New-York tribune., 1878-05-01
ENGLAND PREPARING FOR THE CONFLICT

FIRST CONTINGENT TO SAIL SOON.
LONDON, Tuesday. April 80 1873.
In view of the present critical state of affairs,
the Liverpool customs authorities understood TO
have instructed exercise special vigilance in the
examination OF export cargoes to prevent eontraband
OF war leaving the country.
FIVE THOUSAND MEN ABOUT TO EMBARK.
The first contingent to be DISPATCHED from this
try TO Malta will number 5000 and two batteries
OF artillery all Of which under orders for enbarka
ton.
TORPEDO LAUNCHES BUILDING.
The torpedo service promises all that is desired.
Thornycroft Co. will have ready five six Of the
twenty torpedo launches they building, and other
firms making extra efforts toward the completion OF
Government orders for launches Portland viii be the
for the Channel and North Sea. The guard and
rret ships will proceed there tuey ready
AID FROM THE BEGUN OF BH0PAUL.
A Bombay dispatch says: Tho Begun Of BhOpaul
has offered her whole available force foreryice abroad"
GERMANY AND THE BALTIC FLEET.
Considerable excitement TO have been produced
in Berlin by the announcement that English fleet is
being fitted for eventual operations in the Baltic
The suggestion made at Vienna that no foreign feet
would make its appearance in the Baltic against the
wish Of Germany declared TO be an eccentric theory
which is repudated by the German Government
THE QUESTION AT ISSUE DEFINED.
ENGLAND INSISTS THAT TIE FIRST TWO TREATIES
SHALL HAVE PRIoRuY-ITALY AGMING.
LONDON. Tuesday, april 80, 1873.
Some consolation for the prol0ngatiOn OF
the efforts 10 preserve peace found in the fact tdat the
point at becoming gradually distinct That
point is whether Russia will recognize that the Hgs OF
The Powers, established by the treaties OF 1856
and ISL take precedence OF the claims OF the Treaty OF
san Stefano
RUSSIA DEEMkD RATHER LIBERAL.
The concessions which il was stated in the St. Peters
burg dispatch in Mondays Times that Russia would
make-namey, limitation of the boundaries and Of the
period OF occupation OF Bulgaria. substitution OF
European for Russian Commission, ana the organiza-
tOn of European syndicate 10 consider the claims or
b0ndholders, well the Russian clam for indemnity,
and the etrOcessOn OF the small slip OF Bessaraba m
cOuspicunus that she completely ignores the Treaty or
Paris and It's rcG.,rmatign III 1871.
THE TREATY OF PARIS OBNOXIOUS.
Referring to Bessarabia, the st. Petersburg corre-
spondcn OF German paper says: LET no one deceive
himself what is coming. The desire 10 recover
Bessaraba is only symptom OF wish perydding the
nation to destroy the Treaty OF
IL much Bessarabia that we strive ior what VIC
want is cancel the treaty. Whether the rearrange-
ment OF Turkey is regulated by Congress confer.
Bessaraba will always be preferred with the same per-
tlnacity Suppose should be balkcd this time Tos
would only make us more eager TO pursue our oeet IN
the future"
RUSSIANS AND TURKS FIGHTING.
An afrray has occurred between Russian ami Turkish
beyond the Notifications Of COnstatinoDle Eighty
were wounded both sides. The Seraskierate has con
se1uenty prohibited Russian soldiers from crossing the
line OF demarcatiOn
ITALY PREPARING FOR WAR.
Intelligence received here" Berlin dispatch to The
PaH NAL Gazette says. Z" from what is considered a
trustworthy source states that the Italian Government
scale The object Ii is said, Is TO dispatch force into
Albania"