The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27
IS IT PEACE OR WAR.
News from Europe.

LONDON. March GA special To the Times
from st. Petersburg says rImnrS are III circu-
!ntion that ItusSin has demanded the britisi'
, fleet to quit the sea Of Marmor Immediately.
Tho correspondent believes the report, al
though exaggerated, is not entirely uniound-
cd.
Minister Layard's opposition to the cmbar-
kat!on of Russian troops al Buiukdcre has
caused great irritation.
An inspired article in the Journal de 81.
Petersburg attracts much attention. 1t points
to Il continuance OF the flcct IN the sea Oh
MarInOra In defiance of international law,
and asks If it is not time to ask England What
she really wants. Europe should call Eng
land before her Judgment seat and umlnon
her to rcentcr the sphere of international
law by quitting the straits and formally ell
gaginG not to return. =,
Scmi-oficial hintsarc given that If England
does not wish 10 attend the congress, II Will
meet without her.
In connection with the foregoing intelli-
gence, it should be stated that rum0rS were
circulating in the Hobbies of Parliament last
night thai the tonei in English official circles
is decidedly Warlikc.
4 telegram from Vienna, received in Paris,
states that ROulnanin has refused to receive
Independence ut the hands OF RUSSIA. or 10
permit the passage of Russian troops through
her territory during the occupation OF Bal
Sarla.
4 Paris correspondent Of the Telegraph
hears that Russia has forced Turkey TO acGul-
escc in a secret agreement aceordins !" when
"'tltl fSNl
an English combination, or against the entry
of the British fleet to the BosphOruS or the
Dariancllcs. largely diminish the indemnity,
and guarantee thcintcgrity of tho remaining
Turkish territory, receiving in return direct
ing power over the revenues Of the port.
The Times says orders for new torpedo vessel
for the navy have been distributed among
various ship builders, and the firms have I'M
dcrtaken a contract for eight thousand tor
pedo sinkcrS. Their average weight Is eleven
hundred pounds. They are being slowed
in various parts of the royal arScnal NJ
Woolwich, convenient for shipment to sta
tiOns ut HON and abroad. The Russians are
having one hundred torpedo boats built, on
the model of one purchased In Ehgialld, put
part Of the order has come to this country,
rs international complications might hinder
BERLIN, March 2a.-Thc North German Ga
zeue says 1t is evident that Russia regards
war with England as inevitable, and KNOWS
was never better able to wage 1t than
Fifty thousand Turkish troops are now en-
campcd in the plain of Bujukuere, ana there
are fifty battuliOnS III The lines defending
ComStantinOple.
The 7Tmcs' leading editorial this morning
says the treaty proposes the creation OF Il new
State in the Balkan Peninsula. which would
all others, and which, supported by
influence, would inevitably .stranglc
interests. The new Bulgaria would
considerably beyond the limits with
in which the slav population is prepon-
ucTlRl.
LONDON, March 23.-The London cores
of the Manchester Guardian; tels-
1.-The government has purchased
from Sir VIM. Armstrong four lW ton guns,
$SO,GU each, and negotiations arc pro
for 81 number of smaller weapons
identical with those already In the service.
The same firm Us we'll rs Whitworth Geo.,
accepted contracts to q large extent for
n supply of iron gun carriages, to be COM
pletcd at nm early date. Great cXcrtions are
being made in the carriage department Mt
the Woolwich Arsenal in the preparation OF
wagons for transport service. Several. other
contracts for army stores are In course OF
completion: notably one fora large lumber
Of pack saddles. McSSrS. DefrieS Il Co., are
executing an order for hospital ware TO the
about $4,000. |.
The London correspondent ofthe EainonrYh
Scotsman says: "The landing of a force on
the Asintic side Of the sea of Mnrmora has
been considered >by the
government. Railway material to be laid In
I parallel line with the Bosphorus has been
purchased" " 70