The daily gazette., 1878-01-12
THIRD EDITION..
THE w AR.
ALL ENGLAND THOROUGHLY
AROUSED.
The Eastern Incubus.
It Must Be Removed Now
for All Time.
The Eastern In
LONDON, Jan. 70. 1873.

LONDON. Jan. 12, 1873.
The agitation here grows greater every
hour. The utter helplessness of the
cause of the Turk was yesterday for the
first time fully copprehended by the
English people. Deluded BY false repre-
sentations and madly fond of Turkey,
the great mass of the British people have
hoped that Providence would step in to
save their old ally. The cold weather
killed more Turks than Russians, and
the Cossacks, under the dashing Gourko,
are rushing savagely through Roumelia
seeking almost in vain for a Turkish gen.
eral or commander through which an
armistice mi gbt be arranged.
The tone of the metropolitan press may
be further gathered from the extracts
zette says, in commenting upon the situ-
alton 1.-THE surrender at the Shipka
Pass will determine the ascendancy of
the peace party at Constantinople. The
peace party means the Russian party,
having for its aim Turkeys vassalage to
Russia. This is the greatest of all dangers
confronting the British Empire. We ap-
prehend that when peace negotiations
are ended the danger will be at our
doors" These words are especially signi-
ficant, appearing in the popularly ac-,
credited exponent of the war party in
the Ministry.
The Standards special despatch
from ConstaptiDople says the Russians
have occupied Eski-Saghra and Jeni-
Saghra, cutting off the Turkish army.
This report is apparently due to
panic In Constantinopie.
Nisch surrendered yesterday morn
ing, in consequence OF the capture by
storm on Thursday and Wednesday
of Goritza, Venik aud all the other
heights commanding the fortress of
the town. Fighting had lasted five
days. The Servian loss was considers
able. This means the Isolation of
W idden.
Several special dispatches announce
that the garrison of MECH, which
| surrendered To the Servians, number
ed 5000 with 90 cannon, 1900 rifles
and n number of flags.
A despatch from Ragusa says the
maiu body of the Montenegrins is
now marching toward Scrutari.
The Standards editorial article upon
the war says :--"Shipka is the crowniDg
misfortune of the Porte. Its political
and military significance cannot be ex-
| aggerated. Adrianople will lie at Rus.
sia's mercy In a few days. The respon-
sibility of saying yes or no to the terms
| of peace must then fall on the British
government, at which time all the points
| of the Eastern question must be consid~
cred seriously and deliberately by
| EnglishmeE. The hour is at hand when
1t must he settled at once and forever"
This extract, it will be seen, closes almost
with a shrek.
| The Daily Telegraph's correspondent
at Vienna states that at the Shipka Pass
the Russians captured 2S,000 men, 1000
horses, IL mortars, IL siege guns and so
field guns. The Cossacks have cut the
Yamboli railroad. si e. sl -u-sf
A Russian official despatch says the
| Turks left 300 dead in The Notifications
| OF the Trojan Pass. Besides these a
Turkish battalion was almost anDihiiated
| in the encounter with the Russians
turning colamn. nl
Telegrams from Constantinople an
nOunce that two Russian columns from
kezanlik have arrived, one near Jeni
Saghara and the other near Tartar Ba-
zardjlk and the Jamboli Railway is
threatened. The civil population have
been ordered to quit Adrianople and
5000 have already gone. The civil gov
eminent has been transferred to Rodosto.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg say the
Russian journals, commenting ON the
capture of the Turkish army in the Ship
ka Pass, point out that this is new evl-
dence that the Turkish power of resist
ance is utterly broken, and remark that
the Cabinet at both Constantinople and
London must understand the necessity
of recognizing in the approaching nego-
ations the decisive military situation cre-
ated by the Russian army.
| I'm Important Denial.
The st. Petersburg Golos of yesterday
prints a special despatch from Vienna
which contradicts the st. Petersburg des-
patch TO the London Times of the 7th
inst, stating that 1t was rumored that
| Austria and Germany had vetoed the idea
of opening the Dardanelles to Russian
vessels only, and that Russia had conse-
quently determined not to raise the uues-
tlon at all. The Golos' telegram says
Austria has not diseased this question
with Germany and Russia.
Adraanople First
This despatch further says that it is
rumored that Grand Duke Nicholas has
demanded the surrender of Adrianople
as first condition. No great confidence,
in the conclusion of an armistice is felt
at Bucharest unless the matter is con-.
quoted entirely by Russian diplomatists,
to the virtual excl usion of the military