Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-04-09
THE ENGLISH CABINET DESTROYS
TO AVOID WAR.
No Immediate Prospect Of
n Congress.
THE RUSSIAN TROOPS MOVING IN.
To ROUMAMIA.
Discussion in the English Cabinet on
the Eastern Question.

NEW York, April s. 1t is stated the Car will
| ask the Emperor of Germany TO mediate and that
he offers to submit the entire treaty of San Stefs-
| no TO Congress, besides making preliminary con-
cessions.
| France IS said to be making extensive naval
preparations
All furloughs in the British Indian army are
stopped.
large force of native cavalry will probably
join the English army In war is dec Jared.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says the pros
poets for negotiating Russian loan are very IN
favorable.
The debate this week on the address to the
| Queen IN answer TO the proclamation calling out
the reserves, is expected to finally determine Eng
| lands policy. The government can unQuestion
bly, rely on large majority in their favor on the
main issue of acknowledging or resisting Russian
supremacy in Turkey, established by the treaty Of
| San Ste,ano.
1t is claimed all hands, except in purely par
tisan discussion that the cabinet sincerely de-
sirous to avoid war but it is not believed they are
| likely to meet the latest Russian proposal with lib
eral acceptance, that il, by the presentation Of
| counter proposals.
y Of San Steisno, or its unconditional subm isson
| ty the Judgment OF Europe, are regarded as the
only alternatives OF " al. Lord Lyon desig na,eo
| to represent Great Britain at the Congress- re-
turned TO Paris Saturday, which is considered 10
indicate that no great hope is felt of speedy
! meeting of Congress.
The feeling at Berlin is still sanguine though
| there facts to confirm it.
| The belief IN peaceful solution seems to iest
sole " on the expectation that Russia will Weld
n.t only the question of submit ssion of the urea
| ty to the powers, but on England's and Austria
essential objections to the treaty.
| Some di,quet is occasioned at Vienna by an al =
| tice 10 the Nord Deutsch Zietung, which es.
pressed the hope that in view Of the agreement of
| Russia, Austria and England common desire Of
| peace woul! ultimately gain the upper hand.
| Constantinople advlces are ontIctDg. Some
| say that Nefy Pasha is about to resign on &C
count OF illness, and others say he will be forced
| 10 retire, and will be succerded by Raouf Pasha,
| the new war minister, while Osman Pasha will
succeed Raouf, both being in sympathy with Rus
| STA.
Reports FROM Berlin and Paris saw that British
| agents at Spanish and German ports nave been n
| structed to report what merchant steamers are
| available for immediate chslte as transports.
Atelegrsm from Calcutta states that the Ben
gal cavalry can furnish 10000 men without the
slightest detiiment to the service. They are cii.
| ment and organization.
| The movements of the Russian forces on the
| Danube and IN Rounania. seem to indicate = de.
| termination to prepare thoroughly against the
| contingency of Austrian attack IN the rear.
All passes over the Carpathians are practically
| for artillery, snd trains are covered by the posi-
uon which the Russiane have just occupied. Tel
egrams from Silistis and Rustchuk say Russian
| Roumanla. The RoumaLians are stated to be
comparatively quiet again, government having
successfully used Premier Brat,auos absence to
| secure postponement OF action about the protest
against the treaty OF San Steiano.
In tue House of Lords this afternoon, Earl
| BtacOusheld, after retrospect of the govern
| ments past policy, criticised the treaty Of San
Stefsno, dra wing conclusions similar to those con-
| tanned IN Lord Sallsburys despatch. Although
| every article Of the treaty was a deviation from
| Ire AT es and he pal
them violations because had they been considered
at the Congress as Eogland desired, they might
| have been rcgardel as suggestions. He showed
that the possession OF BessarabiA was not trtug
| local interest. Lord PalmeIston had strongly ill.,
sisted upon its cession to Roumania as involving
the independent navigation OF the Danube The
| Congress could not take place after Russia's re-
| fusal to conform TO her previous engagement,
| and to the treaty Of Paris.
lie pointed out the various ways in which the
| existing situation in tue East imperilled the Brit
| ish EmpIe Inc Egy pli"us once threatened Con-
| stantlnuple. Ihtre Wa. consequently no reason
| why the Russens.tnlght not march 10 the Suez
| Canal. lie could not conceive why England
should be unsrmed when all the other powers
were trming. The British Empire must not only
be ENJOY ed but mainaned.
Lord DERBY denied taat the calling out of the
reserves was the sole VI principal cause OF his diff
| ference with his lac colleagues. He sand that
ma tcrs al picso nj were at dead lock, where nei-
| ther side would give way for fear Of the loss OF
its gnliy. lie for one would not p ess matters
nj this moment and increase groundless irrita-
ton. lie denied the Xlstrnce tf an emerge ncy
just flying the calling out Of reserves.
| ST. PETERSBURG, Apis. Ignatleh la, aban.
| do d The idea If returning to Vienna, and WAS
| about to start ior CoustsntluOple, when he was
detained to see whether his services we've possibly
| required at the Congress.
| The AgeLce Rasse says that il is authorized to
deny that Russia has !the privilege to oppose dis
| cussion OF the Bessarabisn question by Congress.
1t also states that the character of the latest ne
| encourages the belief of the possibility of the re.
sumption of Congress proposals.