The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-03-01
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
PREPARING FOR BUSINESS.


LONDON. Feb. 2S.-Six hundred sets of
field ambulance fittings and three hundred
tons of bayonet steel has been ordered in
Sheffield. The Woolwitch authorities have
purchased five hundred miles of telegraph
wires tor use with torpedots and material
necessary to construct temporary railway
for the conveyance of stores aud mounting
heavy guns in seige works. The War Office
has ordered that no soldiers shall be trans
ferred to the reserve until furtherther in
StructiOns.
ORDERS INCREASED.
The EIswick Ordinance Works at New
Castle ,on the Tyne,were recently ordered 70
manufacture one hundred tOrpedoes for rhe
Government with all possible speed. The
order has now been increased to eight
hundred.
WILL INSPECT.
The Duke of Cambridge will specially
inspect the recruits at Aldershott on We'd
nesday.
CERTAINLY FALSE
ST.. PETERSBURG, Feb. pa correspond :
ent of the Times says, the statement that
Russia stipulates for the cessiod OF six IRON
clads and the payment of Turkish bonds in
full to the Russian holders is certainly
false.
RUSSIA CAUSES THE PAUSE.
vienna, Feb. 2S.-A Constantinople Gis-
patch to the Political Correspondence main
tains that the pause in negotiations is owing
to Russia insisting on the cession of the
Turkish iron-clads and the occupation of
COnstantinOple.
MEETING MORE DOUBTFUL.
LONDON, Feb. 2S-The Times Berlin cor
respondent telegraph that Russia proposes
to appoint nj. Balabssoff, Bulgarian, Gov
ernor of Bulgaria, subject to the control and
command of Russia.
The meeting of the Conference is moro
doubtful in consequence Of the objections
of Austria and England to Russa's pro-
posed Limitation of its programme.
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.
vienna, Feb. 2S.--A correspondent of the
Times says that an extension of the princi-
pality of Bulgaria to the Ogden sea, would
BE- of utmost consequence to Europe, for II
would practically mean the securing OF q
naval station for Russia, just as grant OF
the Porte to Montenegro would mean q
Russian naval station in the Adriatic.
MORE HOPEFUL IMPRESSION.
LONDON, Feb. 2s.-The Daily 1elegrdphI
dispatch from Vienna says it is fully con-
| firmed that the demand for credit will moi
| be brought before the Cham oers, and mucf
more hopeful impression prevails that sat.
! isfactory assurances have been received
from St. Petersburg and Berlin,
RENoUNcED THE IDEA.
Russia has renounced the idea OF the ex
tension of Bulgaria to Salonica. and seem
/ also inclined to renounce the Keliva boun
dary and limit the period of military occu
| patton of Bulgaria perhaps even to 81
| months.
THE KGYPTIAN TRIBUTE.
A Daily Ne,cs' st. Petersburg special say
that nothing is known in official circle
there of any stipulation touching tn
Egyptian tribute.
GERMAN PRERARIEG.
A Times Berlin dispatch reports that Ger
many is preparing to send eight lron-ciao
TO the Mediterranean in event OF war.
ASHORE.
The bark Forest Belle, Captain Noye
Hast reported 1t hong Kong, Is ashoIe nea
Annoy.
i A MERE CLOAK.
i LONDON. Feb. ga Pera correspondeI
of the Teleoroph says the pretended strugg
over the peace conditions 10 mere cIoa
IL ~Iiah alliance. Th0 fUIcl