The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-25
EASTERN QUESTION.
Tue General Conviction aud Sentiment
Favorable "a Peace. hot Powerful
Military Preparation. r. ssinx sun
Pa-b.-J Forssrs Ea.r.-IIe.IIy.


ioii has called on Lord Salisbury. Il
IL Is autboritatively stated Count
lschouvsiofi brings from the Gar cuun-
ter proposals, coUched in conciIi;ory
terms, proposing that al questions per-
tsiniug TO European Turkey be submits
ted and treated by the proposed con-
gress and that questions relating toTur
key inAsis be made the subject Of s-ep-
sIate convention between England
and Russia alone.
The st Petersburg correspondent Of
the Times says: AZ We are .till far
from certainty OF peace though the
general conviction and -entimeI { are
In favor thereof, powerful military .
preparations are being pushed forward .
tnerg stically. Ewes II var i av-rt,,i, .
IL il thought these will be useful. ~
they will make weight for Rn--iE'- III
iluence At the cougre-- GrLerzI To.
dleLen's activity, and h!- importantly
about f0rtres-es, must not. Therefore,
be regarded a. Indicating toe. failure 81
:
4 correspondent nj Vienna If the
Times telegraphs thsi Il l. true that
the result Of Count SchouyaI f.
forts viii probably turn out that he lla-
secured n basis fUr further negotiations.
In the meantime preparations hefor,
ConstantiuOple continue energ-ti-slly.
The Russians continue e. exhibit
tendency To gradually creep ~ towards
the capital, keeping the Turks con-
stantly on the alert. Fresh reiuforct--
ment- are constantly going L. Bulgaria
aud ROumanIa- Odessa l. swAftuing
with soldiers, and chipping troop.
guns and stores, going thence To Brrg,4-
on the Black sea, or ty Bender railway
to RoumHnis and Bulgaris. The Turk
are no; idle. They have brought troops
across the BOsphorus from ~cuiari
until one hundred and thirty haiisiion-
nOw man the northern lines. Heavy
siege guns have been moved from Boz
phorus batteries into these lines, while
the batteries on the Aristic side have
been strengthened - a. - form. Ia
conjunction with the neet, n line Of
defense TO which they might retire h.
cs.e of need, though they are more
than ever confident OF their ability 60
bold their positions.
a dispatch from CSus;AutiHople ssyr
an official dispatch 10 turkish repre-
/ sentatives abroad thus de-crits. IN.
I emeute which took place ia that city
/ yesterday: About thirty refugee en-
/ tered the garden OF The palace, inhAb-
I tied 10y eX-Sulisn Munsd, aud raised
/ shouts OF Long live the sultan
The seniinels opposed the eutry Of
these men into The palace aud were
I fired upon, Oh. bciug killed TFOoIs
arriving, the A-ssilan;s were driven
back. Some were killed end wounded
on both sides. Ali Susvi. who Ap-
reared TO have acted a. organizer sud
leader Of the attack, ~a- KILLED. The
affair has no other Consequences.
Public tranquility Is undi,surbeJ.
\ ConstantiEopie dispatch -ayz five
thousand refugees assembled 10 day
and sent a dePutAtion To the porte Ak
ing relief, declaring their provi-ipBs
had failed and sickness Wa increAsiu
among them.
The Nakit and BAs-iuei, ue~rpapers
OfCOnstaDtinOple, publish letter from
Osman pssba denying that he -Aid
iConsIantinopl- Wa not susceptible -
defense against n considerable kl--laL
force, and declaring that hs Wouid
never DC n party 10 the di-grsce 81
retiring before ali enemy that j much
weakened hy Illness aud fatigue.
In the house of commons tiii- -yrE~
ing, Sir John Hziker. attorney general.
said that he had heard o; chip t,eiug
purchased 10y persOn- said Ia set a.
behalf OF isu~iz, but theTe j. no reason
to suppose the ship VIII tee employed
in the event 81 war ~ priyaie-r- an
CONFIRMATION Of the Paris declaration.
There IL no reason 20 believe that the
United States VAL depart from tAs ot,~
servance of the ru!es Of the Washing
ton treaty. Their, Is no necessity for
discussing the responsibility resting on
the governments OF Russia and the
United States, since there l. 10 reason
TO suppose that they would violate
their respective engagements.
The Agence Ru-se, of ~. Petersburg,
also declared that there ViIl bc pei
tive Intelligence regarding the result
OF Count Scbouvsloii's mis-iou teton.
next week.
The supplementary army estimate.
for expenses of the Indian expedition
AIRY force, i issued, placing the amount
at Sl.75O.OIO. The estimate for the
transportation of Indian troops l. also
issued at 81 .9s0. 900.
A ConstsntinopIe dispatch says: A
IRE last night within the precincts Of
the sublime porte destroyed the greater
portion Of the baildings, including that
Of the minister of Justice. o! the council
OF stale, the minisiry OF foreign G,fair-,
and TIA. grand vizierate. The Archive-
were saved. The origin OF the FIRE l.
unknown, bat it Is believed TO have
! f.aAr,