The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-17
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS
England.

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LoSpoY, April 15.-In the House OF Com.
mons tonight Mr.. Gladstone, in reply. to In
quiries from Mr.. Disraelf and others, again
assured the members that the note accompa-
nying the British countercase protested
against the jurisdiction Of the arbitrators
over the claim for indirect damages, Dir.
Gladstone promised to lay the documents
before the House tomorrow.
AUTHORITY FOR TEE RUMoRED COMPLICATIONS
..,- BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY. i2si
LONDON, April 16--The following state
ment gives the only authority and founda-
ton, SO far rs can be aScertained,, for the re-
ported differences between France and Ger.
naany, mentionedih' these dispatches yester-
day: ssr .." ~ - E"t'ss s.si
The London Telegraph. of Monday, basing
az editorial article upon assertions made by
its own Paris and Berlin correspondents,
said: We regret to learn of the relations
between France snd Germany, the critical
| condition whereof made known through
| these columns, is causing the greatest anxiety
| to those By whom it is best appreciated. 1t
is only by the exercise Of discretion at Paris
and Berlin that grave complications ma. be
avoided" Is'1 "tt es,'3s'3 Y
The statements of correspondents upon
stance: That Germany distr,sts the good
faith of France, is displeased at the extent Of
the armament and military organization
which the Theirs Government Is carrying
forward, and that Prince Bismarck is about
to enter formal protest against the courss
France is pursuing, in which lie will declare
the necessity for prompt and decisive action
on the part Of Germany, even to the extent
Of re0ceupying the departments OF France
lately evacuated by the troops of the Empire.
In addition to these statements of Its COR
respondents the Telegraph asserts edito-,
rally that It knows on the highest authority
that the speech Of Theirs at the adJourn-
ment of the French Assembly created
grave impression at Berlin. si sas ;,
Neither the letters nor editorials Of any
other London newspapers give confirmation
or countenance to the assertions of the 1cles
graph; and while it has been limited that
that journal is in some way in the service and
interest of the German Chancellor, the more
general impression is that the whole story Is
fabricated either rs sensation or with the
design Of aiding some speculative scheme.
| The Geneva Arbitration.
| GENEVA, April 15.-The sitting Of thc tri-
bunal for the settlement Of the Alabama
claims opened this morning and terminated
at noon. The statement previously reported
was incorrect. None OF the arbitrators
were present. Great Britain and the United
States only were represented, the former by
Lord Tenderden and Messrs. Taylor and
Bernard, and the latter by Messls. Davis,
Gushing, and Beainan.
The official proceedings were confined to
the delivery of documents to the secretary
of the tribunal, who will transmit them to
) the arbitrators. ..j
The English opinion delivered at the
Geneva arbitration says the claims for indi-
, rect damages are not admitted by her Ma
jesty's Government to lie within the scope
and intention Of the arbitration. g.s..,.I.
; France. ...-...
PARIS, April 1G.-Right Rev. DR.. Richard
t V. Whcln, bishop of Wheeling. W. Va.
: now in this city, writes letter to the Uni
y rerse condemning the doctrine and action o.
Perc Michald. .s -. t'3H