The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-05-20

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A Telegraph Berlin special says a Council Of
War has agreed TO give a certain limit to the Com
munists to submit, otherwise the Prussians will in
terfere. In the same manner they have notified
the Versaillists.
There is a strong reaction in the Provinces
favorable to Napoleon. while a number Of deputies
desire Aumale to be President of the Republic.
The Commune made a requisition on the Gas
Company. and enforced it by seizing 200, OO0, 900
francs at the Office of the company.
A delegation from Lyons appeal. to the Assem-
bly, and Commune TO cease their fratricidal strife.
A demonstration of English Democrats congrat-
ulated the Communes.
The Archbishop of Paris has been released.
The provision trains have all been stopped.
PARIS, May 1.-General Cluseret is dismissed
from the office of Minister of War by the Com
mune. and is replaced by NJ. Rossell. The Ci du
Peuple says Cluseret has been arrested by order Of
the Executive Committee, with the approval of the
Commune
Cluseret has been displaced by Rossell, a Young
man of twenty-eight, and u Lieutenant OF the
French Engineers.
Rossell is much more dreaded by the versaillist
commanders than was Cluseret, and he is regarded
as a much better officer.
New YORK, May 2d.-Special correspondents
telegraph the following: Berlin, Sunddy-An inn
perial council was held to-day, to consider the sit
uation OF Paris. Bismarck was present. IL was
agreed to notify the Versailles Government that a
further limited period would be allowed for the
restoration OF authority, the enforcement OF order
and the ful6llment of treaty stipulation. after
which Germany will take Independent action to
establish law and order in Paris. The despatch
will emphasize the wish of Germany not 10 inter-
fere in the internal political affairs of France, but
will add that such interminAble war, originating
in revolution aud characterized by disgraceful ex-
cesses. cannot longer be tolerated, for the moral
and material interests OF Germany, as well as Of
all Europe, are suffering.
Private reliable information leads TO the belief
that it is the intention of the Germans TO restore
the Regency. as the next legitimate Government,
in tho avant nf tha NarGailaa anthnriiiaQ not heinz
able to enforce their authority.
LONDON, May 2.-Several agents of the Paris
Commune arrived in this city yesterday they
have been commissioned by that body 10 enter in
to contracts here for the purpose of revictualing
Paris, but they propose TO pay for goods In thirty
days. Dealers decline to contract with them.
The Emperor Napoleon declared yesterday that
he would not return to France, nor had he given
any promise of bis return.
Theirs has determined on a coup detdt after en-
tering Paris, making himself and Marshal McMa-
hon joint Regents with the Empress.
PARIS, May 2-The Commune yesterday pre-
ferTed serious charges against Cluseret. and a sug-
gestiOn was made TO shoot him within forty-eight
hours.
There is an immense concentration of Commu-
nists at Issy. 1t is said contributions are demanded
from the railways. One million six hundred and
eighty thousand francs have already been received,
and weekly payments will be made hereafter.
PARIS. May 3.-Tbe Column Vendome will be
demolished on the 9Th. and on the same day all
the statutes and vestiges of monarchical regimes
will be destroyed.
VERSAILLES. May 4-The Assembly Yesterday
debated the removal OF Magistrates, on account OF
their political antecedents, by Gambetta, during
the administration of the Government of the Ma
tional Defence. Dufaure, Procureur General. said
some of these officials had been reinstated, but, on
the whole, he preferred Gambetta's Magistrates to
those appointed by Napoleon.
Ii was Theirs, and not the Paris Commune, who
issued the recent order for the expulsion Of the
Orleans Princes.
NEW Y0Rk. May s, via LONDON. May 5.-A Tines
speei,si. says al hopes Of peace are abandoned.
The Free Mas,,c,.s have gone TO the Provinces 10
agitate in favor of ~thes
There is a constant and heSyy hre estwee2 Us
forts to-day.
LONDON, April 1s.-In the House of Commons
Gladstone opposed the resolution disseminating the
telegraph and postal service on Sunday. as depriv-
ing many of employment, and succeeded in defeat
ing the vote of censure on the naval administration
indirectly arising from the loss of the Cdptdin-by
40 majority.
LONDON, April l9-In the House of Commons.
this evening, there was an excited discussion on the
bill for the abolition Of the game laws.
Taylor, member from Leicester, in support ofthe
bill, said one-tenth of the surface of Scotland, or
1000, 900 acres of lands. had been reserved as deer
forests, and the population were exiled TO make
room for game.
Right Hon. Henry Browl. member from Cam
bridgeshire, in the course Of his remarks in opposi-
ton to the bill, said poachers and thieves exclu-
sively urged the abolition of the game laws.
On division, the House showed 1872 majority
against the repeal.
LONDON, May 3-Granville, in the House Of
Lords, declined to answer questions respecting the
negotiations for the ettlement of the San Juan
question with the United States. He
stated that the Government was under obligations
OF secrecy until the treaty Publications were
LONDON, May Sin the House of Commons,
Jacob Bright moved the second reading of the bill,
enfranchlsing women, adding the usual arguments.
repeated the veteran objections. Glad
stone was unprepared to sustain the measure and
llSIuQliDa6 IN nvo1va uuounonhnoH In alongflu 4nw-
1nlence. He preferred the idea OF female suffrage
oqnded on property but exercised by proxy.
LONDON, May 3.-In the House OF Commons,
said he was opposed to the bill (~enfran-
'hising women) in its present shape. but was ready
o sustain a careful measure for the same object.
Lord John Manners, member from Leicestershire,
vas puzzled to discover the grounds of Gladstone's
opposition, and said that scenes at elections were
asily avoidable by the same means as have al
eady enabled members Of the Universities to vote.
Beresford Hope. member from Cambridge Uni
ersity, opposed the extension OF the suffrage 10
emales as an outrage upon womanhood.
The members from the Edinburgh and Standard
Universities spoke in favor of woman suffrage.
The vote was then taken, resulting in a majority
4 SO against the bill.
The House divided 1nally on the Budget, and It
,as agreed to, the Government having a majority
{ 46.
From the London Times, April 10th On Sat-
rday experiments were made on the European
via Teheran. to work direct without any trans
lission between England and India, Bombay and
fonnon' lntercnanglnR signals perfectly, and
commercial message was sent TO Bombay
irect by London at l:58 P. NJ, and was instantane-
acknowledged. This is the first occasion on
'hich the telegraph has worked direct without any
transmission between England and India. The
istance from London TO Bombay by the Indo-Eu-
)pean line is 5000 miles.
Plus TX. a Voluntary Prisoner.
Mrs. Laura Curtis Billiard, writing from Rome
the Golden Age. gives the following interesting
fetch OF the present condition Of the Papacy:
The Pope has constituted himself a voluntary
risoner In the Vatican. He has ordered the omis-
on OF all the customary ceremonies OF the church.
e allows no one to visit the galleries and mu-
OF the Vatican without a permit; and In
ct he Is taking great pains to make himself gen
ally and thoroughly disagreeable. For an in
llIble man he exhibits a degree Of i~ll-temper at
e loss of his temporal power that is rather sur
rising. He has not a good word for any one.
be Journal which is his organ, HUnitd Catouica,
Ills Napoleon Ill "a rascal" a poor compliment
the ON Iuhn- mr. Than ~ H..