The Republican journal., 1878-06-20
The Peace Congress.

iI .Ii>. l1e II 4 most important incident
terminated the tr~t Session ot thc congress Thurs
atl Bracoustold demanded euergeucallv thar ar
engagements be AT once made by which the Russian
army and the British fleet withdraw simultaneous
r from the vicinity OF Cou>tautinopie during the
sessions Of the congress in order To remove all
possible source Of danger to the peace Of Europe
until the llnal settlement Is rived at GQr,ochak-
oil expressed .he strongest opposition to tins pro
posal, insisting Oh the necessity Of the Russian
forces remaining in the position they now occupy
unill congress comes to a final decision on ques-
tons TO be laid before it, This pronounced diver
grnce oil OPINION showed the diplomats present the
extreme delicacy and difficulty Of the task they
had undertaken and disspated the sanguine eX-
pectatlons with which some had come to the con
SrcsS. AndrdSST. seeing the danger of the situa-
lon made a strong appeal to the Russian and Eng
Hsh representatives to compromise this matter for
lht time beng. 50 that congress light 90 on with
rs WORK but neither would yield a single point.
and AndrassyS appeal was in vain. This really
embarrassing situation was thus presented to the
assembled delegates at the very outset Bismarck
seeing further discussion useless. determined to
adjourn the meeting to Monday 50 lis to allow Of
private efforts at compromising the difficulty and
also allow time to develop plan for meeting an
emergency III case both persist III maintaining the
position taken 1t is conceded on all sides that
bismarck is determined that the congress shall ar
rive at Il satisfactory solution Of the Eastern dues
ton. and will use all the power and influence Of
Germany to bring about an understanding and
many experienced statesmen are confident be will
eventually succeed in averting war Gortschakoff
has offered to place copies of his instructions to
the Russian Commissioners in Bulgaria before the
congress, claiming that these documents show lie
had no sympathy with anneXationst tendencies of
lgnatieh policy On the question of Bessarabia
however, he will make no compromise. He saws
that the Russians will insist absolutely on the
retroceSsion to Russia of that territory, and Will
take no equivalent for it. The Roumanian Com
missioners declare that if the congress does not
give Roumana her rights she will defend Bessara-
bla by force Of arms. The Montenegrins say the
same with regard to Antvaria The Austrian
Government yesterday gave orders for the immed-
ate mobilization of 80, 900 men, so as to be ready
for all emergencies Bismarck wishes the con
gress to first grapple with the most difficult ques
tons and the subject for discussion on Monday
Will be the settlement of the frontiers of Bulgaria
Beaconsfied intends to propose the admission of
Greece to the congress, on the ground that partic
patton for her representatives in the discussion is
extremely necessary for the proper regulation of
the frontiers of Bulgaria
There is reason to believe that Austria and Rus
STA have reached an understanding by which the
interests OF Austria and Hungary will be protected
IN the same way that English interests are pro
tected by the agreement between Lord Salisbury
and Count Schouvaloff The premature publiea
ton of the latter by the London Globe is generally
believed to have been procured by Russian diplo-
with the object Of quieting the excitement