Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-30
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HORRORS OF WAR.
II tffE.RlNGS OF TURKS.
STU ALTON in ENGLAND.
SIOUX ON THE WAR PATH.
TIRE E&STERN QUESTION.
Working Up the War Feeling in Ing.
land


LoNnoN, Jan. S.-The conservatives i'm the
House oi Commons are expected tD give solid
support 10 HE credit vote on Thursday. One
or two d"lcritonS mot mOre) are probable.
Inc liberals, on the contrary. are divided
liner" VII be numerous ahSteniuuS and some
9I The lIslalS will support the government
lHt none rulers nave not Yet determined ON
then course, but they Will probably mostly ab-
stain from voting. Such of them as vote
tmalhiS ul!ramuntaneSl will support the gov
trnlnent. Tie majority for the credit is al
ready estimated AT over one hundred Meet
lngs are being held throughout the country 10
influence Parliament aTainSt the credit but
mostly 10y liberal or reform or peace urCauiza-
tl"nS. No non-paTliSan meeting has vet been
attempted. An open air meeting at sheffield
yesterday for the purpose of opposing the gov
Clnmenl was turned into an anti Russian
demonstration. An amendment la an orr
gtnal resolution against the credit was
carried 10y an immense majority declar-
lng that the cause of peace and the interests
oi the empire will be best promoted by sup
porting the foreign policy of the government
Ihe meeting numbered over twenty thousand
persons. They sang patriotic songs cheerpd
Lord BeaconSfield'S name and greeted Lord
CarnarNon'S with misses and cries of "Tr3i.
tor. Some Of the leading provincial news
papers are taking an anti Russian tone
Appeal for Turkish Sufferers
The central committee of the Red Crescent
society tclegraphS from ConStantinople an an
peal 10 al kindred committees of the Red
Cross, all bcneN Oicnt institutions. and an kind
hearted men o1 all countries. Ii saws that a
considerable number of wOun led soldiers are
Hooking into C0nStantinOpe from all PARTS of
the country. Nearly lj0nN refugees Victims
oi the war, flying from the scene of military
operations, deprived OF all means of existence
and almost naked, constitute a situation
which. considering the limited resources of
me Rtd crescent society, might end disaster
IN general calamity.
Misery Of the Nah0mucdaus.
Special correspondents of the London news
papers also continue to give details Of i'm
menSe distress prevailing. They state that the
smallpox and typhuS have commenced among
refugees. and efforts are making to send them
10 Asia. II Is apprehended that the increased
population ot ConStantinOple will occasion a
scarcity ot provisions, unless there is some
special effort from without To TepleniSh stores
Eight thousand refugees arrived i'm the capitaI
ON Monday. Ii Is impossible for all 10 fud
shelter. Many are hudded in open sheds
knee-deer in mud and water. The wholesale
exodus from Roumelia is unah hated
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LONDON. Jan. 3.-In the house of commons
this afternoon Mr.. Bedford ClappeT1On Treyp
lan PIN. conservative. member Tor Graves
chd, gave notice that he would move to-mor-
TOW that The house, while giving the govern
ncht credit Tor maintaining the policy deter
lnlheu upon alter solemn assurances of the
Gar that he desired only immunity for the,
Christian subjects OF the Porte, and aimed AT
40 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT whatever. iS of the opin-
ION ltlhl ihe>t assurances are being deIibp-
raiey eNadcd 10y the proposed terms OF peace
and the advance of the Russian arms aud be-
lIeEcS that the time has come when the imme-
diate action of England is an absolute uecrS-
Slty. and requests forthwith estimates for
Placing the army and navy on a war footing
MI. flm represents the strong TurUphile sec
UOn Ol the house.