ENGLAND'S DETERMINED ATTITUDE.
( New York, November 14.— The Merald contains the following special from London, dated the 15th: "News of this moroing is still more warlike than of yesterday, and the conviction is now general that an immediate resort to arms will be determined on by Russia. The air in fact is filled with rumors of war,, and the people who had hoped all alsng that England keep! cle^r of : it,' are"nbw oomiog -round td-lhe bW lief that her Premier, for reasons best known bjnasejf, is determined to fight in the eVeo_t of .Russian ihyajion of Turkey. Whether he counts upon having an ally or not is one of those things Which the future may bring to light, bu^U^nQjw.. generally felt even shou(* England be single handed in the conflict j Disraeli will no 6 hesitate to resist Russian aggression hy force. It 16 stated that he counts on bringing one hundred thousand Sikhs and Sepoys from India into the struggle, and those, with tbe. hordes of Mohammedans from the Turkish dominions and from Africa which English money could place in the field, would enable Turkey to meet Russia on something like equal terms; but whatever the Government means to do there can be no doubt that preparations on a large scale for war are being energetically pushed forward. The Admiralty have issued orders to have all gunboats at Portsmouth got ready for sea immediately,and recruiting for gunners is actively going on in all ihe naval depots. Extensive military preparations are slso going on, and in all arsenals the utmost activity prevails. Troops have been ordered to tbe Mediterranean, and the garrisons of Gibraltar hnd Malta are to be strengthened with all possible dispatch. Colonel Stokes, of the Royal Engineers, with a combetent staff, has been ordered East to organise for the defence of Constantinople, and this is regarded as a sure Indication of England's intention to act at once in caße Russia moves her troops into Turkish territory."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 26, 30 January 1877, Page 4
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329ENGLAND'S DETERMINED ATTITUDE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 26, 30 January 1877, Page 4
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