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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5112, 11 August 1877, Page 2

We publish iu another column, exactly as we received it, a most extraordinary telegram, intended, we must presume; to refer to'something in connection, with, the progress of the EussoTurkish war. Why a first Lord of ithe 'Admiralty, with, the very uncommon name of Smith, should take the present monientto meet the Emperors of Austria and Germany at a place not to be found on the rnaps;is a question which takes us at once into that wild field of conjecture represented by " the illimitable perspective," as an honorable friend once termed it.' But this is simple compared with the announcement.: that the participation of Greeqe and Servia is considered certain. Where does the participation come in ? Perhaps Smith, the First Lord of the Admiralty, could answer. Joking apart, the telegram per se .might be given up as a conundrum by any one ; but it may be taken to announce that Austria and Germany have stepped in (have intervened) in the struggle between Turk and Slav, and have dictated terms of peace, bringing substantial .advantage to both the non-combatants—terms which cannot be resisted by either Tsar or Sultan. Greece and Servia may participate" (or unite) in the proposals of Austria and Germany, or they may participate in the territorial extension of Christian powers bordering Turkey, which Austria and Germany insist on, or their participation in the present war may be considered certain. Still, until we know why Smith met the Knisers, we are, of course, merely guessing at haphazard.