting tonight Of the Committee to Promote the
Organization ofho Active Service Volunteer Army two
/ Generals, five CO0nels aud many members OF Para-
mont Joined tho committee. Thirty officers and 300
men yesterday signaed their willingness TO join the
force aud many enrolled to-day. The total number
| Of volunteers 80 far Is about 10000.
MORE TROOPS To DE- SENT TO MALTA.
General Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford has been Sc
Ieced as commander OF the Second Army Corps.
siderable proportion OF the First Army Corps IL likely 20
be dispatched TO Malta In the OF the coming week.
| including a portion of the Guards. Many thousand
stands Of Martni-Icnry rifles being removed from
racks ia the Tower Of London, presumably for the
! equipment of the rcaerves
TORPEDO NETS ORDERED.
There is great activity at Portsmouth in preparing
atngs for the conversion Of merchant ships into armed
! cruisers A certain manufacturing firm has received
from the Admiralty order for more than 100 wire
torpedo ncs for the protection OF ship. from attacks OF
fish torpcdoes All the nets TO he delivered during
| issued from tue Woolwch Arsenal iu all directions
THE EAST IND!AN CONTINGENT.
The first Indian expedonary force will embark from
! Bombay In two divisions. one Will leave to-day con-
sistng OF batteries OF Royal Artillery the 18Th and
! 3lst Regiments, the Second GOorkhas aud two com
panies OF sappers and miners. The second will embark
as after possible. II will consist of the Ninth
cavalry the First Bombay Lancers the Ninth aud Twen
,, uu % ., IN -, ,grei,,te fonnngp of - 80 ions end
sailing vessels OF II l4G aggregate tonnage The latter
will he tOwed by the steamers Water VIII be provided
f,r thirty uud coal for wrnty-siX days At the Bombay
dockyard work is being prosecuted day and nght Ia h
ting ships for and horses. A. an experiment Of
sIaIe policy the dispatch of native troops to Europe
has proved successful beyond hopes Of the most
ardent advocates of the measure The native soldiers
arpear completely captlyated by the prospect OF being
engaged military service IN Europe They yolun
te,rng the with an enthusiasm which has
| surprised even those VINO know tncm best. They
pressing forward IN whole regiments at time. Troops
VINO returned from Iurmah only ak weeks ago. aud WHO
three years IN that country are SAID obe dehted
by the that they going to some place
England night the Russians. In one regiment every
man has signed petition that he may be sent with the
| expedition 10 Europe
RUSSIA EXPECTED TO BACK DOWN
The Vienna PolticGi Correspondence has letter from
London stating that the British Government still consld
er, it possible that Russia may appreciate to the full
T. glands eaInestuess. In the contrary case Enganl
will take into her hands, at her own risk the rcct
acaon OF Russa's work IN the Balkans. the Peninsula
and the A,iatc coast Of the Black sea t Is possible
tlat before embarking upon this course England VIII
summon conference In LondOn.
! TIE EASTERN QUESTION STILL CNSOLNED
ALL QUIET on THE BosPHoRUs-sHuMLA, VARNA
AND BAUM SILL HELD By THE IURKs-AUs-
TkIA RESTLESS.
LONDON, Monday, April 30. 1873.
Yesterday, which was looked forward to in
Constant!nople with considerable apprehension OF the
CONSEQUENCES which might result II the Russian troops
attempted to enter city under the preteXt OF intend
! ing TO hear mass in the Greek Churches, passed on
quietly. Only u small number of Russians came III sat
nrdny night Of whom spent the night IN concert
saloons. Only about fifty OF them attended church'
| THE PORTE HOLDING on TO shl MIA hND 'A"NA'
The oueson OF the evacuation Of tho fortresses con-
|
say that the retirement OF tleir ariny anu the BRUSH
feet from the uegborhood OF COnsantinople could be
easily arranged but for the Turkish Obstncy on tS
point which destroys confidence. The time for evacHa
lion was left indefinite by the terms of the treaty o. san
stefano. Last Generals JoiNarO"rkN anu Hlihn'
mann officers simultaneously 10 fuL, i"sni;,
Shuma, and Ahmed kaiscrii, AT Nafilh VIII lonii.
mandS for the surrender OF those places Inc answers
lu both ga were that orders To quit hd D'ch re-
cciycd from the Scrask.crate, nor II s'n OIucta
rciyed could the troops bc moved untl tfanSors cae
some threats were then used Finally, the kusslhhs
the outer lines lthNlig Tue
inner Iinr and towns TO the Turks. This was deenei
and the Russians pl. the point. Leu Us i'A no
more about this fooshness," was Ahmed h"serS '"S'
! a.. i.
the onposon of the population They refuse TO submit
| to Russian rule and Chcr To pay II ransom ahu nc
main Turkish. Petitions to this eheet nave Oech 'e'
ceved at the Porte.
| WHERE THE OTTOMAN TROOPS AXE slAiioNhp.
In Asia The Turks have "a battaions, distributed us
| follows: At or near Batum, "a Wnd batterefl; De
tween Trebizond aud Erzcrum 10; between Efherui
and Moosh, As. In Europe they nave 200 pi.t"i'ohs
posted follows Between Sbunla anu warn" ID "i'N
IA batteries OF artieryl IN Thessay' Eprus nnu 9n
lonica, 90; AZ GallpOli. 30; ana AZ VI Sn
about 10000 men, There Is great anu acAiv .Vusoe
want OF competent officers but the cohu'tlo ~ ~ W,
IN health spirits and discipline Is goou' lne .,uUP
have been moved recently, 30 as - pfo'ect I'c va
ally the land side OF the OF the foits OF INC "PPei o'
phOrus.
NORTHERN COALITION PROPOSED
rumor comes from Vienna that Marshal Couht 'oi