The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-04
FOREIGN
THE BANK OF ENGLAND
The Discovery of Immense For
gerieS.
TotalLoss to the Bank I'm
known.

LONDON, March 3-The discovery of i'm
meuse frauds on the Bank of England causes
excitement in financial circles. 1t IS lmpossi-
BILE to state the amount of the forgerieS or the
ramications of the operations of the swlndlers
as everything is involved in mystery ana the
police authorities maintain the strictest secresy.
Inc bank has issued notice cautioning the
pu aonc against negotiating fcertaln specihed
o-zos and 1O-40s United Stotes bonds, aggregat-
thS Gu am cunt to 100000. 1t is thought that
I n aoiscries We're peroetrated by ring of
american swindlers and not by one person as
at hrst supposed A person was arrested this
morning on suspicion of being a party to the
Tha nu. proven 10 be only an innocent clerk
accident and was brought about by the Roths.
childs noticing in some bills Of EXCHANGE DIFF
ference in the, color of the ink from that oryl
narily used. The bills themselves were so
neatly executed that they would have escaped
detection. The reward for the arrest of the
forgers has been increased to 60 500.
Later-It is now believed that the frauds on
the Bank of England will reach 81, 100000.
The Slavery Question.
The special correspondent of the Echo writes
from Madrid that decree abolishing slavery
in Porto Rico is impending and that one of the
first acts of the constituents of the COrteS will
probably be to claim emancipation in Caba.
The Geneva Award
In the House of Commons this evening. j ules
Goldsmith put the question of which he gave
notice last week in regard to the Geneva award
over the actual losses sustained by the United
States, and what steps had been taken to pro-
cure the remission of such excess.
Mr.. Gladstone replied that he was glad to
have an opportunity of correcting the preva-
lent mistake. The American government, he
said, had claimed e6,O0O,OOO damages, but the
Geneva tribunal had awarded a little more than
that amount. The tribunal had, under the
terms of the treaty of Washington, the choice
of two methods of payment; one, reimburse
ment of individual losses and the other the
award of gross amount. 1t decided to adopt
the latter method. Following the precedents,
Her Majesty's government could not go behind
that decision.
The explanation was received with cheers
Viscount Enfield Under Secretary of the
Foreign Department, answering the inquiry
from Whitehall, stated that it was the unani-
nous opinion of the Cabinet that no govern
ment admitting of recognition had been estab-
lished in Spain.
VERSAILLES, March 3.-Iu the Assembly to-
day debate on the report of the Committee of
Thirty Vas continued The Left attacked Du-
feran and the Monarchists generally, and in
sisted on further explanations from the goy-
eminent.
President Theirs, unable longer to remain 81
| lent, asked an adjournment, giving notice that
he would address the Assembly tomorrow.
Claims Of United States Citizens A gainst
ICnba.
| HAVANA, March 1.-The commissioners to
| examine the claims entered by Americans for
damages done them by the rebellion are hard
at work and expect to settle at an early day
| and without trouble, the claims of all really
| American citizens. The government agents,
| however, are now collecting evidence to show
| that many claimants are not American citizens.