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Show THE EASTERN WAR. WILD KUMOBS. Chicago, G. -The Times' Loudon special says: Loudon was never so excited since the Uusaiaus crossed the Danube. The city is inundated with ruoiors of battles in every direction of the moat eanguiuary character, all atxt-rtiug Russian successes. Only official reporU can bring order out ol tne bloody chauH of events between the D.inubuand the Balkans. Plevna was carried by storm after repeated desperate assaults and in-di'icribahlu in-di'icribahlu carnage; the defeat ol Mel ip m bt and the utter route of the Turks outaide of the Shuula Rust chuk line, are among the many contradictory con-tradictory and iuipertect reports from the aceue of operations. The occur reucd ut these events and the im minfnee of Others ol equal import auce is the txcuse for renewed de-iiaiidB de-iiaiidB by the English preaa for putting put-ting an end to the war. Th war has heeu so bloody, inflicting such enormous damage and suffering, and which, continued another yn.ir, will be sure to ruin one or both of the belligerents and drag other European nations into it, that it ought to be ended without further sacrifice. It id not British interests which are en dangeri'd b.7 the probable Russian successes, but the war should be ended fur the sake of humanity. Frantic appeals to this effect form the burden of the Turkophile journals. IN ASIA. The Russians have entirely dis mantled Ardahan, which is now an open town. Gen. Comorofl has with drawn moat of his troops from there to the main body of the army, leaving leav-ing only nine rifle battalions in the place. seuvia's preparations. Belgrade, 6. A dispatch states that the li rat -class of Servian militia has been ordered to bo at points of concentration con-centration by the 13lh. All commanders com-manders of corps leave Belgrade to day. The second-class militia has been ordered to he in readiness to march. Prince Milan will take the chief command. Several members of the diplomatic corps have made aeperaie remonstrances to Prince Milan in reference to his war preparations. prepa-rations. The prince is stated to have answered evasively. It is reported that Prince tiortschakoil has urged Servia to enter the field as soon as possible. PEACE IMPOSSIBLE. A Bucharest corresponded Bays: Peace ia impossible until the Turks are completely crushed. 1 the czar entered Moscow alter concluding an unsatisfactory peace it would be at tbe point of the bayonet. SINGULAR MISTAKE, Constantinople, 6. The Turkish commander in Herzegovina reports that a band of 2,000 Montenegrins surrounded a vilhgo near Pressika, intending to get o&tLle and corn. During the night & fresh band arrived, ar-rived, whom tbe first band euppoied to be Turks. A fierce combat followed fol-lowed and many were killed and a great number wounded. The mis take was discovered in tbe morning. |