, 1880-07-06

pasha at Kesanllk that Russia Ind
sI,o % preierTcd u,o'n to bo there g 1.t6er t1an
nny Uthor nation "; md when the news Of tho
capture 0f Adrlanople arrived he was ox-
ese.llnEly .,%licted Leaf tho t"o great s,,o
complications jeopardlzlng oll tlint had Detn
gained. Tho. occupation ,Of GaLlip0lt had
been positively forbidden by 1n Gznr out OF
telsrence, to ,EnEish s'nscey,Io.IIitiss; M .I and
staff regarded the ntiyullce on COnslantlnOp1e
rs Impossible. S, far, therefore, from obey.
luz THO Instructions wl'lcl. lc lad received
from l,9lne to proloi!K negotiations and TO
tlon ut the terms of, pcnee y, the Turks, the
t;rnt,d Duke brought all tho nressurc he
cDhld b bear upon tho Turkish plGnipoten-
tllrl,,s to inluGo then! to accept the terms
out delay, " l,aye pron!lscd 1tGnaf Pashn,"
sAfd THO Grand Duke, bluntly, "tU mako
known To tho Turkish fslchtpetnndarics tho
conditions 0f peace. and will kesp my word.
should be s.slsa'ned IL circumstances 81! sud
~ hive recourse u the pctty tricks Of d.
pIu1nacy tu strip tils Turks Of tho last frug-
ineiIt 0f territory" Novertheless, ln spite Of
tho pressure Of TIN Grand Duke oil thoTurh-
tho prcIl,nInartes Ut pcslcc.. lilo therefore de-
terniIncti 10 atlva,Iee t0 Atlria,iuple, taking
the rlenpotentlari with him. Il tie Rus
slan army continued 70 march with sucll ra.
ltseif ''a,layrc clic before Goist stsntInopie. At
Headquarters they resigned themselves ~
tl,Is as lncsitable, IN spite nf the lt,e,.nctlig
eyentualltles to wblcll It might loud. While
i3sfss'| i3sF;af'sF y ; 81 MEys Es'ss The oga n's.1 nnns
sFSe'ss s.nst s!5netSs seud II Z f1I}ow III lf
lilo English, ,iisct rnicrsd ill., D,s.
GG,,iii ~ ~ IN s.1 ,,,, =,
entry Vt tho English, or uesupy Constantine
pic + grave disorders !,aplei,cd, e breuk
OUT i,, F1r ., !'s Ew p'rt: ts arail t pnse *.
~ tbe refusal u Ills Turks to nerrpt tllocoM.
tlltloiis, Of peaer, and 10 push the war on TO
ttic cn,l,-tiat y 70 sny, to occupy Gnllippli,
ytautinople,t to put an end 10 Turkish DOM
-lnnt!en In Eusapc. THIS lWpors1Nt telcgra,N
W. W. .s ssM.teli%sd % on tie ~ of JNiiunry. on
forco Its why through tho DarJanclles. md
To take the tisst to ConstnmtiMople. On tho
2lth the Russian Emperor telegraphel
t. tv t;Iod hui Duks T. aIproafh
,!Hsss' :'iiHoss IL Else D"' OF ps srays % !Isorders
Tic Turks themselves solicited lls Inisryun-
tiOn. Gnliipo,i WIS not to by occupied iii any
cMsc. Thls Telegram was delayed III tral.s-
,ss as asrlys I'll Ts ss @ o u " s5 at;ct On ~
the evening OF tho 3ltl! the English Admiralty
telegrapl.cu to Admiral 1lOrn!,y unnullLn9
thulr former orders and recalling him to
tng 10 tie delay III telcgraphie cun,inunlcn-
tlot,s, reinAlnrl seven days without lnshuc-
ttons. On tho I'd the Russian Government
teleErnphcti Lint II III thru, days, or On tho
::s5tI!. the prclin!narles Of peace were not NC.
