It is affirmed- on good authority that the Russian Government
has oecupied all the Southern Railways in the transport of troops, that torpedoes have been fixed in the ports of the Black Sea, and that an internal loan has been negotiated of £15,000,000 sterling. It is also stated, though not on such good authority, that the Russians are forwarding a whole corps d'arme'e to Servia, and that the Roumanian Army is ready at once to move into the Dobrudseha. The hospital organisation is being completed, and the Imperial Guard has been told by the Emperor himself that it may yet be required for service. This state of preparation appears
aegue a preconceived belief that the Conference may fail, or even a preconceived determination that it shall fail ; but it must not be forgotten that Russia is far better served at Constanti- nople than we are. She may be well aware that the Turks have made up their minds not to give substantial guarantees for the performance of their promises, until compelled either by war or by the certainty that war will be the result of refusal.
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