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Show THE EA8TER QUESTION. No one Dare Knock the CuJp oirihe Kliouldvr. Knulana Waul lo Fight It out, but are A I rial d. IMPBlSONUEltr OF CITIZENS. t Belgrade, 2. Forty-one respectable citizens have been imprisoned at Simindra and a number atParatacbin, and Jagodiua, charged with conspiring conspir-ing to aflbasftiuate Prince Milan on his homeward journey. London, 2. Tiie Times says the anucuucemBnLj in parliament yeHter-dy yeHter-dy evening will he welcomed aa reviving re-viving Eome hope of a peaceful settlement settle-ment uf liie enstern question. lh.T EEiUY. Vico Admiral Iug!efiuld will, in May, assume command of tbe Heel on the North American and West i Indian station. All officers on leave received orders yesterday to bold themselves in readiness lo rejoin their regiments and departments immediately immedi-ately on receipt of telegraphic notice. OAADIAXS FOR WAS 8KKV1CE, LieutPnant General MaoDougall, chief of the intelligence department of tbe war office, will in May, take command of the forees in Canada. It is understood that in the event of war General MacDougall will have author ily to raise 10,000 Canadians lor aer vice in EoroDe. A Constantinople special saye: Great mistrust and uneasiness is felt respecting Russian designs on the Bosphorus. They can occupy Chanak forts at a moment's notice. Move ments, tbe orjecie of which ere not apparent, are still progressing. The position of British ships at Tuzla is regarded as critical, owing to the short run for torpedo boats from Lehk Medje or dan 8tefano. It ie strongly Buspecttd Thornecrait torpedo tor-pedo boats and Whitehead torpedoes are being dispatched to tbe Be a ol : Marmora in sections, Russians occupy Cnarkoi. EL'S;IAN ANXIETY. Chicago, 2. Times' St. Petersburg: The excitemei.t against England h constantly iocrcued till it has reached fdver beat. Swviral prominent journals journ-als openly advocate war with England, Eng-land, and insist tbat the blow shall be stiuuk before the British preparations are completed. Oibers advocate that a position on the strait be seized and Constantinople occupied at once and then permit BugUn 1 to make what she pleases ( f the .aituation. . ' AO LOOMY ONLOOK. Titties' London: There is no doubt butt at tbe English ministry takes a gloomy view of the prospecla of peace, allhiuiih it may be confidentially BU-ed that tney are terrified, not at known, but at unknowu developments develop-ments of tbe future. TboTimes' correspondent cor-respondent has an assurance from nizn conservative authority, that Russia is playing a diplomatic game whoae purpose ib to satisfy either England or Austria, so ai to ha7e but one opponent in case of hostilities. The tflurt to isolate either one or the other of these powers has already taken effect, i Prominent English journals are beginning be-ginning to put out that Austria is vacillating nd must be distrusted. On tbe other hand, there is reason to believe Andraasy has been promised such tonsideration in tbe terms of peace as will leave Austria without ground of complaint. |