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Show Kl'SNIA EXPLAINS. England' Intereal Not Imperilled Im-perilled II" -' l! Grubbri'. London, S. A Paris correspondent tales that the corumunicitiju which Count dvhouvalutl brings lo Loudon ia uol a note in the diplomatic seme, but a letter from Priuce Gurtschakofl in re-jly to tho hllei of Lord Derby, winch t'uuot Sj:iuuva!ufl look with himloSt. Pfilertbucg. In his loiter Lord Derby drew tho attention of Russia to various points where English Eng-lish interests would bd atJected, if Russia's action extended o far they were mentioned in Mr, Crosse's speech in parliament. Tney are the Suez canal and Egypt, Constantinople, Constantino-ple, the Dardanelles aLd the Persian gulf. Prince Gortschak' (i s letter succeaaively takes up these points, and explains that Russia does not in tend to interlere wun any ono ui iucm. The letlr acknowledges the great international aud commercial im-poitance im-poitance of the Suez canal, and gives most Urtilive assurances that Russia dons not intend in any way to touch it. Russia indued thinks her-sell her-sell entitled as a matter of nghtlo carry the war t Egrpt. uut oxp''us lhat any action in that direction has never even been taken into comidera tion. This is more the case as retards re-tards the I'orsian gult. Russia thinks eo important a maritime passage as the Dardaue lee must be regulated by icteri.ational agroemeut and not by one power alone. She disclaims any iutention ot acquiring Constantinople, though she could uot consent to its possession by any other Christian power. Tho communication is si lent : I- in.nP.irir nxfiifiatinn as retarus icu.-.j v.", of Constantinople, which may become ueeebsary and ensue in course of Russian Rus-sian military achievements. The letter goes on to any lhat Russia has remained true to her programme in aiming solely at improving the condition con-dition of the Christians iu Turkey, which can only be done by the coercion coer-cion of the porte. As soon as Russia has achieved this she will tall back on the resolution ol the Constantinople Constanti-nople conference, and contend for such guarantees us will ensure the efficiency of the reforms, asking the powers to lake up the thread where it was broken by the dissolution of the conference. - Brussels, 8. Le Nord publishes an article about tho peace rumors wbioh says: Russia will not lay down her arms until guarantees corresponding to the sacrifices already nAde have been obtained Irom Turkey. There is no question of Russia's concluding a cheap bargain. The demonstrations demonstra-tions muat ba completo, the results curity of the future that Turkey should be perfectly convinced of her isolation and inferiority, and the absolute ab-solute necessity of submitting to tho conditions Bhe herself has rendered necessary. |