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Show FOREIGN. Eastci-ii Troubles. . London, 27. In the lords last niuht, Derby, foreign minister, s.iid, touching tho eastern question, the . situation was very complicated, but ' lor his oart he saw no reason to doubt that all the great powers, without ex- -ception, would bo glad to terminate ft quarrel having so many elements of danger. Derby continued: "England's "Eng-land's line of action is clear. We would gladly reconcile the porto and insurgents,' but wo have no right to take the.part of either. In purely internal quarrels that is the rule on which wo have acted in times not remote, aud civil wars far more extensive exten-sive and sanguinary. 'V'e are in ! communication with tho porto and other powers with a view of oflering such counsels as seem useful. We have been chnrged in some quarters with favoring the Turks. The charge is utterly unfounded. No one supposes sup-poses the maintenance of the Ottoman Otto-man empire is possible if the christians chris-tians become permanently disaffected. ' The problem is lo reconcile their reasonable wishes with the main-teuance main-teuance of a system which cannot bo overthrown without a general convulsion. convul-sion. Special telegrams concerning Ser-via Ser-via are very conflicting. The St. Petersburg .Utiles, ministerial organ, is particularly violent. It threatens that Russia will net all Europe iu a blaze lo prevent thu suhjeaiou of kindred tribes in the coming strife. iMukhtiir Pasha has concentrated 35,000 men ready lo attack Montenegro. Montene-gro. Both Monieneero and Servia are now convinced that it would be suicidal sui-cidal to delay war longer. |