The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-02

Austria,
moon Associated Press ileport,l
London, April LA Vienna dis.
patch 10 the Daily Telegraph says
Count Andrassy II making fresh ef.
forts 10 bring about n meeting ~ the
congress, aud thinks that Russia will
eventually yield 10 England'a do
mand,
Count Andrasny informed General
lgnalieli that tho whole tendency OF
the treaty waa IN opposition ~ the Ia
tefcsta Of Europe, aud that no laatlnR
peace could be concluded without the
sanction NJ Nil the powers.
General lgnatieii rcJolned that Rus
sia had altogether abandoned the idea
OF congress, IN consequence OF difil
cullloa raised by England, lie urged
Count Andrasay 10 state Austrla'H dc.
manda.
Count Andrasay declared that he
still hoped for congress, but declared
that n ho was 10 consider tho treaty
solely from mn Austrian point Of view,
he would demand far greater conoes.
sion than II he had considered II In
relation TO the general interests OF Eu-
rope, General lgnatleif also failed 10
convince tDe emperor.
The Telegraph'a correspondent says
he has the foregoing ON the highest
official authority. He adds that Ger.
many has approved tho refusal Of
Prince Charles, OF Roumania, 10 sur
render Beas.arabia unless Invited TO
do 40 by the powers.
A special to the Daily News from 1T.
Petersburg says despite general excite.
ment n few men In high position advo.
cate flnal attempt at Cancellation by
simultaneous withdrawal OF British
fleet and Russian army from the neigh
borhood OF Uonstantinople pending
arbitration by neutral soyerelgns.
The Times and Morning Post both
reiterate the statement that Lord
Granbnry had succeeded Lord Derby
IN secretary ofstate for foreign depart
ment. Oiicial announcement will
probably be- made to day.
At Lloyd'a Oh Saturday, war insur-
ances were five shillings per hundred
on British bulls and cargoes, ten 10
twenty shilllngs on Black sea risks,
which are regarded with great dis.
favor, and from one.half to one per
cent. on Russian hulls. The Money
Market Review, a weekly paper, d.
reefs attention to the fact that Russ
sian exchange has fallen eleven per
cent. during the past week, aud that
r0uble Ia now quoted at twenty-one
and thirty four to twenty-five pence, a
reduction OF about forty-one per cent.
from par, thirty-seven and one and
one.half The Money Market Review
concludes thatit Is morally certain war
would be Immediately followed by
Russian bankruptcy and entire sus
pension of payment on the debt.
The Times column on naval and
military intelligence says the admiral-
ty have made urgent requisition on
large numbers OF picks and shovels at
Wolverhampton, and demanded to
know when they will be ready. Re-
cruiting offices are experiencing an
increase Of business, and the men com
ing in are OF superior class. IL was
expected that the close OF the financial
year, March 81, beyond which six
million pounds Of credit does not run
an extensive dismissal.
The Post also repeats the report that
Right Hon. Catherine Hardy, now sec.
rotary OF state for the war department,
is to be raised to peerage, and will
succeed Lord Salisbury M secretary OF
state for India, and the president OF
council for India will succeed Mr.. Har-
dy in the war office.
The Times has the following: "The
dism issal OF the extra men from the
the government works at Woolwioh
would occur, but the war office has or
dered that the extra men should be
retained, only suspending on time
work."