BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2363, 13 October 1880, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter’s Aqency.j Tbe Sick man Yields. London, Oct. 11. A rumor is current here to-day to the effect that the Sultan of Turkey has decided to meet the demands of the Powers, and has resolved at last to surrender Dulcigno unconditionally to Montenegro. A Cabinet Council which had been summoned for to-day was postponed owing to news received at the Foreign Office that the Sultan is inclined to yield to the demands of the Powers in regard to Dulcigno. The “ Times” in a leading article today strongly urges giving a respite to the Porte, in view of the cession of Dulcigno to Montenegro. The report which was made that the Sultan had offered to cede Dulcigno to Montenegro, has now been confirmed. Coercive Measures. It is now known that the proposal which had been made by the British Government to the Continental Powers for the coercion of the Porte is that the combined squadron should enter the Gulf of Smyrna, and place an embargo on Turkish commerce. Austria and Germany hesitate to accept this proposal. The Rurdestan Rebellion* Further news has been received from Teheran regarding the rising in Kurdistan. The rebels now, in addition to pillaging the towns, are massacring the inhabitants, and Hischmet Khan is collecting a large force of Persian troops to proceed against them. War Preparations. Athens, Oct. 11. Owing to the possibility of hostilities between Greece and Turkey over the settlement of the frontier question, a number of volunteers are arriving here from other countries, and offer themselves for service witli the Greek army. Railway Accident. New York, Oct. 11. A serious railway accident is reported as having occurred at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an excursion train by which twenty persons have been killed. Aquatic Rivals. Several American oarsmen are coming to England for the purpose of rowing against Hanlon the Canadian, and Laycock the Australian oarsmen.