ITEMS BY THE MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 62, 23 May 1877, Page 3

ITEMS BY THE MAIL.

. . , AtrcKLANp, Saturday: ' Per San -^rancisco Mail :— . - ; The /Russians had' only-crossed the !:< .i^rutlivwhe^Nthe steamer, left San,^^ I!cisco'; tfiere are therefore no accounts ©f engagementsv^,,^ r{ , ; -■_■. " The^Turkish 'Government 'demandedpf Roumania 'th^t she should resist tHe> ; jpassage of ithe Russians, but the Rourjt ?^anians t ßeplied that it ,was too .serious an undertaking. ; AtiajcevieF of ,ihis J tr ( oqps at Kitchener, the Czar, addressing his officers,' 7 ?fi;^lt^grieved,^ ( SCTLdihg you 1 ,tothe field of battley and therefore de- " layed action as long as possible, hesi r • , tating |tb ished your blood; ; but now that %e r iibndr ■ of Rusiia^is^ aibta^keti, Is am 'convinced that, yon .will know hpw to vindicate it. May God be with you. I .wish Aybu complete; success./ 'Farewell until; you return." Great "enthusiasm ";pre-v vails among t^eia-oops. . ' ; -j^Xlie. Grand ; Duke Nicholas has issued gpP^ocramatioii.to the. Roumanians, stating that the army came as friends, for the sole purpose of helping the unhappy^ Christians. Everything, required for" /the army, would be paid for. r ;. : '9 V !''!Pift7i>hbusand Russian trbpp'sinarchißd bn Galatz; anotlier fifty thousand crossed iife^river'aii 'Reni/Matchm/fLebra} and '.: .'Gheni. „- i[ ; / :.^; ; v , ( " ; ,^. / ;>T . •'•■•. . -'- ' : ■ ■', ■' ■ s tThe ' "Porcej Has "- made %. demand oh feervia to prevent ,the passage of Russian i ,;trobps". Sultan sent, a requisition ■■" ; i yi^^thW--' i i!Hi.divey--fof'---trodpsi aaid he prbmisedf &£py thousand. , ■ • .- : -'■:.. : , " Thfe i Russian fleets m the Atlantic and i - havtepbeen ordered:ifco. cbhc&ntrate^ m the Me'diferrahean. , '..- .-^" •tLThe^/Riissian^^^ fpreign-'rgpreientafives were instructed to annpi^nce that tjie Czar did'^nol make war :r for territorial 'aggrandisement,'' but" simply iq\ exa'ct 1 ,, gJiaVantees^ifpr. the . .observance, of the t'f conditions :^i;escribed ! b'y'the Conference Vj^'iftJ^Cbhstantinbpliey' '. - — "'V ' ' :; . r < ; i TJiej/bankers Vai^d ;^tt. the- Grand '/'. .VizierV de'clUring" tMt tlie- reduction ofs the salaries of the^teiegraph operators tjhetQ of s,ub.sistencg:;T The ■.gi jSrand; Vizier^^ replied that he'didr not know. ( hpw> anybody, could be paid nowj \in - paiser,, -as -there.; was ;> barely '■'. ienpugh money to prbvide the army with;: '^y floiir. and^ice. f^r •(;.:;; /^ji^;l^^Q;^ , The Turkish army in^ Asia is^^ said to ; be insufficiently :f ed: and m arreaTs"' 'of - ; ; v pay,' and/the ; - population q|-Ai;m(pnia re"- --\.-\ conscription.. /Cnef .fepresehta-^ tives of the Pbrte abroad, hPwever, deny j: :^esy rumors, and ; state : that the arniy is m good condition and spirits. The;-cprrespbndeiit".o£ .the; ''Daily Telegraph" says i .-.•" t. have .just inspected the Ottoman fleet m i;he Bosphorus,: .atid . find, the condition of ;; v the: Sultan's navy; splbndid. . ; The vessels jire 'fuliy. manned l; iahd ila.e discip- . line' is as. good as possible. ....;•" .Hbbart ■ Pasha hasrbeen formally appointed com- .; : !.imajQder T ;pf the^ Black Sea rsquadfonj '^laich. :Qpmprises fifteen ironclads. ' The fbrt¥bnf the Bosphbrus ar.e f also (ready, and the fepprts frpm the- 4 r mies are feaUsfabtprf^ ; =,;>■ • vv, ; ■■'■■■? ; ' r , *" t.- : :. : - r v'Miisp v m'et'sasb.9v'firstv;:A.-D..G;^ the .J i $ul^an,_has left vthe; capital to inspect S[«; ( itropps^ an^ munitions , of war m ■j^^ j.),sAiatolia| and,sup§rintend^ihe finajl; ar- . s iange,mjents ; along s&. Asiatic frontier. , : of the f; iMDailyiiews "estates; that- the Greet - (Q<)vernment has VgiVen. orders that ah ;f , : ,army;bf ;sixty : thbusanid imen, Should- be^ . > inrrjßadiness.;for active; servi.ce m case of , „. ;feeling;in Athens is inteiisely anti-^Russian. ■ v r U . : . :f ; r f;: The Bpsinan refugees : npW;in/Austrian«. * ierritory number ;110,C^r who. cost their. : ;vf?||^ertainers \ 300,000 ; florins ;; per^onthi in.fepnsequence pf, the; insurrection this . number sliould.be doubled, and. Austria;' . r be compelled jto cross the^frpiitier. 'with anrarmed force^tp, quell the ipcal- ,. ;ised : jnßurreotion.f ,- With :>this view^ Count .Izapiry has '^received brders to -ihakeievery prepartion «,t the- frontier r ">. • The Paris correspondeniv of the'-i-Ul "ITimes ."•*,• sayi : il* liltl is" s^^nistakel tp-think-that; ?the> JEtirks .would < - Austraans :as- allies, ; ;ancl: allow them to penetrate, into Bosiua; MthquV striking ablpw. Such Resistance wbuld, be van' -. „ephemeral struggle, - but would necessi- '; fateji^ie i d^ftratibn bs^at :; '-:Thfe ; ; .Sentry of 'JAasti^a!v:pii^t^.e' scene tobkfedr iipbn ':%k "a ! stgnklfpr '• wMe" cpmpHcatibhs." *-f ; p- Vv ' . - - 1 :.-,. X Mp^ teteg** 3 ** stetes ;^ai; ; : ,expreissed her willingness tp; cede : Herif v.-'jisegp^iii'a",^ Austria^ ; ; thereby iniprbving ''-' 'thfe'DaMatian frontier/ ;:^ .'.;; :-■':■. ; ,-y,g-'. ;■ It is stated that Minister Layard: has'; _ /V informed ;the" Porte that England has; ''''■'^^ guaranteed ; the 'integr^iy and, Mdepbnqenpe'bf: the Ottoman' Empire /only impief the" - conditions laid doWh -by treaties, 'stipulating, for the exercise of v 'P/>wers: The, Porte haying cbstes'ted this right, has forfeited; j .; the.benefits : gnarariteed^by [these treaties;; 1 aid -England could c not mteryene with arms m its behalf.' ' • > - The Persian' camp qri the Turkish . frontier will be broken up to prevent any misunderstanding". No claim was on .Bagdad. - > The 'bombardment of, Odessa 1 is expected,- and the Russian authorities have made preparations, k TJievGerman contractors who supplied the, German army m 1870 have undertaken large contracts under the Rus-sians.-One division of the. Russian army was to move to the SuKna mouth