eepted. tIs hs nn!rgh on constantluople should
hvgin., That telegram WAS not received till
the 37th. Almost Immediately aft1r 1t WIS
received the Turkish pIGllipOteNtlurlts uu-
n0uflcu1 they had received instrurtluns to
aud the nrintstlce was Signed OIL tho Alst. III
conditions were male more nnUrous than
Those offered ut Heya,llik. All tho bulgarian
fortresses, except ShumlA and VarnH, .wer1
asked for tllo evacuasion Of Rustchuk und 81
liStrltt On tie 1yt Of February, In accord
ntlce With tho terms Of the .nrtntstlce, the
Russian tronpa began to take their prescribed
Positions at Tcl!aldja md elsewhere, nld
peace. Four ttays lRter, d! tho 9th Of Feb
ruAry, Sir Henry l.aynrd dispatched Lis
famous Honlbny Telegram which, tlruw the
1lo.Isa Of Contilons Into panic, brought the
medical Btl,ueAtH en- Nl!ls3e tn Trafalgar
Square, aud carried the ~. ,000 vote. On
tho 6tll of February tho English feet Wua q
seeond dine ordered to Coilstantihople. On
fore, modified his previous Instructions about
Coiistanunopfe, md ;gayo the Grand Uuku
full liberty to pct aceOrdlng to l!is own judy
mcnt Aiu THO circulustanGes of the MOnlens,
. After ule BritIslI fleet was oldcrcd to force
lts way to CUNstantlnuple, the Emperor tuia-
grnplleil II, cipher, YIN Cunstantlnopls, 10 tho
Grand Duke Nlcl'oes, ordS'rinE him IL 70 oeeu.
& tic tolcsfan. is given as follows: "Vu
lentrcGs dc AugJalS dams 10 Bosplurc, DOC
cuper iinInealutcuunt ConstantInople, snus
INurtulit s'cinparor do Gnlllpolt," str.
G' III as!sn maFn ciys9 Tas ae!nea I'll ss s''ss sss
gram nt Constant1nople. Meanwhile. the
Grand Duke, seelng tho arrival Of tho English
fleet at prsnco's Island on Feb. l5, tee-
Witt ke mist DO II case "a Il Tho Enrjisb. airaadS
Mt tho nlouti, Of the BcsDhorus. w9ro " try
to enBr It. Tho naxt day he received .. re-
ply from tho Emperor W follows: :" UNDER
stiM neither your Questions NOR your hsslta-
stluctlans for your conduct fn caso tho Eli
gllsll should eiltur tho l,uaphurus." Const0r~
Matiull rctgncd 1t heatlQuarters on receiving
this cn!gnatical telegram. Tia. teleyrall
llal.ds OF tlln Turks ut Golstantihople, who
wero declp!suring i for tho!r own .luforma-
tioli mud for taat of the Engllall Anbassatlor,
The GrssMl Dnlc. IT Il loss what u do, inado
preparations for torce4l march tp Conatal,-
llAuplo to bur un eutluncs to tho Dosplorus
Tllu moment tho English hal tllreauu.Dd to
f0reU tic Dartlunrlles the GralM Duko hnd
propnscd 10 Sutyot PaslIA to occupy Coustlll-
tlnopla with the authorization Of tlls Porte To
plucu tho Ru.siall batteries sdu by sldn With
the Turkish lAlt.rtrs, aud toopiAoso tho entry
OF the leut will. tho combined Efforts LOT the
two Powers. Sufyet Pnsha expressed hl,u-
self favorably to tic proposal. a,M PROMISED
70 press 1t upon ul0 D!van. Nothius cal4o Of
ut A4rlanop!e, woM4eril,g what tho Eluparor
llAt ordered llln, " DO. At last, after 3 DE-
lAy ot three Ur four days. the missing telg-
gr,,nl cninu TO hand. II only iuor0asM tho
tho EnT'lsll fleet supp0yeA 10 llayo antostd
tho l5osI,l,0r1s wllil1 II remained vt princo's
Isles? X IL Ind Mctually entsred thu nos-
pllarus tho order to occupy C0ustnlll,Dule
wnslld lsny. lx:en given at once and executed