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•■ ... " Undated* i Derby Jiad aji.jjjllervte.jv; wjith Splipr tra- J and expressed 1 a hope tkaf- no Eais- v i sian "troops were moving towards. G?aJ>. i lipoli, w^hereby 'c6tMx^ys&6s with the , British fleet at Constantinople might ;;be threatened. He (Derby) said the | of -such movement would •,be most serious ; he must decline all 'responsibility for the, consequences-. A special 6f- the 14th to tKev" Djjlly r Telegraph" announces, that the British ..fleet entered the Dar'daneUes on the, oi. the., ljßth/ Destination Prince's Island. ' The Porte protested. In the House of Lords Earl Derby jjConßrmjed 1 . fhje announcement - tha^ the r 'fleet had arrived at . ' . ' Earl Derby has notified Grortchatoff!that the British fleet's going ,fco Constantinople would not justify Russian occupation. '" ' '^-' ~ |. Another portion English fleet is at' G-allipofi. Five Austrain war-ships have arrived • } in the' Levan- ■ " LowtKer has been^ appointed Secretary forJ^e|and. , V i The Pia:n<je of Wales has, started -for ■Berlin to attend a Royal marriage. ;; The Turkish. Parliament. ha.s v bsesi "dis^olxpd^ " -■■" " \'-y '"[ •'- -- >"■■;■ ' . : February. 15* • :• Eai ¥ l Derby.has replied ,to Ciortchakoff p^ote^ting against the .oecupationj or Constantinople by Russian trbqps. The Bci'tislj. .sq,u>t.dro*ii.lia| enteife3^th& i iS^a.of, jyEarnaora. ' *"."•;' '* ' '' \ ■ \ • The Clianeellor of the ", Exchequer, m _ jreply to a question, stated m Parlia-" •ment that the . Porte ; had!- refused to ■allow troops to b.^ landed 'a^Constantihople..' The. British.fle^t.nevertheless proceeded unopposed. • : .1 England. considers that Russian occupation is not justified. Grprtchakoff ( tha| the,. Rassian . ocQupa--itionis .of a pacific character., . ' . - ' The relations between ■ Austria,. an,d •'Ru^siajjare .e?:trejnely critical.; '"*-.- --:• " iI; ■'.■-• "y. ■ ' '" r I*^ : ' The anti-Russia. feeling in|R:bumania is increasing,* every, able-b^ed man -.preparing to .mobjilise. -.;■ [ ... /%' ' : Reported. inassacrei ooff f Christians ;in ißsssarabia \ aud' . Crete.. 'G^eek^ .aj;e j^i.tensely indignant /; '■ ' ''■ •■' NuniQr'wg" foreign deputatfoijs apje arriving at Rome -for the Pope's funeral. P -&\ r-.:> ' \\' J r • E&bruary 14j ' The,R«ss.ia^ are. closeJ»ponstantinqple,. and •'• tli reatea . ocqupation if tte •Eaglisfh' flee.t ' en{;er the:. Dardan,ellies. The 'British, fleet entered yesterday., , despite^he'prptest Turkey, which , is -inciw^re.RiisSiatt.thag. English., Russia,, among other terms of peajge. demand^ a pprtion of -Bessarabia, whjch may involve compßcatiiohs w;ith Austria .-anijl', RoumanTa. General e^citemgnt here.. "' ■*■ ' '■" " -. : -•. .*..•- .:--..
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 38, 20 February 1878, Page 2
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