Russia Pressing Turkey Toward War Over Servia
New York, Nov. 4.—A special dispatch to the Herald says that the feeling that Russia is determined to force on a war is daily gaining ground here; and the people who had begun to console themselves with the hope that the dreaded struggle had been postponed at least for the winter are losing heart again, and making up their minds that the worst is to come. As soon as the Porte yields one point, another and still more rigid condition is laid down; and the conviction gradually forces itself upon the public mind that the time will soon come when such conditions will be proposed as will cause the Porte peremptorily to reject them. The solution of the Eastern question will naturally be left to Servia, and Turkey must fight to retain her. This morning there came a startling rumor that Russia has demanded a withdrawal of the Turkish troops from Servia; and if this proves true, there can be little doubt that a war is inevitable.