Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-06

alarm by daily rumors spread by those
working in the interest of the Russians
OF the project of the Turks to burn the
city, blow up the mosque of Sophia
and make a general massacre of Christ
ians and foreigners before retiring tt
Asia
THE CONDITIONS OF PEACE.
War advlces from London under dat,
of Jan. 2Sth give the following as Rus
sia's preliminary conditions of peace.
| Farst-AutOnomy for Bulgaria (boun
daries not delined) under Governor t(
be appointed according to the stipula
tons Of the Constantinople conference
! The Turkish military forces to be with
drawn to- certain localities to be de
termined upon.
Seco'adThe independence of Rou
| mania, with compensation for territory
near the mouth of the Danube, which
she will make over to Russia.
1H9d--Local autonomy for Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and the independence
Of Servia with territorial rectifcation
This rectiiication of Servian frontier
| may mean the transfer of Little Two
rink 10 Servia, but in Difference tc
Austria and other powers, the question
is left quite open.
Observation-Disclosures for Monte
negro on the basis Of the statu quo post
bellum, subject to the approval of the
powers. II.
FyM--The cession of Batoum and
the payment Of indemnity money, ter
ritory, or the same equivalent, to be de-
termined upon.
FinuUy-The Sultan to undertake to
consider how to protect Russian inter
ests in the passage Of the Dardanelles.
THE CONDITIONS SIGNED. ~.
A Constantinople special dated Jan
% says the Porte has received tele-
gram to the effect that the prelimina-
ries CT peace have been signed, and that
the Turkish delegates and the Grand
Duke Nicholas would reach Adrianople
Saturday.
THE DARDANELLES.
The same correspondent states that
England had the. Porte's permission to
enter the Dardanelles.
RUMORs CoNTRADICTED. a.s
The Ageace R,tsse contradicts the ru-
mors that the Russians are marching
on Gallipoi, and that peace conditions
contain special arrangements relative
TO the Suez Canal.
A cable dispatch to the Chicago 71i-
bune Of Jan. 2Sth says the feeling in
Turkey against England is as severe
as that against Russia, and there is even
strong reason to believe that Turkey
will hereafter side with Russia against
England, although the question of open
ing of the Dardanelles is nearly the
only one which needs the consent of
Europe. 1t is believed that @
A DIRECT UNDERSTANDING
exists between Russia, Germany, Aus
tria, and perhaps Italy, to consent to
the opening Of the DardaneIles, and
that Turkey will secretly pledge herself
to make no opposition. A st. Peters
burg correspondent states that, on that
point, Russia will never yield to Eng
land again, and that she would rather
go to war about it now, if war be neces-
sary, than have her fleet shut out of the
Black Sea at England's dictation.
SHE Is IN A BETTER CONDITION
TO obtain this important advantage than
she is ever likely to be again, while Eng
land is in worse position to resist the
Russian claim than she has been for
many years. For these and other rea-
sons there is no great certainty among
diplomats and politicians that war has
been averted, and many even believe
that the situation is now at its worst for
England. The English fleet on its ar
rival at the mouth Of the Dardanelles
received a countermanding order. and
has returned to Besika Bay, only few
miles distant