in Cuba, and if the Spaniards interfere, he may feel it his duty to
show them, by force of arms, that the United States can and will protect
her citizens.

Mr. Calhoun expects to remain another ten days in Cuba, and on his
return we may hope for some solution of the difficulty.

* * * * *

The report that Russia has persuaded Turkey to grant an Armistice proved
to be true.

On the 18th of May the Czar of Russia sent a letter to the Sultan,
asking him in very polite and friendly terms to grant a cessation of
hostilities.

The Sultan replied in the same friendly manner, and said that on receipt
of the Czar's letter he had ordered the Turkish generals to stop
fighting. He said that he was very willing that the Powers should
arrange a settlement of his difficulty with Greece.

The next day an Armistice was signed, which bound all the land and sea
forces of both nations to keep the peace for seventeen days.

A commission was appointed to decide on a strip of land between the two
armies, which should be regarded as neutral ground, and across which
neither army should be allowed to advance during the continuance of the
armistice.

The Armistice has not found favor with the Turks; they are grumbling