News and Miscellany

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 27, 1870

News and Miscellany.

“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”

If Prussia has achieved the most distinction in this war, she has also contributed the most to it. Her conscription has been the most minute and extensive of any of the German States. It has almost put a stop to production, and so drained the country that in some villages it is impossible to find a blacksmith to shoe a horse, or a sexton to bury the dead.

PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

London, Dec. 21.—Russia continues war preparations on an immense scale.

TURKEY PREPARING FOR WAR.

London, Dec. 22.—Dispatches from Vienna state that the Turkish fleet is under immediate orders for service, and extensive warlike preparations have been made at Kerbeach.

HORRORS OF WAR.—The Tribune correspondent, in giving details of the recent siege of Strasburg, says the sufferings of the inhabitants have been terrible beyond description. At least 3,000 civilians were wounded, a large proportion being women and children!

MOVEMENTS IN RUSSIA.—A correspondent telegraphs from St. Petersburg that the emperor has ordered the reserve corps to hold itself in readiness—a measure not resorted to since the Crimean war. It has been announced by the emperor that 40,000,000 rubles will be devoted to extraordinary war expenses. By the 1st of January, 49,700 remodeled guns and 150,000 breach-loaders will be ready for use.