Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-22
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.
ENGLAND at the Pence Congress-


LONDON, Feb 2.-In his statement in the
House of Lords last evening, Lord Derby.
secretary of state for the foreign department,
SAID that he was not aware thai any cOmmuni-
cations had passed between the powers about
the members of the conference. As for Eng
land great Inconvenience would result from
the absence OF her foreign minister from the
Cabinet and Parliament for the several weeks
which the conference will probably sit.
Therefore, said Lord Derby" We will not
depart from the ordinary course of sending an
Ambassador with full powers, and / believe
course
The WOrkmen's Peace Demonstra.
ton.
The wOrkmen'S peace demonstration, which
II was announced last week would take place
In HYDE Park, on Sunday next. (the 22d inst
is to be persisted in. Five hundred voluntary
the platform. An anti-RuSsian counter de-
monStration will be organized unless the
weather should be unfavOrable, thus prevent
ing the expected large turnout. The affair is
ilkely TO be very uproarious. 1t seems now GER
tain that the meeting of wOrkmen at Agricul-
tural Hall, lSlingtOn, to consider the eastern
question was abandoned from fear of dis
turbances. Amy how Mr. Gladstone did not
refuse to speak. The Pal Nal Gazette states
that the managers OF Agricultural Hall de-
manded indemnity against damages, which
the promoters OF the meeting refused.
English Anxiety Allayed.
Inc Times, in its leading editorial article
commenting commenting on last nights statements in
Parliament, says: Immediate anxiety is al
layed. TWO dangers remain; one that the
turks may even yet be encouraged TO resist
ance by the vote of credit and the recent
movements of English ships; the other that
be approximation OF the, warlike forces of
England and Russia may lead to an accidental
Russia Dfseusted.
LONDON, Feb. 2--The St Petersburg cor
respondent OF the Times telegraphs to that
journal as fOlOwS:-" The Mate of feeling here
IN consequence OF recent events, especially
nj al,
reichstag, is fairly represented by the following
passage from an article i'm the Bedonloste:S
Ingratitude Is the ordinary result of the self
accustomed to it that it no longer astonishes
ms, No sooner is the war finished than we
meet on all sides intrigues and hostility, not
only from powerful neighbOrS who can support
their words by force, but even from powerless
little states like ROumauia and Greece"
Strength Of the Russian War Party.
The Daily Ielegraph'S Vienna corresondent
thai the Emperor William has as teIegrapIeS I et, to
the Car reminding him of his promise TO fulfill
certain duties towards Austria. The CORES
Pc p11ndent, however, fears that the Car has lost
all control over the war party. The Sclaye
committees, he says. have more influence now
than the Car and his official advisers.
New Dimeuities About the Peace
Congress.
The Times Vienna dispatch saws" Fresh
difncultieS seem to have arisen abOut settling
the prel1mlnarleS Of the conference Two dayS
ago II was announced that the French govern
ment, though making no objection i'm principle
10 congress instead of conference, ex
pressed some apprehension lest such genera
meetihg, wlt0out any distinct limitations
might lead to discussion of other question
than the Eastern question. Certain il is ther
is disposition to drop the idea of a congress
accepted on the imitation of Russia, and rever
to the original idea of mere conference, and
the negotiations abaut the preliminaries, which
seemed to be on the point of being concluded
have had to begin afresh.'
Evacuation Of ErEer0um.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2.-It is officially an
nounced that the Turks commenced the evac-
uatiOn OF ErZeroum on the 18th instant, and
expected TO complete ft on the 21st. The Goyos
states that the Russians under Gen. TOdlebcn
entered Rustchuk on the 10th inst.
A9-BOth with. Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Lamar are
great men. They have more wisdom than all
their constituents put together.-(A Atlanta
[ Ga. j Co1sfifafi0fl .''"