The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-04-10
FOREIGS-

| A letter ftom Paris says the armameno Of
Franc. ar, pushed forward with incessant sctiv.
i,y. ,nl,s Of the universal cry Of Peace! Peace
AMI N. Gsris National u bsing enrolled - fas'
a, no,.ib,e. This latter fact does not add to the
popularity Of the administration. But the lat
Der sct seems to care but little for this the one
great apparent concern being to arm, arm.
There l. . great strike Of the golfers Of South
Lancashire, England. some 1900 in number.
The owners propose reduction Of fifteen per
cent. in wages. The men win submit to re
duction of ten per cent. and have made their
arrangements to stand out until their terms are
granted. So much the better for the great iron
works on the continent.
In Abyssinia the English troops found church
in which there was painting representing the
passage Of the Red Sea. Moses, standing on the
further bank. Is shaking his rod with mocking
irony over PhsrOah, whose horse Is rapidly being
submerged, while the Egyptian infantry, already
nearly engulfed, are holding their frelOcks above
their heads.
The official bulletins Of the Turkish massacres
and crimes for the year 1867, disclose series Of
diabolicsl outrages perpetratcd not only on men
but on women and children. The Cretan COM
mission at Athens has addressed an appeal for
help to all the sovereigns Of Europe and the
President Of the United States.
In Algicrs the famine Is terrible. An Arab
woman recently killed her daughter, twelve
years Of age, and gave the aesh to her other
children and partoOk Of it herself The legal
authorities at once proceeded to the spot, and on
entering the hut found the mother occupied in
saltinst the esh. cut up into pieces, exactly Us /,
done with pork.
The French seem to demand revolution about
once in every quarter century. The riot In
Toulouse on March 10, Of which little has been
said, turns out to have been a very threatening
Authoritative Ofgrcat popular dissatisfaction
and desire for political change.
Lady FitImaurice Is said to be the best look
Ing woman In Engiand.
Bismark sleeps like q marmot throughout
church service, and what Is more, snores.
De Wolf s Co. of Liverpool have given free
passage to about $50 Irish persons, Of both sexes
for Rio Janeiro, where they will get land at a
shilling per acre and have Ave years to pay for
It, Brazil has over ffty foreign colonies, with
about 10000 colonists, chiefly Germans.
Particulars are published Of the recent dis
turbances in Granada. They were caused by
the high price Of bread. The military authori-
ties acted with the utmost vigor, which being
interpreted, signifies rigor. They charged the
people, slew thirty Of them and wounded num-
Der Of others, and having thus ~ established or
der. opened the public works and reduced the
price Of bread.
The latest reports from the Abyssinian expo
dition are that Theodorus Is prepared and means
to fight His army is in q very strong position
between two rivers, Lake Hiak, fortress and pal
nee Of Magnolia, with two marshes in the rear Of
his position. Deep rsvincs encirclethe Abyssin-
ian camp. Theodorus has $1,000 troops, and
the camp Is defended BY six guns Gen. Napier
has 5000 English troops at ontalO. The Gener-
al will move to Ashangi. The advance brigade
would move the next day. Baggage Of every
description had been reduced two-thirds. For
age for cattle Is scarce, the roads are bad and Il
Is difficult to land. The soldiers are suffering
from dysentary and fever.
There Is frightfal distress in Tunis and Al
geria from famine. In the latter place human
beings had been killed and eaten by the starving
people.
News from Crete are received, to the effect
that another battle had been fought, which re-
suited in the death Of two hundred Turks, al
though the Sultan's gunboats were in the imme-
diate vicinity Of the battle field.