The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-04-20
General News.

q revision OF the treaty OF Dan Que
fanO by the joint action of the pow
ers, provided that Russia will at first |
admit the authority of Europe to do |
so.
For the first time in the history of
the Territory of New Mexico, the
records of the legislative body are
at present being kept in English.
instead of, as heretofore, in Span
ish.
Latest advices state that the total
of caf loads of goods received at the
at the. French Exposition is 636, of
which, England has sent l4D, Bel
GUM 100, Russia 40 and China 1870
packages. 1t is supposed that by the
middle of the month the total of car
loads received will be 2400.
The Times correspondent at st.
Petersburg says: Notwithstanding
the gloomy view of leading Rus
sian newspapers, it is believed in
official circles that the peace con-
gress will shortly meet. The cor
respondent adds he has reason to
believe this conviction has pretty
solid foundation. Germany has MT
abandoned the intention of using
her influence in favor of peace.
The House Committee on Missis-
sippi Levees, on the 10th inst. agreed
to the bill authorizing the appoint
ment of commission To report upon
the Improvement of the Mississippi
levees from st. Louis to the mouth
of the river. The commission is to
consist of three army officers, to be
appointed by the Secretary of War,
and three civilians, to be appointed
by the President, with an annual
salary of $500. The bill appropriates
S25O,OOO to defray the expenses of
the survey to be made by the COM
mission, salaries, etc.
Prince GortschakOff replies to
Lord Salisbury's circular dispatch,
and contests Lord Salisbury's asser-
tions point by point, out the general
tone appears to be cOncilatory. He
denies that the treaty of San StefanO
creates strong SlavOnic State under
the control of Russia. and declares
that the arrangements relative to
Bulgaria are only development OF
the principle established by the
pConstantinople conference. The linn
its were exceeded according to the
nationality of the population. The
details will be left to mixed COM
mission. The only object in assign
ing ports to Bulgaria is to assist her
commercial development, by which
England and the Mediterranean
powers, whose powers have always
been "a powerful lever for their prac-
teal influence, and likely to profit
far more than Russia. Prince Gorts-
chakoff expresses surprise at the
objections to the stipulatiOns of the
treaty relative to Thessaly and
Epirus. By the modest reforms
stipulated for it, it is intended tn
avoid the appearance of either es-
tablishing Russian supremacy on the
one hand, or utterly neglecting the
Greeks on the other. Russia did
not forbid the Porte to consult the
, European powers as well as Russia
, on the reforms for the Greek prOvin-
ces. There is no longer any pretext
, for declaring Russia from the poses
sion of Bessarabia, as the freedom OF
the Danube is secured by the inter
|. national commission. BatOum is fal
from being equivalent to the pecun-
E larry indemnity which it represents.
The Russian acquisitions inArmenia
have only a defensive value. Rus
STA wishes to hold them SO as not ia
have to besiege them at the begin
ing of each war. These territorial
sessions are the natural consequence
. of the war. Ii England wished to
!. avert them she had only to join Rus
STA i'm exercising pressure upon the
p Porte, which would probably have
! compelled it to grant the reforms
| without war. England, having re-
fused to do SO, she has now nc
ground to question the right for
q which Russia has shed her blood
o namely, the right to establish a state
? of things which will henceforth rem
p | utT SiCEiuCCc ubnCSsSoafy WI
at least less Onerous. The assertion
: that Russia's lamentations in. Armenia
:. will interfere with the European
g trade with Persia, conflict with the
statements previously made by thu
British minister. Such assertions
q push mistrust to the extreme. Thu
complaints concerning the indeDni
a
f is out of all proportion to Russia
sacrifice. In the deferment OF thu
A payment of the indemnity it is easie1
! to see design to keep the Porte al
: to its engagements in the interest
$ of all, than design to paralyze Tur
key, but there is no remedy agains
suspicion. The situation may b
n summed up thus: Existing treatie
! have been successfully infringed b.
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