On Thursday, however, something happened which is not yet clear.
The Turkish Delegates, who had refused to discuss the propositions about the gendarmerie and the International Com- mission, did discuss them, though still refusing them, and some further concession is reported, though on poor authority, to have been made by the Conference. The Inter- national Commission, it is said, is to be a Commission of Consuls, and the gendarmes are to be Turks officered by Europeans in the service of Turkey. The conversation was therefore amicable, and hope revived, which has been reflected throughout Europe. It was settled also that a final decision should be arrived at on Monday, but as both Turkey and Russia require time, it is quite possible that the telegram expected on Tuesday may only announce still further delay. A Russian yacht has, however, arrived to carry off General Ignatieff, and the tension in Constantinople is so great that the Grand Vizier, who professes to fear his own people, may deem it expedient to end the situation by a point-blank refusal.
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