Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-04-11
THE PEACE PROSPECT Is CONSID,
Erred MORE HOPEFUL.

LONDON, April 10. 1t is now generally CON
sdered here that the debate in Parliament on the
address thanking the Queen for calling out the re-
serves has placed the governments policy in
clearer light.
Lord Derby's statement concerning the secret
determinations of the Cabinet, which led him to
resign is the subject of much anxious curiosity
II reported in the clubs that they connected
with orders ready sent to Admiral Horribly
which ale contingent on the Russian move III nts
near Constantinople.
Russian officials of rank at Bucharest, declare
that they fully expect the English fleet to succee
Ia forcing its way into the Black Sea 10 the event
of war, h5uce their efoits to increase the facill-
ties for land transport over lines accessible to
interruption from the feet, and so far distant as
possible fl ON the Austrian frontier They have
taken measures for constructing q military rail
way between Belgrade, in the newly completed
Benar q Gsatz line. and Ismail, and also a shoi t
line connecting REM with the wharves on the
Danube.
A despatch from Peia states that 1900 are sick
from San Stefano to Adlianople. nearly half of
them with typhus, so that the Russian officers re.
gard their position very unsatisfactory.
The Times to-day says that il cannot but share
Lord Ilartingtons regret that Sir Wilfrid Lawson
was not content with the debate in Parliament,
without going TO Il division on his amendment.
The whole discussion, it says. has not materially
tended to clear the securities of a perous situa.
ton, and it has certainly brought the prospect OF
eIce can be drawn from the facts.
Sixty members of the House of Commons
think that the present junction is not great
emergency. while it is possible good many
roneous and misctievous conclusions will be
drawn fl em it, both at home and abroad. The
debate has not had the same re-assurng effec.
abroad, though the judgment founded the tele-
graphic summaries thereof may be reversed on the
receipt of the full text of the speeches.
The speeches Vi Lords Beaconsheld aud Sails
Inv H..
bhty OF war, and to hold out small hope OF Con-
gress, which is there believed the only poss Bile
way OF reaching pacific solution.
his supposed attitude Of England is not ap
proved at Vienna, because the Austrian govern
ment has made no provision for the eventual,y of
the rnal failure of the Congress project. 1t Is
said, however, that when the necessity vi deciding
is forced on Count Audrassy, he will undoubtedly
resist Russia demands aud make an alliance with
England, providing he can carry the court party
with HIM. w It'll this contingency in view, Russia
has taken firm gnp on Roumania, aud should
the government attempt to resist her will, the
country would tLd Itself 10 a most embarrassing
position.
Therefore 1t Is by no means certais that the fl =
al policy Of Roumsnis will coinci lie fully with the
present manifestations of the popular feeling.
Should the war be couhned to Eng land and
Russia, Koumanis can manage to escape serions
consequences; but should Austria enter into
ton, tue Principally cannot avoid being crushed
nreparahly between the contending forces, no
matter which belligerent she chooses as an ally.
Apropos of The rumored orders sent Admiral
Horribly, st. Petersburg letter in yesterdays pa
per from Berlin, likely to come from an author
lzed source, says, Turkey cannot be permitted TO
remain neutral 10 an Ang Russian war. If she
allies herself with Russia she will have to give up
Constantlnople as pledge of her fidelity. If she
sides with England, Cons,antInople, Gsllipoli,
Bujukdete and the European shores Of the Bos-
phorous and the Dardanelles will be occupied by
Russian troops at any risk. The Russian fortif
cations around Constantinople render the con-
du, st of that city certain, and the Russian torpe
does will teach the English vessels to keep at
a distance, lest q return to Besika Bay should be
cut oil.