Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-14
Foreign News
TIE EASTERN QUESTION.

natief and Rcouf Pasha in ST. Petersburg the
conditions of peace will be communicated to
the Powers.
The British squadron 10 the Medlterr anean
is now at Beska Bay and will advance to the
Dardanelles. so as to be nearer Admiral Com:
merell. who commands off Gallopoll. Admiral
CommerelTs SQUADRON thus becomes more pow
| cru than Admiral Hornby's, and will form
| reliable reserve. -,
agent will hand to Count Andrassy memoran'
dun intimating that Roumania refuses to be
b,und by the Russo Turkish peace pre'lmi'
! naries.
1t is rumored that Prince Gortschakott has
| intimated that if Greece is represented IN the
| Congress- Sery!s aud Montenegro must be ad'
| mitted.
A conviction prevails in St. Petersburg that
the British ornaments reveal highlands lnteD-
ton to occupy some point ia the Levant, pos
siblv Mitylene Russia would then have to COD
| sider the safety of her Black Sea coast, which
| is only few hours sail from Mityenc.
The Hungarian Delegation have voted 10
! committee tic grant OF 3,72O. 600 ho1lns Tor
| urgent and extraordinary army and navy re-
quiremcntS.
A special from Bcrlio reports that the vari.
Gus Governments have agreed, 10 principle, TO
! the representation Of Greece ct the Congress.
Captain Sycnelchkine, Of the Russian navy,
| is about to proceed to New York to inspect last
steamers available for transport service.
| a ST. Petersburg correspondent says the &C
counts OF the warlikc preparations OF England
and Austria cause but little excitement Inc
conviction that peace will De maiotaiCcd is Tcry
| general.
A Paris correspondent telesraphs as follows ::
| 1T now seems certain that England and France
will arrive at "a agreement on the Egyptian
question before the meeting OF the Congress,
| and wil submit thereto the reforms aud guaran-
tees they Judge necessary ior The security OF the
Sucz Canal and good government OF the coun-
| try, II is asserted that Germany thinks near.
| y ell the points OF the Sau Stctano prelmlDa.
RIGS should be submitted to the Congress, and
| Russia hes shown herself almost disposed to &C.
cept this. HOBART Pasha was ordered 10 sail
| for tho coast Of Thcssaly to day.
| A spscial from Corfu reports that the Turks
have devastated eight Christian villages 10 tho
district Of Dalvino, and massacred the male ln-
habtsuts They also killed 100 fugitive women
and children on the sea shore. The English
Consul has gone TO Investigate the outrages.
| The Thcssaan insurgents Gain that they have
defeated tie Turks near Pharsala, killing and
wouodi1g fouc huadrcd, but The accounts are
| conflicting.
Various correspondents st VieDua dis,rcdt
the report that Russia will favor the admission
of Scrvia, Roumania and Montenegro TO the
| Congress-
Germany will claicl the Presidency Of the
| Congress whether Prince Bismarck attends or
not, and the invitations for its assemblage will
not be issued until the subjects to be considered
| have hnnn agreed IN bV the Powers
LONDON, March l4-Aspccla dispatc from
Berlin to the Times says :-"The Aug 10 Aus
| TRAN demand that the whole Of the Russo
Turkish agreements shall be submitted to the
Congress arises from the belief that special aud
secret arrangements have been entered utolnde.
pendent Of the principal treaty. 1t would be
clearly useless to examine the latter unless Rus
STA guarantees that it contains all that has been
done. The Journal dc st. Petersburg 5 intlma-
ton that Russia will refuse to submit all the
points of the treaty to the Congress, aud Its
statement that If the mission OF the Congress
is to result iu peace, subjects not of European
character and which might lead to excited and
resultcss discussions must be set aside, has
strengthened the currcDt belief 10 secret
treaty"
LONDON, March ia dispatch from Vi
emma says :-"Russia has intimated her desire
that the Congress meet on the thlrtluth OF
March, which is the twenty-sccoud anniversary
Of the signature ofbe treaty OF Paris. The Aus
triGnGovcrnmontfirm firmly anticipates that theCon'
gross will assemble on that day, but it seems
hardly possible that everything can be ready so
soon.
A dispatch from Plymouth says s." The Wi
verp, a turret ship. built for the southern con
federacy, bur detained by the Government and
ever sioce moocod 10 the harbor has now been
brought to the Davenport dock yard to be pre-
pared for commission"
LONDON, March IA dispatch to Reuters
Telegram Company, from Bucharest, says
"Iu Russian military circles it is considered
probable that Prince Bat;cnburg will be chosen
| Prince Of Bulgaria"