he battles that have taken place during the war.

Several filibustering expeditions have reached Cuba in safety, but the
_Dauntless_ has had the misfortune to get into trouble again.

Word was sent to Washington that she was taking on men and arms for
Cuba, and the United States cruiser _Marblehead_ was sent down the coast
after her.

A few miles south of Miami, Florida, the _Marblehead_ came upon a tug
carrying a cargo out to the _Dauntless_, which was lying out at sea,
with steam up ready to start at a moment's notice.

The _Marblehead_ seized the tug, and sent her back to port. The
_Dauntless_, realizing what had happened, started off down the coast as
fast as she could steam, the _Marblehead_ in hot pursuit.

At last, after a very long chase, the cruiser captured the filibuster,
and took her to Key West, where she will be placed under arrest, and
treated as the _Three Friends_ was.

It seems as if the time had come for the governments of Spain and the
United States to find a means of settling the Cuban question. This idea
is so strongly impressed on people's minds that the news of battles and
filibustering expeditions is not half so eagerly listened to as are the
debates on Cuba in the Spanish Cortes and the American Congress.

* * * * *

The Porte, as the Turkish Government is called, lost no time in sending
a reply to the note from the Powers.

Turkey said she would be quite willing to talk over the terms of peace
with the Powers, provided certain formalities about signing the
armistice and the treaty of peace were followed by the Greeks.

The European situation grows more serious daily. There is little hope of
peace being arrived at, even though the armistice has been extended
beyond the seventeen days first agreed upon. It has now been arranged
that the armistice shall last for a further period of two weeks, and
should the peace discussions not then be concluded the Porte will grant
still another two weeks.

The cause of the delay is the disposition to be made of Thessaly.

The Powers insist that Turkey shall not keep possession of this
province, and Turkey seems determined to hold it.

[**Transcriber Note: possesson changed to possession]

Troops are being sent into Thessaly daily, and it is said that Edhem
Pasha has now a force of 200,000 men under his command in the disputed
territory.

The Greeks are very much alarmed at this, and have sent an appeal to
Russia