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Show TELEGRAPHIC ALL TALK. KDglsiiid LovkM Oa Ul.il Ihe xtsr 1'ttokets 4JOHln- ltUOl. News from tti Orient. London, 8. A Vienna correspondent corres-pondent of the Timea, commenting comment-ing oo the Russian occupation of the dofuiisive lines of Oonstantiuople, iaya the mystery which still envelope the ounlituna of the armistice leaves plenty uf room for further surprises; thus it looks very much as if the evacuation evac-uation (f the l)auube fortresses by the Turks will turn out to mean the occupation by RusBiuna. These eur-prises eur-prises mom to be had preparations fur the coufeience. An official telegram from 8t. Petersburg confirais the correctness-of correctness-of the urmistice couditioua made pub tic yattttrday. The only additional o mdition mentioned is the evacuation uf 1'jrlroBscB and Sulina. A groat meet in? will bo held at Cremorne gardenr, Saturday, to endorse en-dorse government's foreign policy. Id the house cf com in one this afttr-noon afttr-noon Sir Stafford Northcole, chancellor chancel-lor of the exchequer, communicated a summary ol the terms of the armistice. ar-mistice. He said they disclose suoh a state of attain trr the government, in view of a po.- fie disturbance in Constantinople, b;i urdered t portion of the fleet thither l ,a departure from neutrality, 1 t pioteotion of hfo and property uvtirnmeut has notified this step to tho other powerd, asking whether they will join in tho movement. It has alao notified Kuseia. In the house of lorda, Lord Derby, foreign secretary, made a statement similar to that of Sir Stifford North-cote North-cote in tbe houae. He said, be was justified in his resignation when the licet was first sent to Constantinople, but be approved the present action, in consequence of tho altered aspect of affairs. In tho bDUse of commons Sir Stafford Nortbcote'a announcement was received with doalening cheers. Official information from St. Peters burg gives tbe detailed peace basis as follows: rlrBt, tbe erection of Bulgaria into a principality; Becoud, war indemnity in-demnity or territory compensation ; third, the independence of Rou mania, j Servia and Monteneyro, with increase of territory for each; fourth, reforms! in Bosnia and Herzegovina; fifth, an ulterior understanding between tbe sultan and the cztr regarding tut Dardanelles, and sixth, the ev:n. j.i tion of Danubian fortresses mid Erzeroum. Constantinople, 7 p.m., via Bum-bay. Bum-bay. In accordance with tbe arnm tice conditions, the Russians will occupy oc-cupy Wicidin, Rustohuk, Sileitru, Belgradjik and Erzeroum. Ambassadors of tbe powers are etill ignorant of the conditions of peace. iNedjib Pasha, with twenty-seven battalions, has left for Volo. Accounts have been received here of depredations committed by Russian troops in tbe houses of Mussulmans in Adrianople and neighboring villages. vil-lages. 5th, via Syria. The Russians have occupied Chatalja Silivria, on tbe sea of Marmora, and Osmanli, tbe capital of tbe province of Tbessaly. There is a cabinet crisis in consequence of parliamentary criticisms of government's govern-ment's abolition of the grand vizier-ale vizier-ale without consulting parliament, and of tha contemplated policy ol Aomid Vefik Effenda, the new president of the council of ministers. Chicago, 8. Tribune's London: ' The gravest uncertainty and alarm pervades England. Whatever may be the facU regarding Russia's advance, ad-vance, one thing has become clearly evident in England, that the war party is fully as strong as the peace party, and every day seems to add to the former's strength. All interest in the conference is forgotten, and if it should be found that Russia has outwitted out-witted England again, even the liberal lib-eral party would not venture to oppose op-pose decided action. TimeB, London: There is no reaHon whatever for the belief that any move I , will be taken in violation of the terms j of the armistice. One of these terms j gives the right to Russians to take up a position on the line of Bugukt-1 chekmedji beyond wmchia a narrow I zone, not to be occupied by the troops of either belligorer l- i!' tha result of the negotiations i li- illy decided. While the terms u K .jsia, so far as they have transpired are severe upon the Turks, there is no truth in the repeated charges that Russians are acting in bad faith since the cessation of hostilities was agreed on. The situation lies now not in what Russia may do before the conferenoe but in what may happen at the conference. It has transpired that at the cabinet meeting yesterday, a telegram was sent to the English fleet at Besika bay, ordering it to enter the Dardanelles, Dardan-elles, but the order was countermanded countermand-ed upon tbe receipt of Gortschakofl'a dispatch. Much fear now exists that the Turks in their indignation against England, have agreed upon terms of peace, which seriously compromise English interests, and as at the approaching ap-proaching conference it will be every power for itself, it is feared that England Eng-land may find herself involved without with-out allies and compelled if bub is forced to fight, to fi?ht both Russia and Turkey. |