The effect of the intelligence in Constantinople is not yet
accu- rately known. The telegram-makers at once forwarded assurances that Turkey would fight on to the death, and it is possible that the Sultan, the Pashas, and the " Parliament," which met on the 18th inst., may come to this resolution. There is, however, some evi- ilence that the War party is alarmed. There are rumours of requests for mediation, which will be refused, and of proposals for peace with Russia alone. An English correspondent also makes a state- ment that on a rumour of the fall of Plevna a Turkish regiment at Sofia refused to obey further orders, and in the Daily News of Friday it is reported by telegram from Bucharest, as a rumour current among officials, that 12,000 Turks surrendered near Elena. Nothing, however, is yet certainly known of Turkish action, which will probably depend, as we have argued elsewhere, 11130/1 the ability of the Sultan to act as he pleases. Our im-
pression is that, on the whole, the probability is in favour of a continuance of the war until Adrianople has fallen.
