Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-24
Forcing a European War.
BRITISH OPINION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT


POLICY.
The London daily NeUs, in its leading edi-
torial says that the policy of the British min
ance: Referring to the present military pre-
parations, it says: They may be mere pre-
cautions, but there is not one of them which
They are SO understood abroad, and every one
OF them increases the difficulty of maintaining
peace. 1t is exceedingly doubtful whether the
1ull import of some of these so-called precau-
tons is yet realized. The most important of
all-the dispatch OF native troops from India
has been passed over with very little remark,
although the measure marks a revolution i'm
India there will be only too many occasions
OF speaking, The Indian government was
wise Wis to gag the yernacular press, before call
which holds their country by right of conquest.
That is subject on which a free native press
would certainly have had much to say. Just
now, however, we are concerned to know
Mnere theSe troops are about to be put.
Inc natlVe troops are preparing to come. but
where they will be landed is ministerial Sc
eret; t; AZ Calcntta @ it is given out that their
destination is Malta, and it may be, but if So
where are the troops going which are already
in that garrison? We may take it for certain
that the Indian troops will not be landed in
there. Malta is full, and the only inference
which can be drawn is that in the plan of the
government, by the time the Indian regiments
SaVe fnna itSsp at tax viii
corps they will displace. 1t is quite as likely
that these troops will be landed at some
Turkish port as that they will go to Malta.
very little time can elapSe before we know
what IS intended by the government. We
may suppose that the resolution of our govern
ment depends upon this or that contingency,
Dut the practical lesson of the last few weeks
is that in these matters a resOlute hand is guild.
ing mystlhed people to an appointed end
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram COMPANY
from COnStantinOple says that the Grand Duke
Nicholas has proposed to the Seraskierate to
send a mixed commission of Russian and
between armed MuSselmans and Russian
troops, mentioned in a dispatch from that city
last night, with the object of pacificatiOn, and
that the proposal has been accepted. The
Porte is not acquainted with the exact nature
OF this lnsurrectiOn, but it is supposed that the
insurgents consist of three battaliOns of the
former garrison of Nisch, who, on retreating
to the mountains, Joined the scattered remains
OF Suleiman PaSha's army, and have since
been reinforced by Mussulman Inhabitants
The locality of this revolt is between the val
ley OF the Martha and San Stefano. Another
1nSurrectlOn OF MuSSulmanS has broken out i'm
Macedonia. The cOmmandant at MOnaStir
has sent for troops. The Russians have also
dispatched force to the scene.
ENGLAND STICKS TO HER POINT.
Paris Journals state that invitations to the
congress to examine the changes necessary in
existing treaties have been semi officially CON-
munlcated to the several powers. All except
England have declared their readiness to
accept the invitation unreservedly. England
changes in the East, such as those proposed by
the treaty of San Stefano, shall be treated as
an European, and not merely as Turc0-Rus-
sian question.