Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-06-20

MmsTrfaes A. TO PEAcKs--It has
leaked oaI lhaa noss important incl
dcnfs Which was kept secret. terminated
the fTst SESSION d ahe Peace Congress,
Il Berlia we give the incident - re-
psrsrd d tie foreign correspondence Of
TIE dailg papers
lord sacons6eld demanded ener-
gesieaily that aA arrangement should be
At once nsade By xhick the Russian arfSy
and the British feet shoald Withdraw
simultaaeossIy from thevieinayof C0a-
Eiantin0ple during TIRE sessions Of the
Congress. . as b Fem0ve all possible
source 0f6angeF 10 the peace Of Europe
until TIE linaI settlement coula be ar
(Sved Il. Prince Gortschakoif, On the
as,sls 81 nnssia, expressed the strongest
ops lion 10 this proposal, insisting on
the deGeasity Of The Russian forces re-
maininaal the positions they now Oc-
cupy unk lie Congress should come TO
a knal deesssss on the question to be
laid before Il. Yhis pronounced diver
genco q opinion slowed the diplomatists
present tie extreiKe deIicacy and Diff
Guilty Of ake task they rsd undertaken,
and dissipased he sankaNue expecta-
tons with xilich SONY II them had
come "a he Congress. CONT Andras@
sy seeing ~ danger oFthe sitnstion in
|teTpoaed AID made a strong appeal 10
the Russian and English represFAts-
tives 10 compromise tsiis MISTER for The
time being, so that the Congress might
60 On with IFS work, but neither would
yield single point and Andrassy 8 ap-
peal was vaia. A really embarrassing
situasion wasshuS presented to the as
sembless delegatef at The very outset
and they were utterly at a loss wbattodo.
Prince Bismarck, with bis usual promp-
titude and vigor, seeing tlai tFrfhef, dis
cussion was useless. deteslnihS1 so adj
journ the session to Monday so as to al
low OF private efforts at compromising
the difficulty, and also 10 allow tiIae in
which to develope plan for meeting
the emergency IN case both persoas
should persist in maintaining the posi-
ton taken. This IS regarded as the
only way The matter could be then dis
posed az. as a Congress could make no
progress in the face of such an ugly
bitch.
1.-THE conclusions arrived al in the
best informed diplomatic circles from
this unforeseen incident, is that the
first opinions arrived at, which were
generally expressed as TO the prospects
ofthe Congress, were decidedly too OPP
timist, and that great difficulties will
inevitably arise. In fact, from to-day,
Congress is face to face with the diSb-
Guilty that will tax the skill ofthe abiest
statesmen present, and the decidedly
gloomy view Of the prospect is begin
ning to prevail. 1t is conceded on all
sides, however, that Prince Bismarck is
determined that the Congress shall ar
rive at satisfactory solution of the
Eastern question, and that he viii use
all the power and influence of Germany
to bring about an understanding. Be-
lief 10 bis power Is so great that many
experienced statesmen, who see diff
eitles enough in the way, are confident
that he will eventually succeed IN avert
ing war,
IA TACT with many this confidence in
Disnaarsk's peaceful views is the only
ground on which the successfulness Of
the Congress is based. Prince Gorts-
chakof, in order to place his peaceful
intentions beyond all reasonable doubt,
has offered, without any request having
been made to place copies of his in
structions tcsthe Russian commission
re in Bulgaria before the Congress,
Sisiming that these documents would
sIs,S that he had no sympathy with abb
sorbeag or annexionist tendencies of Ig-
natieas policy. On the question OF
Bessasxs ia, however, he will make no
comproFE;se. He says that Russia will
insist absolutely on the rStsocession to
Russia of taat territory will take no
equivalent losit.
a RoumaLJz1 courIers present de-
clare that il Ctsngress does not give
Roumania her Il .bts, she viii defend
Bessarabia by fofl : of arms. Monten-
egrins say The SAME with regard to An
tivari." IL