RETURNS' CABLEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 80, 12 October 1877, Page 2

RETURNS' CABLEGRAMS.

THK TSJRCO.UUSS.IAN WAR. In addition bo tlie telegrams already published, the followinii items appeal' ia bhe San Francisco papers August 12. The Tirneft London special says : It is asserted by EnalUh Hiwso-phobUts that afc a. meeting of the Emperors the partition of the Ottoman Kmpiiv was agreed upon — Ku<sia takes Armenia, Austria to have Bosnia and; Herzegovina, Oeece to have Epirus, Tliess'ily ami Crete, and Bulgaria to bo governed by a Gorman Prince. As a part of this agreement, it is said the .Russian Army is to be allowed to pass through Servia. It is rumoured thai the cholera lias appeared in .Russian camps. Kiglit thousand starving Bu'garian refugees are- in Solri. There are heavy »n I continu >us rains, which must greatly eonduoe to spread sickness in the army. The public mind in Greece is very iinea*y. The people iiro wearying of wati-liing the fortu i"s ■>(' the Uiissinn e;m,p!iig!i. Tlio depariuru of troops t«i the frontier continues amid muuli on'thn»vasin. The X'"£ will hold a review lit Lnnai'i. T*vo l'ms-nan Generals, inviti'd to take mniini'i-l*. hive declined. Alussuliii'in«vf<U<'o-i in (• nislaininople, f'-om invaded distnc s, an* estimated at 30,01)0. The Turkish troop* di-nvn from the Cauc'isus huve-jufrivuil at Varna, reinforc!ing Mulieuiet Ali and Siilieiutu L'asln. Tin* latter s aumy is increased to 70,01)) ni'Mi, of w'nioli one tliinl will remain at A.lrianuplu md the others will cross the Iliillciins. IMimjh Anstrachkof Sfim>a. has been banished (or allegcsl plotting for the restoration of ex-Sulfan MurarJ. In Candia the Turkish troops are retiring to fortified places. The Turkish fleet blocks chief inlets. Colonel Duspostovies has escaped into Bosnia from .-\u<tnju A Constantinople correspondent telegraphs via Syria :— A civil war of extermination is being carried on at Eski< Saghra. All the male Christian native population have been sentenced to deatli by the Turkish-General. This news has been brought by two American missionaries, protected by Turkish friends. Every male Bulgarian is accused of being either a spy or an opi-n enemy. Karabunar is crowded with fugitives. There is only one well in the place, and there- are 1&000> troops there. The wounded, sick, and fugitives, are perishing trom thirst. August 13> Kisfics, the- Servian Premier, has informed a friend that the militia have not received marching orders. The partial mobilisation is solely for the protection of the frontier. Servia remains neutral, subject to the course of military events and the political aspect of Europe. The Word Deutsch denies that any intention exists of extending the military operations to Bervia. The- Czar, it says jat the commencement of the war, stt. ' aside any such idea, out of consideration for Austria, and nothing shows that these views are changed. The position of the Russian armies is not such as to render Servia's questionable aid desirable. The Times' London special says: —The news from the seat of war is so confused and so indefinite that it is almost impos* sibLe- to sift the truth. A great mats of despatches, is constantly arriving. There are many uncertain reports of battles, ,bub nearly as soon as thsy arrive denials i come from one side or the other. The .Russians are determined aot to allow the truth) to come out when they are defeated, wliile the Turkish Generals are maintaining discreet silence in regard to all moro« , meats of the slightest importance, TOhetbor they result successfully for their side or ' otherwise^ When lliey are obliged to ; talk, they dilate at lenttli on multitudinous reports oi Russian atrocities. In oilier respects, it is noticeable that they are conducting operations, with, di^c.eet reticence..