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THE EUROPEAN CRISIS.
ARRANGING FOR THE CONGRESS.
PEACE IN CUBA.
WAR SIGNS IN EUROPE.
More English 80 Precautions

from India 10 Malta is the leading topic of no,
nilcal discussion. The supporters OF the gov
ernment regard IL as only natural accom-
paniment OF the other precautionary mea-
SureS and not an indication OF a beligerent
incihatlon. The opponents Of the govern
ment OF warlike policy They point 10 the
Iact that the news was announced the day
aIter farliaments adjournment for the Easter
recess. thus preventing criticism or eNplana-
uon oil the measure for three weeks The
opinion Is lseNpressed that this Is one OF the de-
trnl erIllnatonS al M oil the cabinet Lord Derby re-
lerred TO In his remarks in the House OF Lords
on the Sth instant as inducing his resignatio1
oil the foreign Secretaryship.
The Duke and Duchess Of Ediu-
bUrgh.
The royal yacht Osborne has been ordered
10 the Mediterranean immediately 20 brinT
home the Duke and Duchess Of Edinburgh
Naval Activity I'm England.
the ships of the first reserve 10 be surveyed
ana prepared with all despatch for six
months cruise with the channel squadron.
CyclOps, Gorgon, Hecate and HYDRA, an iron
armor plated turret ships of 8 40 tons bur
tnen and carrying four guns each. and the
turret ship, &905 tons. 1t is reported thar thew
VII De shortly commissioned for coast de-
fence. ns relieving the sea going ships now acting
Plymouth yesterday with twenty five hundred
IONS OF ammunition, and stores thirty-one
Mediterranean fleet.
Feeling i'm Berlin and Vienna.
Accounts from Berlin and Vienna are still
hopeful that the Congress will meet shortly
Prince Bismarck left Berlin last evening for
his Lauenborg Estates, but ID is moi thn1gbt
that this will interfere with the diplomatic ne
EQUATIONS. The persistence with which Eng.
land and Russia are maintaining their DoSi
tiolS concerning The congress is held TO mean
that the difference is radical, and each power
sees In the other $ proposal an attempt TO pre-
Judlce beforehand the character of the CON
DfDDaDlN la u nf
1t. Petersburg cabinet 10 revert TO Prince Bis
marck,s original idea of the Congress discuss
ing the treaties of lS16 and ISL, rather than
the treaty of San StefanO. III this suggestion
Is acceptable TO England, the difficulty of The
asSemollng ot the congress without wounding
kuSsla S dignity, hinted at in the semi -ofici1
utterance in yesterdays organ of the Russian
minister of foreign affairs which said, Ave
care little about the way of getting into the
admit all without any one having 10 st9on ,
might be easily overcome. But the belief does
not gam ground that the Congress will succeed
III aNefllng war, even IL il ever meets
The Turkish Cabinet Crisis
. Ihe Cabinet crisis at Constantinople con-
tlnueS. Ii is believed that Ahmed Vefyk Ef
iendl president of the council of ministers,
and Minister of the Interior, adheres TO his
resignation, but this is not certain A recoa-
Struction OF the Cabinet is said 10 be impend
ing, but no successor to Ahmed Vefyk Effendi
Is mentioned: The contest is between Russia
and England for supremacy. The Turkish
people and army are said TO he bitterly hostile
TO Russian alliance. The Turkish ministe-
rial council yesterday deiberated on a reply
TO the demand OF General Neledoff. the charge
ahalres. for the evacuation of Shumla Var1a
and Batoum. Count Zichy, the Austro- Hun
garlan ambassador TO Turkey has left his most
Tor Pesth and Vienna on month leave of
absence.
Gen. TOdleben.s Mission
ST. PETERsBRRG, April lS.-It is announced
that General TOdleben will leave today for
san Stetano, charged with a special mission
from the Gar.
Germany's Mediatory Measures.
The Journal de 81. PETERSBURG saws: seer
many continues her medatory efforts with a
discretion, zeal and disintereStedneSs encour-
aging the strongest hopes"
Invitations TO the Congress.
LONDON, April lS-ThiS afternoons Echo
says: I'VE are able to state on authority that
invitations TO the Congress will I've issued To-
night, The treaties of 1851 and 1871 will be
laid upon the table and compared with the
treaty of San StefanO."
Arranging for the Congress.
LONDON, April lS.-The Central NeIoS saws.
I'VE are enabled TO state that the powers have
agreed to Prince BiSmaTck's suggestion that
the ambassadors at Berlin should hold a con
ference to arrange the course of proceedings
at the proposed congress, the time of meeting
&c. The respective governments have been
formally requested TO instruct their ambassa-
doris accordingly"
NihiIist Riots I'm Russia,
LONDON, April lS.-There has been NihiIist
riots i'm the streets of Moscow the nature and
extent of which il is impossible 10 determine
from the official reports. The alleged occasion
was the arrival of fifteen students from the
university of Kieff going into exile when
crowds Surrounded crying These men
suffer for the truth" An official account
says Acts of violence ensued. The students
were conveyed to prison pending their dis
patch to Siberia and tranquility was restored"
Private information however attributes these
disturbances to the excitement growing out of
the threat OF the woman, Vera SaSsulitch for
attempted assassination of NJ TrepOf the
chief of police at st. Petersburg.