The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-24
THE CONTINENT.
Thc Messnge or thc Frcnch Emncror.


In the sitting of the French Legislative body
July IL, NJ. Rouher, Minister of State, read the
following message from the Emperor
By the declaration of the 2Sth ult. announced
that | should submit, at the ordinary session of
the Chamber, the resolutions and plans which
seemed most fitting to realize the wishes of the
country. However, as the legislative body APP
pears desirous to learn Immediately what re-
forms have been decided upon, | think it right
to anticipate its aspirations. 1t is my firm nten-
ton to give to the powers of the legislative body
that extension which is compatible with the
fundamental bases of the Constitution.
now lay before you by this message the de-
cisions which have been taken at the Council
The Senate will be cOnvoked as soon as pos
sible to examine the following questions wiz
First. The powers to be accorded to the legis-
latye body, including the right of laying down
the regulations relating to its proceedings and
the right of eecting its bureau
Second. The simplifcatiOn of the mode of
presenting and considering amendments.
Third. To make it obligatory upon the Gov
ernment to submit to the legislative body all
notifications of the tariffs in international
treaties
Fourth. The voting of the budget by chapter,
in order to render the control OF the legislative
body more complete.
Fifth. The suppression of the incompatibility
hitherto existing between the position of deputy
and the assumption of certain public functions,
particularly those OF ministers
Sixth The extension of the right of interpret
lation.
The Government will also deliberate upon
questions relating TO the position of the Senate
and the more efficient solidarity which will be
established between the chamber and the Gov
enment, the faculty of exercising simultane-
ously the functions of Minister and deputy, the
presence of all the Ministers in the chambers.
the discussion of affairs of State in the Council
the establishment of real understanding with
the majority elected by the country and the
creation of all those guarantees which we seek
in our common solicitude.
have already shown several times how much
| am disposed to relinquish in the public inte-
rest certain of my prerogatives.
The notifications which | have decided to
propose constitute the natural development of
those which have sucCessiYely been made i'm the
institutions of the empire. They must at the
same time leave intact the prerogatives which
the people have most explicitly confded to me-
and which are the essential condition of power
and of the preservation of order and society.
The message was tayorably received, and NJ
Rouher concluded the reading of ii amid cries of
Long live the Emperor
Russian Jealousy of Prussia.
The Paris Pdtrie says that the Russian Gov
enment is so seriously disquieted bv the rapid
progress of the North German navy that the
Admiralty at st. Petersburg has drawn up a
| memorial setting forth the grave consequences
which may ensue from the evident ambition
Of Prussia TO gain the dominion of the Baltic
| This memorial has been sanctioned by the
Government, and is about to be published in the
| GOLOs.
The Tendency Towards German Unity.
The North German Correspondent says that
| great reyulslon of feeling has taken place in
Southern Germany during the last two years.
| The efforts of agltators to perpetuate discord
between North and South, by fomenting mutual
| jealousy and pandering to antiquated prejudice,
are beginning to be taken for what they are
| worth Though no doubt incendiary papers
| still exist, and probably win for some time tc
| come" it adds, 'the most respectable Journals
on the other side of the Main show modera
| tion in their judgment which may be hailed al
| the harbinger of a new and better era"
Persecution of the Jews.
The outrages on the Jews have been renewed
| in the Danubian Principalities. On Friday, thu
] 9th, the Government received from Vienna