The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN ITEMS.

It has been decided to hold an International C Kill
biion In Vienna In 1873.
It is stated that number Of American specu.
lators are urging on the French government to re-
lease the Communists, and allow them to be trans
ferred to Nebraska or Colorado.
A notice IRON the Austrian Embassy at Paris
states that uiso, Tor which charge OF 1Of. Is
made, Is now required FOR the passports Of all
French citizens entering that country or hungary.
The fortihcations Of Dantzg are about to he ex-
tended. There Is to be constructed on the Holm
Island situated not far from the mouth OF the Wis.,
tula a fort which Will be placed between the city
and It's suburb Neuialirwasser
The Paris Temps draws attention to the state Of
uncertainty in which France rests with regard TO
the position OF the government Until that uncer-
tainiy removed business will not return to s ull
activity, and the country VIII not feel sufficiently at
ease to resume It's ordinary pursuits
The London Echo publishes letter from Dresden
which states that great sensation has been
den TO celebrate mass In the Catholic churches OF
Lepsc IN memory OF lgnatius Loyola, the jesuit
order being strictly prohibited In SaxOny.
rhe Courier du Bas- Rim states that at Berlin the
execution OF canal to unite tue Baltc ald the
North Sea is now under more serious consideration
than ever. "rne Cutting,' says that journal,
across plateau two three miles wide, and of
which the highest elevation Is not more than sixty
eight feeJ cannot present ANY serious difficulties"
The Paris Sitcie contains an item of news very
curious If true IL says that IN clearing the ground
for the erection Of the new schools in the Tnirteenth
reimbursement quantity Oh SECURITIES represent
ing u value or $500 900 francs lou nd concealed
beneath some stones. THIS property Is supposed to
have been stolen from the Ministry OF Finance, ana
has been given up To the authorities by the finder.
The conveying home Of the large bodies of French
soldiers VINO have oeen prisoners IN Germany came
TO an end week ago, and there now remain on
German territory only the invalids and those who
nave been placed unuer arrest The SICK number
IN all four officers ana 500 men, and there are ten
Ofcers and about seventy men In one Bavarian and
different Prnssan iOrtresses undergoing the sen.
fences indicted upon them Tor offences committed
during their captivity.
Strasbourg letter says the NUMBER OF electors
who have taken part IN the voting the municipal
councils In Alsace- Lorraine Is considered satsfac
tory. In The communes OF the lower Rhine eighty
per cent OF the registered electors voted. while IN
Hagenau the proportion was nifty per cent aud IN
Bischever thirty per cent. On The other hand, a
telegram from Beliort says that al rhann, whete
there 1850 electors, only fifteen voted at GueD.
willer, where there are 1854, only 325 voted; at
Dornach, which has ggl electors, sixteen voted and
ut l.aishelm, where there are sos on the register
twelve voted. AT tuttcrlich no one voted In COL
mar out Of 44l3 electors l,6l9 voted aid az Stras
bourg 1880 voted out OF i7,0DO. On The whole the
policy of absIenon seems 70 lave trlamphed In tue
upDer RHINE districts