The Turks have resolved to seek an armistice. Their friends
say they have acted on British advice, but as they never take British advice except when they please, that must be regarded merely as one more effort to claim them as British allies. The decision was arrived at on January 7, and on the 8th Server Pasha, the Foreign Minister, attended a secret session of the Chamber, and explained to them the situation. The Minister at War has ac- cordingly ordered the commanders to seek an armistice, and it is said, Mehemet All will at once repair to the head-quarters of the Grand Duke Nicholas. Up to Friday evening, however, no news of the conclusion of an armistice had been received, though the applica- tion had been telegraphed to St. Petersburg, and as the Russian terms are not known and the temper of Constantinople not thoroughly understood, there is only general reason for expecting one. The balance of evidence is in favour of the idea that the Mussulman population is much disheartened, and that the cessation of the war would be received with pleasure, but there is no proof yet.
