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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 49, 28 June 1878, Page 2

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London, .Tuuo 20. Tho conduct of tho Turki^li *lologates lii\B boon " equivocal " though silent «n Congress, llu;y declare prk vatctv that the Porto will not ovaeuaio Varna. Tho Daily News Constantinople correspondent continues to report menacing p.ttitudo of Russian forces uoof Stamboul. To-day llwro nwv two hundred thousand Russians in -the vicinity of the Turkish capital. 'i'odlehcn has ordered his offices to acrid their wivca to Ittissiii. Tho Jiirtningham -2, not IS* mailo 113 in. their firM innings, Tho Australians second inning*, ono wicket. for Sii. Brnr.rv. 20. Tlio Hil.tinjqjs of ih'o Congress will' terminate in three works ; but it w intended to rtwwsomblo in Autumn lo ratify tho present proceedings. Thu nltitude of tho Turkish delegates h.is been markedly reserved throughout, I- ban roqitir .1 £19,000 a we.>k In att'i' 1 -! a moderate amount, of relief to the distressed people on account of the -trike in FjiuieaHhire. Tho ('haiici'llor of the Kxi'lu'tpier intnrinod tho llouso that, tho co.<i, *»t* tho Indian Kxp«'dition would lx« homo Jiv tho Imperial Kxe.hoq.uor, and th:i.t; Iho troops wnile in l-uropu would' mm.ii.i under tho provisions of India. \ jYttvJny Act, Tho Czu' Ifttoly signed a decreo calling out 2/10,000 of iho reserves. KoiiPteen thousand spades have been. Hent to Uusiian tho hoad-quaners in. Uoutnania. Twenty thousand cart.ridg<« chosls. have boon ordered hi Holl-md and ConMradfc, and W'hitehead torpodo.vs arc being steadily manuf.ietured Ono laru« factory wits recently l»lown up. Military situation, as regards 'luxsu und Turkey nppears to" l>.» unpc-»vin^. Tho attiludo o\' Ih ' Kiissian ;wmy iiv MuuK'ighhourhood of Consi!ii»'!n>|)l«! ia icsH monacing, wiilo tho I'tirK* h.ivo been diligenlly eni|iloved during llie past, few days in miili.'p'yi" 1 .: and Hirenglhening tho del'miee* .ir«Min I I heir eapilal n<> 'h.it aov aili')iu>i >>■: the part of tin 4 I'lbxiiuis to se-zo tho city would certainly pr 'V.dio a s* t • i • - born feMistani'o. InteM'cenee eotnon from Armenia U tho oft Vet. that tho llussians m*o moving in considerable fonje into tho district adjoining to Hatonm will; the inleniioii. np'parently to attack the p'aeo if it should not yield peaceably. »ho nhrisiiau population nro hostile to Russian rule, thoy fleo from their homes, nnd abandon their fields, and hnvo oent formal infonufttion to the Porto of tho cruelties of the ivadorc. Batter Pasha's appointment to tho command of tho division occupying part of defensive linos of tho capital is regarded with satisfaction afc Constantinople. Tho linos nro occupied by good mon, and forces aro constantly arriving from Asia. Tho Sultan inspected lua troops last week,