IMPORTANT WAR NEWS.
REASONS FOR RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF STAMBOUL. [per press agency. ] Wei/lington, February 11. The following items are from Australian papers, per Wakatipu : London, January 25. The Daily Telegraph's own correspondent at Constantinople says that one of the terms of peace is that a portion of the Russian army is to enter Hfcamboul | Constantinople], in order to satisfy Russian honour,
In tho House of Lords, Beaoonsfield stated that the action of the Government in relation to Eastern affairs cannot depend upon the will of any foreign Government, or upon withholding any documents.
It has been notified to the Czar, by the British Government, that, in consequence of the possible temporary occupation of Constantinople by the Russian troops, a special vote was resolved on.
Earl Carnarvon has assigned, as the reason for his resignation, that th<? Premier had severely condemned the speech he had made to tl\e African deputation on the 2nd inst. A telegram received by the Daily News [London] from Berlin states that Russia has resolved upon seizing the outworks of Constantinople.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 555, 11 February 1878, Page 2
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174IMPORTANT WAR NEWS. Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 555, 11 February 1878, Page 2
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