Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-05-02
THE EASTERN SITUATION.
Germsny's Ne distory Work Finishs,

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Germsny's Medistory Work Finished.
EsssasA asA Russia -sili seeasas s..e Ar
rasSraess
LONDON, April IA London corres-
| pendent OF the Manchester Guardian t.lc
graphed last night as follows:
| Great enthusiasm IL taanifesie,i IL mill
tsry circles here to-nighf. on its becoming
| known that the whole OF the all and c,al,-
| misstoneI officers At Aldershot had r, ceiv-
ed Stringent orders from the War Office To
hold themselves In complete readiness for
| immediate active service. In addition to
this. IL is stated that the principal officers
have received important secret Instructions
for certain contingencies
A second English army 10 being vHised.
THE GREEK REBELLION CRUSHED.
The Th-ssalian insurrection has been
! crushed.
PLAN To AID TURKISH REFUGEES
Foreign ambassadors in Constantinopie
have proposed Ia the Porte. 10 increase I'm.
port duties 20 per cent. to aid the thousands
ofsufiering refugees to their homes.
TROUBLES IN sGRyIA
! A despatch from Belgrade say. that dis
| turbances have broken out al Ni-h and
riot between the inhabitants and Seryisn
authorities, In consequence OF Russian
summons for recruits.
A famine Is raging at yrahja. caused by
the military acquisitions.
FEARFUL RAyA0Es OF THE TTPHus.
| A Rustchuk correspondent telcgraphs
| that out of 6 600 Russians there 20 or 80 die
daily Of ordlnary and spotted typhus. At
Adrisnopie, Sisiova and Tirnovs II Is re.
ported that hundreds die daily.
THE INSURGENTS DRIVING ALL BEFORE
THEN.
A Constantinopie despatch says that
Mussalmen insurgents are driving the Eu.
| gzrisns before them to Phllopeopolis
| There Is much excitement Ia Adrianople,
over the ouiraZes by TIE insurgents. sew
eral soldiers have bcea assassinai-d In the
streets. The public buildings are carefully
I guarded. The garrison Is preparing TO
march against the insurgents.
! GILMAN MEDIATION NOT BROKEN orr.
ST.. PETERSBURG. April ?7.-The Agence
| Russe says the assertions that the German
mediation Is broken of are false. II attain.
ed its object by smoothing the way for cx.
change of views between the cabinets which
exchange Ia now proceeding.
| TIE WITHDRAWAL YkoM coNsrANIiSoPlE
! LONDON. April "A CoastantInople
despatch says II Is hoped that General Tod
| leben. who succeeds Grand Duke Nicholas
Will arr.vs AZ an agreement with England
In regard TO The military details OF . mu-
tual withdrawal. The Russian. demand.
In event OF withdrawal that wide Zone
| may be LEFT neutral between them and the
| Turks
| vienna. April 27.-The Politicals CORES
| pondent at 81. Petersburg. writing April
sd. says the negotiations relative to the
/ mutual withdrawal from Cansiantinopie
had then taken an unfsyosAtle turn, In eoa-
/ sequence of England suddenly claiming
that her fcet should not retire outside OF
/ the Dardanelles. and thus going back from
the principle which she had already Ac-
1 copied, 10 the same way as she had with
! drawn from the principle OF a preliminary
| conference. which she also 81 one time &C.
| c-pied.
THE NiiiiIIsT TROUBLES or LITTLE IMPoR.
| LANCE.
| LONDON, April 27.-The 81. Petersburg
! correspondent OF the Times SAYS:
observe the foreign press devote much
atteItion 10 the recent street disorders 10 |
| 81. Petersburg and Moscow Some organs
seem TO regard them as symptoms of a. dan
gerous revolutionary movement. In reality
/ they have no such significance. There Is
I
seriously disturbed. Any danger Of that
Kind will nrs, appear, fit appears at all,
when prices rise and taxation Is increased.
| AUSTRIA LOOKING To HER FINANCE.
vienna. April - The Austrian and
Hungarian ministers had 4 long interview
| throughout the day and the Hungarian
| minister Of nhSHNo .Vpi...~d ~-i.h .n~
Der OF nnanciers. The New Free Press
says the necessity for energetic precaution-
airy measures Is again engrossing attention.
IL Is wished that the irst step should be Il.
nanciAl measures for mobilization.
THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS RECALLED.
ST. PETERSBURG, April pa humber Of
military changes are gazetted. The Grand
Duke Nicholas has been promoted to Field
! Marshal General and called TO Russia on
account OF Ill health. Gen Todleben has
been appointed Commander in-chief OF the
army ia Turkey, with Gen. Smeretinzky A.
chief OF stag
GoKTSCHAsoFp SAID To DE FElGNING ILL.,
MSS.
New YORK. April as.-rhe Heraid's cor.
respondent telegraphs that Prince Gort-
schakoff IL only telgning illness for the pur-
pose OF avoiding a formal meeting with the
| EpgNish ambassador. Lord Lotus. to the
end that he may not commit his country to
any disadvantageous concession
RUSSIANS 10 OCCUPY BUCHAREST.
II Is regarded as possible that tile Rus
SLAMS will occupy Bucharest today ,Sun-
day under the pretext that 1t Is necessary
act OF precaptiOn TO maintain order.
ITALY FREE To ACT.
ROME, April 2S.-The Diretto minister.
tal Orxai( declares on authority that Italy
has not impaired her freedom OF action and
has neither entered into any close relations
with Germany or Austria. nor invited Eng.
land tn formulate a Programm Of All Eas-
tern policy.
FIGHTING IN CRETE.
ATAENs. April 2s.-Coutinuous lighting
Is reported in Ceete.
THE BRITISH BALTIC yLEET AND GERMANY.
BERLIN. April 27.-The North German
Gazette says:
We will not conceal the opinion that the
despatch Of the British feet to the Baltic
where many neutral Interests v III be Affect
ed, would render the situstlOn more com
plicated. Old"
GERMANY SEEKING THE NEUTRALITY OF
TIE BALTIC.
LONDON. April gs.--The standards Paris
correspondent states that the report has
been revived that Germany Is seeking to
secure the neutrality Of the Baltic in the
event Of var.
THE RUSSIAN REVIEW.
The Standards Constant inople despatch
says the great Russian review announced
for Monday has been cOsRtermanded
iBIsMARK wITaDRAws AS MEDIATOR.
The Times hiss the following from its
correspondent at ST. Petersburg: There
is some truth In the ramor that Prince
Bismsrk has retired from the position Of
| suadi0fnP IA the uYincinla ne