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LETTERS OP MARQUE. FENIANS ACTIVE IN AMERICA. TODLEBBN RETIRES. RUSSIAN OFFERS. INSURRECTION IN ROUMELIA INCREASES. (REUTER’S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY,) St. Petersburg, May 3. It is semi-officially stated here that the principle of direct negotiations between London and St. Petersburg has been adopted. It is expected that Russia will issue letters of marque in the United States in the event of war. Washington, May 3. Fenian agents are active in the United States. London, May 4. The Home Secretary, in a speech on the 2nd instant, said that England was bound to exhaust every effort for the maintenance of peace before entering upon war, but she insists that existing treaties cannot be annulled at the will of a single Power. Count Babanoff has been appointed Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, Mr G-athorne Hardy has been gazetted Viscount Crahbrook. Athens, May 7. Clannish insurrectionary movements in Thessaly and Macedonia have ceased through British mediation. Ss. PeteesboeG, May 7. The desire for peace is increasing. Todlehen retires shortly, to live at Soham aldiva. Constantinople, May 7. The Russians offer to retire in a straight line towards Adriauople if the British ironclad squadron is withdrawn. The insurrectionary movements in Roumelia increase.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5343, 13 May 1878, Page 2
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200NEWS BY CABLE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5343, 13 May 1878, Page 2
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