The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-01-11
RUSSIAN VICTORY AT SHIPKA
PASS.
The Whole Turkish Army Cap.
tured.
Rumored Conclusion of an Arm
istice.

ST.. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1O.-Grand Duke
Nicholas telegraphs the following to the EN-
| peror from Loftcha, January g.:
am happy to congratulate your majesty up
l on victory gained Thursday. Gen. Radetzky
has, after desperate fighting, captured the
whole Turkish army defending Shipka Pass,
consisting OF forty battalions, teu batteries
and one regiment of cavalry. Prince Mirsky
has occupied Kezanlik. Gen. Skobelo1f holds
Shipks.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, Jan. 10-Report is cur
rent that military operations are ordered sus-
| pended from 10 o'clock Tuesday night. Me-
hemet Ali, who was appointed to arrange an
armistice left Constantinople Tuesday night.
From note OF Earl Derby to Layard inform
ing him of the Russian reply concerning the
armistice, the Porte inferred that it had only to
propose an armistice for it to be concluded.
Raouf Pacba, minister of war, accordingly tel
egraphed yesterday to the Russian Grand Duke
proposing an armistice and announcing that
the commander of the Adrianople army had
power to treat on behalf of Turkey. Up to the
present time no reply has been received from
the Russian headquarters.
New YORK, Jan. 10.-Kienan's st. Peters
burg special coL firms the official despatch an
nounciDg that the Russians have captured
Shipka Pass and all the Turks defending it.
LONDON, JAM 10.-In connection with the
instruction of the Crete, recent Athens let
ter says: Greek revolutionary committee of
WulCu DulRdIl6 10 Cul6I, uau luVll6Q Inc CT6LanS
to send deputies to the national assembly to
decide the question of annexation to Greece.
Ten revolutionary battalions were to be raised,
but only two were actually formed. The
Turkish government had only five battallions
of redifs, but intended to organize Mohammedan
Inhabitants The Turks have decided to only
holds towns on the coast and leave the interior
to the insurgents. If all the Christians join the
iusurrection there would be about fifteen thou
sand rising Cretes. There is immense excite
mt of tban tIa o1,7t;o
tee is urged to order rising in Thessaly, but
the government has dissuaded Bulgaris from
precipitate action.
The Turks have defeated the Montenegrins
at Spur AMI Mulissoun and have driven them
to Yenthoi.
The Bucharest correspondent of the Times
says the batallions captured in Schipka Pass
will probably number from 300 to 400 men each.
The victory was the result of combined move
ment by Radetzsky and Skobeleff through the
Schipka and Trajan Passes.
Times Vienna correspondent says the course
taken by England in abandoning her isolated
line of policy and acquiescing in that of the
other powers who consent to separate negotia-
tions, although reserving their ultimate rights.
meets with general approval
1t seems that while Raouf Pasha, minister
of war, is to manage negotiations as nom inal
commander-in-chief, Mehemet Ali is to en-
deavor to reorganize the Roumeian army 10
case it should be wanted again. In Vienna the
nopCo VI euCSooo Va uOSOtAdtIOu6 uOW p6uu-
ing are not very sangune. The Bucharet cor
respondent of the Times points out that the
only obstacle to speedy peace is that the Rus
sion military party may prove too strong for
d1plomatists and interpose obstacles to gain
time and crown the campaign with a signal tri-
umph, such as the complete capture of Adrian
ople.
Prominent Russian officers in Bucharest ex-
press disbelief in the immediate conclusion of
an armistice.
A Bucharest dispatch says the Turkish COM
mandsr-in'chief yesterday notified the Russian
headquarters at Lovetche that he was en-
powered to arrange basis of arm
istice and that Mahament Ali has been
designated as eventful Turkish plenipotentiary
The Grand Duke Nicholas acknowledged the
receipt of the communication adding that he
would report the matter to st. Petersburg
The Agence Russo denies the truth of the
statement that the Porte has already accepted
a prelimsry basis of peace, and says the Porte,
however, is aware that the acceptance of these
basis must precede the conclusion of an armis-
tce.
VIENNA, Jan. 10.-A special from Constanti-
noPle states that Suleiman Pasha has been re-
lieved of his command and summoned to Con-
stantinople.