Cable Notes | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 5, 1877

Cable Notes.

THE porte will not prolong the armistice with Montenegro.

The London Times says England and Russia have “assumed such a position of antagonism that they are regarded on the continent as two rivals in a great controversy, which may possibly develop into a great conflict.”

Gen. Ignatieff expresses himself as hopeful that England and Russia will reach an agreement on the protocol, and says the decisions of the conference must be enforced by Europe or Russia alone. Russia cannot be demobilized without getting something in return, but does not want Constantinople. He is surprised that England cannot see that her interests are with Russia and not with Turkey.—Evening News.

THE Christian Statesman of Mar. 29, says:—

“Progress has certainly been made by the lapse of events in the East during the week, but whether toward peace or war no one can confidently say. The protocol which the great powers seemed ready to agree upon is still in suspense, because England urges that Russia shall demobilize her army, while Russia insists that this should only be asked for after Turkey has accepted the arrangement and given assurances of reform. The concentration of Russian and Turkish forces on the frontier continues. The one inflexible index which still points relentlessly toward war as the final issue of the discussion is the inability of Turkey to inaugurate the promised reforms. Dark tales still reach us of the condition of the provinces, where public security seems to be altogether at an end.”