The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-12-05

prevailed on the EnglisA coast. % lives are
reported lost
! A circular letter from Archbishop Manning
was read in all the Catholic churches Of
London on Saturday, declaring that all per-
sons who do not accept the dogma of Papal
! infalibili,y cease to be Catholics.
France.
A the meeting of the Assembly approach
ed political parties were again busy, Num-
erous caucusses were held, ard negotiations
going on between the various sections OF the
Assembly. The factions of the right appear
TO be still unable to combine. Seventy Dep
uties of the Extreme Right have resolved 70
vote against the constitutional bills
The Assembly met at Versailles on Mon
day. The attendance on the first day was
light Theirs was present. On Wednesday
Mcmahon delivered his address to the As.
sembly. He says, order has been maintained
throughout the country. The relations with
foreign Governments are on an eXcellant foot
ing. France has shown firm determination
to respect treaties, and has gained the ncrcas,
ed confidence Of her neighbors. No foreign
power now doubts her desire to maintain pa
cifc relations with all nations. The financial
position of the country has sensibly improy-
cd. At home thanks to a good harvest, agrl-
cultural production has reached an uRprece-
dcnted figure. The export trade has never
been as considerable rs during the last four
months. Everything now favors the cXpec-
taton that these most satisfactory results
will be at least equaled in 1875. The Presi
dent insists strongly on the necessity Of def,
mite legislation with regard to the constitu
tional powers, and continues as follows:
necessarily agitated by 4 propagation of
the most pernicious doctrines, the country
asks you to guarantee, by measures of wise
foresight, the regular action Of the public
powers during the period of stability which
you have promised France. You will short
" examine these grave questions, and an un-
Outstanding, | hope, will be arrived at. |
shall not decline any share of the response
billy, nor Will the Intervention ofmy Govern.
ment be wanting. | wish TO state how | I'M
dcrstand my duties toward the Assembly and
and the country, did not accept power to
SERVE THE ASPIRATIONS OF ANY PARTY.
only pursue the work of social defense and
national restoration. 1t is my ardent desire
to have the support and good will of those
whose personal preferences bow before the
present necessities of the sacred cause of
country. claim their support in the name
Of France, whose welfare and greatness
have alone in view Nothing will discourage
me in the accomplishment eff my task, 1t is
my duty not TO desert the post in which you
have placed me, but occupy it up to the last
day, with mistaken tirmness and scrupulous
respect for law
The greatest confusion appears still to exist
among the various parties in the Assembly,,
and dissolution is regarded as imminent.
Germany.
In the rcichstag on Monday the Alsace-
Lorraine loan bill was taken up and gave
rise to 4 most interesting debate, Deputies
from Alsace and Lorraine declared that they
were opposed to the high endowment of the
University of Strasburg and to other educa-
tional grants for the provinces, because they
were made in the interest Of the Empire and
not of the provinces themselves
This called out Prince Bismarck, who re.
piled; The question before US concerns the
Imperial interests 1t is not question of
Alsace and Lorraine. The University is for
Imperial purposes. In well,tought war in
which We defended our existence, we con.
quered those provinces for the Empire. 1T
was not for AlsaCe and Lorraine our soldiers
shed their blood. We take our stand upon
the Imperial interest, for which, and not for
sake of their own ecclesiastical interests, we
annexed those provinces.
At Berlin, on Sunday, mass was celebrated
for the first time in that city by a priest of
the Old Catholic Church. The congregation
numbered about 300, of whom 90 received
communion.
The government has issued circular TO
the provincial authorities instructing them
to most urgently caution the people agains,
the false representations Of the Brazilian EN-.
igraton agents, and stating that emigrants
who went ont under their representations
continue TO return 10 Germany in the most
abjGct condition.