of the Danube, and -cross into the Pobrudseha. "... , ; a * A letter Hxbm states thatthe Turkish atroHties. there exceeded those m Bulgarial .A despatch from Vienna repprts that /fchq. Roumanian troops occupied- Olfctenitiza opposite Turfcukai, Giurgevb : .'opposite := -Rustchuk,- and Kalarsh opposite Silistria,- under Russian 'commanders, m, order to permit the Russian' forces to concentrate' between Brahilov and Ism'ail and Tultcha. „ Twenty thousand Roumanians are forming the reserve troops. ; ; • A- portion: ■ of- ;the flotilla is taking up a position near Galatz, where the Turks expect; '"the Russians will try to-'crbssHhe Danube! . -" : - /^ : The Servian - Government has sent troops -to Gla'ddva to disarm the Servian volunteers, who refuse to disband. A Servian ' dorps of observation is ffo'rming i :. ;;: , ; ;'- ; - ; . ; > ■ -' : -- ■ ;. Asiatic Tiirkey, state that 'tiiereis. great'agitation among the Kqords. The troops who p wWestatibired upon thejplain of Mashatablis were' recently -ordered to Erzerum. -Immediately on their departuresome of the rKhoordish tribes rose*,-; 'burned .'.their 'ba.rra.clcs, ahd J commenced f to piunSer-the Gk^tian villages.' The inbabitaits fled to-Bitliss.' The Ehoords .have now been scattered over the country for^three Vfeek^,'. robbing caravans and travellers. ; 'The"* ! cavalry - wHeb ■ Ihavie been sent, against them are toa few to drive' them "ba'ckv ~: The' ■movement of. the troops betwfeen Trebizond and Erzerum is 'more active than eVer. All the necessaries of life are at.fainine prices: Commerce no longer exists, and distress as •.eifecenie. • The jpay ofc the troops is thirty or month's m arrears, ■iand and ill^clad. A cprrespppdent of the," Standard-V on board' the paiube steamboat reports .that the Turks ; made a great movement frqni,"Wiaani towards Rustchuk m boats steiiniersi •{' The, Turkish pre-: Saratipns for the defence -of the Danube, y means of gttnboaj:s, ironclads, <fee.,' are most' :^brniidable: : The Turkish troops, are well armed and clothed and m, good .spirits, though . l.ai appeared" among them. : ' J '"''' * ; - : Charles r ßradlaugh- and Mrs. Annie ;Bes.s,ant have: been arrested on a charge. bf iSsiiißg'ini^brai pablicatibns. Brad•laugbi's^offetice wasipublishing a pamphlet by D^ iKnqwltbn ! on the, Malthu sian thebrjv • r^ W -:■, r/- : T, > ' . : - ■ ' : ." . This plagiie har reached Bagdad. : I ■ The i cattle ■vplague has .broken but m Middlesex;/. i^Wif ; . The most frightful calmity that ever bef el - St.; Louis ; ;wa,s. ; the rdestruction of the^^ojitherfl; Hotels with, the loss of 120 lives; The rfire spread rapidly; fill.■ing.ejVery roonj/a,^^ hjallwijli flames and' Smoke. The scene" was of the most terrible description; frantic men, women, arid^ chiidre'n, jtf'etti through; th>; halls shrieking m' 1 a heart-breaking in'anner, Iwith wildy ' desperate 'efforts ■to escape. ' They rushedftp the, windows as a meansof escape. The. ladders generally were tbb Short to reach the fifth and sixth storey^ but; by; hoisting some on the one storey balcony on the north side of the. building these floors were reached, and aU those at the windows rescued. Skinner's fire escape was brought into ser;;vjce^ and/,was the; means bf saving many lives. While .the fire was raging, some frightful scenes occurred.