The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-06-29
FORCING NEWS.

NEW YORK, June PA special dis
patch to the Herald, from Berlin, dateC
June %. says: 'Serious complications
+ have arisen between Germany and Eng.
land, and severe dispatches are passing
. between BIsmark and Granville. The
government observes impenetrable silence
on the subject of the present difficulty,
but an informed that Bismark has ad-
dressed note to the German represen-
; tative in London, informing that the i'm
perIal government was desirous of acqui-
ring Heligoland, and empowering him to
make proposal to the British govern
ment for the purchase of the island.
Earl Granville replied in the same man
ner, saying that England will not part
with HeligolanG, and the British govern
ment entertain no propositions looking
to the cession Of that island; upon which
Blsmark again addressed the British gov
ernment through Count Bernstorff, de-
clarlng that the acquisition of Heligoland
was necessary for the protection of the
German coast; reclting as an instance the
facilities for coaling aud immunity from
attack which the French fleet enjoyed at
Heiigoland, by which it was enabled to
blockade Hamburg and paralyze the COM
merce of the German coast. He looked
upon Heligoland, on account of its close
proximity. as German territory, and its
possession by any foreign power as
standing menace to Germany.
Earl Granville again replied that Eng
land was only bound to consider her own
interests; that the wish of the German
government to acquire Heligoand did
| land had never been under German rule.
THE FRENCH INDEMNITY.
Gan imperative demand has been
made for the Immediate payment of the
first installment Of indemnity, which it
was agreed should be paid in thirty days
after the re-establishment of the VersaIl-
ist authority
President Theirs calls Napoleon's poll
cy the ruin of France. The people are
to be appealed to contribute to the war
indemnity. Pyat is said to be in London.
The refusal of the Sultan to receive
the Turkish Minister causes excitement
in Athens.
Count Beust announces that the rela-
tions Of the Austrian Empire with the
w estern Powers are excellent.
A Bombay steamer was probably foun-
dered at sea.
A hurr; cane has done great damage in
lhuiS' auu d toHu III Java has Deeu
burned.
Gambetta refuses to recognize the au-
thority of the French Assembly. The
Count of Paris will leave England for
Paris day. Marshal McMahon will
remain at the head of the French army.
The grand review will take place on Sun
day.
A bill authorizing street railroads in
London has been received by the the
House of Commons.
Twenty three soldiers have been killed
and many wounded by railroad accident
in Germany.
1t bas been annonncd in the Cortes that
Cuba will be held by Spain while men
and money last.
A serious quarrel occurred on the Pa
ris bou'evards yesterday, between some
Prussian officers and the promenaders.
Military law is to be continued in Paris
until after the elections. The stringency
ofthe passport system has been increased.
Jules Favre informed the French Ma
tional Assembly that lS0, 900 French pris-
onets yet remain in Germany, but that
they were returning home at the rate Of
800 daily.
A Paris dispatch SAYS: 'Twenty-nine
OmceTS OF the commune nave Deen ar
rested, half of whom were Foreigners
Twenty-Five hundred women, convicted of
setting fire or attempting to set fire to
buildings in Paris, have been sentenced
to transportation to New Caledonia.
A dispatch from Berlin states that in
structions have been given to stop the
movement of German troops from France
and the return of French prisoners from
Germany. There is a mystery about this
that indicates its own significance.
The Government of Belgium is report
ed to be apprehensive of an attempted
revolutionary rising by the ''Internation-
al Society the new name for Red
Republicans-andi is Strengthening its gar
risons Another rising is also feared in
France. The Reds are unusually active
Just now, Notwithstanding their recent
fai|ure in Paris,