The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-25
FOREIGN NEWS.
Peace Prospects Growing Small by
Degrees and Beautifully Less.
The Proposed Withdrawal consid.
cred as a sismarckian Joke.
Terrible Condition of Affairs in
Bulgaria.
Christians and MusssImen Cutting
Each Others Throats.
Aspect Of the Eastern Qnestion-
The Principle Is Good, but who
iS 70 Bell the CRt.

The Principle IL Good, but who
Is 10 Bell the Cat.
LosDos, April 24.-Though the prin
ciple Of the Withdrawal Of the Russiani
and the English from the vicinity Of Con
stantinople has been accepted, the knotty
point as 10 the distance TO which the forct
shall retire continues 10 be discussed, ant
the difficulties in the way Of such solu
tion are so great that many foreign critics
believe an agreement Is hopeless, while
the Pan Mall Gazette and other English
journals chsracteriEe the proposal as {
Rismarckian joke.
The Times, however, believes that The
principle being accepted, an adjustment
Of the details ought not to be impossible
The Times also says that 1t Is informed
that Bismarck Is still making efforts Ia.
dependently Of those relating 70 the retire
ment Of Russian troops and British ships
from near Conslantinople 10 form basia
for the meeting Of the Congress.
NICHOLAS WANTS TO ATTEND CHURCH.
CossrAxrrsopLE, April 24.-Grand
Duke Nicholap has informed the Porte
and Greek patriarchs that number Of
Russian officers and men will attend di-
vine service at Constantinople on Sunday.
The Grand Duke requests that number
Of the Greek churchs In the Capital may
be available, so the soldiers can be dis.
tributed among them.
DECLINE IN RUSSIAN STOCKS.
Russian stocks have declined one.hali
per cent. Inactivity on the Stock Ell.
change amounts almost 10 suspen-
sion Of business.
THE SITUATION IN BULGARIA.
The situation in Bulgaria Is regarded
as very significant, and some papers be.
lieye that Il may accelerate the course Of
negotiations. II manifest that the Bul.
garians are taking terrible revenge for
the Turkish outrages Of 1876, and the
whole country may fall again into the
condition Of anarchy, rapine and blood
thlrsty reprissls. The Mussulmans are
goaded 10 despair by the tyranny Of their
iormer victims. The country Is full OF
refugees from the scattered armies
and disbanded gsrrisons OF the Turks,
these form a nucleus oi insurrection and
they are joined by the inhabitants oi
Mussulman villages and carry on guer.
rilla warfare against the native Christian
and Russian troops. Thus, though peace
is uominally established in the East, an.
arcby reigns in Bulgaria, as 1t did before
the war. The Insurgents are not fighting
for Turkey, sgainst Russia, but as they
say "are fighting only for their own lives
and homes. Russian troops are the
only organized force in the country and
the task Of repression Of the disturbances
falls on them.
Regarding the situation the Times sayt:
While Europe Is negotiating about secur-
ing blessings Of peace and freedom to the
Eastern lands, the Christians and Mussul.
mans in Bulgaria are flying at each others
throats, and the whole country south oil
the Balkans, notwithstanding the pres.
ence Of the Russian army, is in condi.
tion which shocked Europe and con-
vulsed Epgland two years ago. Russia,
Tor the moment, seems powerless. as
Turkey was, and It IL time Europe should
again attempt to do collectively what no
single power can do alone.