Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-03
ELECTION NEWS.
EICONGRESSMhN VANCE'S FLIGHT.
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.
Peace Congress Negotiations, etc.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
Renew al OF Peace Congress Negotia-

LoNpoN. April s-ThiS morning., news
SHOWS SNOW mite change IN the position Of the EaS-
IeTh question:. As General Ignatief .only ar
rived at StiPeteTsburg from Vienna Yesterday
evening. the effect of his communication Il VET
unknown, but special dispatch To theNianna
r, cFeIn,Genma,t Irolniberun and dispatch from
II. petersburg 10 the London Times state
simultaneously that there are some grounds
Tor expecting a renewal of the congress nego
lions on the he haSlS I OF the proposal Ivy Prince
TO revise the treaties of 1876 and ISL. The
Identity of this news in time, and charac-
ter, from the two capitals where it would GER
talnly be known first, has given more hope of
lis correctness than the form i'm which the
statements are made public. The Times =;
petersburg dispatch gives the news very
vaguely and the Ere HgdeHbidtf'S Telegram mere
ly says that such an idea is being ventilated at
Berlin. The matter is i'm itself not improba-
Die. Such an overture from Germany would
spare Russian SuSceptibilitieS. and the con
sreSS, instead OF examining the successive ar
ucleS of the treaty of San Stefano might take
the clauses of the Paris instrument as a start
ing point OF discussion, and determine how
much thereon may become absolute by events
and what should be put in its place Such a
course would enable Russia in the discussion
on each article Of the treaty of Paris 10 bring
forward The StlpulatiOnS of the san Stefano
treaty. and defend them as the most suitable
Sub>tltutlOnS for the corresponding clauses of
the act of lS56. No authentic information of
Such proposal has Yet been made from any
side, however, aud the AgeRce Russo yeSteT-
day, il must be remembered. after stating that
Gen. lgnatleh : mission has not failed, as he
was simply instructed To give and receive
friendly explanations. said. relative 20 the at
tltude of England: Russia cannot do more 10
facilitate the meeting of the congress, and her
means OF persuasion cease at the point where
care Tor her dignity commences" It is i'm
probable that Russia will take any step or
come to any decision until Gen. Igna;Ief has
reported.
Improbable Stories.
1he stories IN a COnStantinope dispatch tD
the lenna pO'iticU CORES SJJORdeRcC that the
Russians have commenced fresh movement
towards Gallipoi, and that the troops TO the
north OF the Balkans are being moved nearer
TO the Danube, and in ConStantinuple dis
patch TO the London Standard of the demands
for the abandonment 10 the Russians of num-
Der ot Turkish positions, including the fOrti-
cations on both sides of the upper BaSphoruS
and GallipOli, and BOulaiS are highly improba-
bic. Such action on the part of Russia would
not merely precipitate war but he wantOn and
unnecessary. There is said to be in Constant
nople regular manufactOry OF these irritating
statements for the purpose of provoking Eng.
land and Austria against Russia.
who Told Him So.
In the HunSe of Commons this afternoon
Mr.. Robert BOuTke, under foreign secretary
stated that Sir Henry Elliot British ambasSa-
dor al Vienna, in reply TO an inquiry by tele-
graph as 10 his authority for the statement in
his dispatch 10 Lord Derby on the sd ult that
he had been trustworthy informed that
Prince GOrtSchakuff told the ROumanian agent
the question OF the ceSSOn OF BeSsarabia to
be discussed 10y the congress said that the
Roumanlan agent at Vienna was his infOr-
mani.