The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-12-18
Foreign Affairs.

Bremen steamship Mosel was getting read
to sail from Bremen for New York Satur
day, case Of dynamite contained in tn,
luggage Of passenger, lying on the pier
exploded Sixty persons were killed AM
forty wounded The names of all thos
killed have not been ascertained, but it i
supposed that they were friends of tn,
passengers, come to the pier to see then
of, only four of the passengers bein,
killed, one of them Hermann Cramer, Of
Iowa. One Of the passengers, after thu
explosion, attempted to commit suicide Blu
was prevented. An examination into til,
cause Of the explosion will take place
The steamer was much damaged, and the
Salier will probably take her place.
The PLOT TO Destroy THE STEAMER
MosEL.--Bremea December, I5.-It il
now ascertaincd that the passenger who
owned the case of dynamite which explod
cd at Bremerhaven is named Thomasen
ani not Thomas, as has been given here
tofore. He has confessed to the authori,
ties that he constructed the chest which
exploded and arranged a clockwork at.
tachmcnt to cause the explosion after q
certain time had elapsed He was occu.
pied for fortnight in fitting the chest
and worked in coach-house in one of the
most frequented parts Of Bremen. The
police have examined the house alluded to
and found some of the packing material,
but no explosives of any kind.
LONDON, December 1916 A. MA
special dispatch to the Times from Berlin
says :-"Thomassen has repeatedly torn
tho bandage from the wound he inflicted
in his attempted suicide, and is how
securely bound He seems to be Swaban
by birth, but has been naturalized in the
United States, He passed week last
October in Liverpool, apparently trying to
ascertain whether it would be best for him
to put his internal machine on board
steamer there or in Bremerhaven. The
number of the killed by the explosion
already reaches 80, and others Of the
injured are not expected to recover.
BURYING THE VIoTIMs.-Forty corpses
were buried on Tuesday, together with
some chests filed with unidentified frag-
ments Of bodies. The total number of
killed and wounded is now estimated at
1870.
Thomassen died on Thursday from his
sclf-inAicted wounds
1t is an ill.wind that blows good to no
body. What is the misfortune of one
nation is the advantage of another. 1t is
reported that the grain crop is an almost
total failure in Russia, and that she will be
a purchaser instead of an exporter this
year, Two years ago she sent to England
wheat valued at nine million pounds ster-
ling, The United States sent grain to Eng
land the same year which was valued at
nearly twice as much. The prospects of
the American farmer, then, for obtaining
liberal prices for the products of the soil
this year are very fattering, for if Russia
cannot supply England with the bread
stuffs she may require, she will have to
purchase in the United States, and, as our
crops were unusually good this year, we
will be able to meet any demands for
cereals that may be made upon us.
The situation in Liberia, if reports are
to be credited, is anything but promising.
All the inland settlements have been
abandoned, the inhabitants having lost all
they owned except the clothing on their
backs, and are now subsisting ut Latrobc
on what can be furnished by the govern
ment. On the 10th Of October the Libe-
rian troops made an attack on large native
town, but were repulsed and left their
cannon and ammunition in the hands Of
the natives. Without cannon the attack
will not likely be renewed, and the govern
ment Is too poor to keep so large force
idle The success Of the natives has EN-.
boldened them, and they are uprising all
along the sea coast.
The ENGLISH EIGHTY .oNE-TUN Gun
Misunderstanding to the Kolaische,
Zeitang, Krupp is making preparations
for the construction Of 124-tun cannon.
This enormous gun will threw steel bolts
weighing more than 1900 lbs. each, and
will require load Of powder, weighing 400
lbs. II is estimated that the projectile will
pierce at a distance of 5000 feet the
heaviest plates, of 23S inches thickness,
now used on the English ironclads, and
that its extreme range will exceed seven
miles and half.
A special telegram received at Montreal
from the Indian village of Ok, on the
Ottawa River, says the Protestant Indian
Church in that village has been pulled
down by French Canadian mob. One
man was badly injured by the falling Of
the bell.
1t is reported at Berlin that the recent
conference between Prince Bismarck and
Prince Gortschakoff resulted in an agree
ment for peaceful solution of the Turkish
question.
Chevalier Steunerson, the Minister of
Sweden and Norway to the United States,
died suddenly in Paris on Wednesday week
He was to have sailed from Liverpool for
this country on the llth inst
The Carlist forces are estimated ut 81
900. Severe weather continues in Spain
and a number of the soldiers have persisted
from the cold. INK
The grain markets of Paris, Belgium,
Holland, Germany and Russia are steady,
while French provincial markets are i'm
/ proving
/ Prof Goodwin Smith will, it isrumorcd
purchase the Toronto Nal, and conduct i
as an advocate Of Canadian independence.
/ The British Parliament has been sum
noned to meet on the 9Th of February,
1876.
Queen Victoria personally conducts Q
Sunday school for the children connected
with Windsor Castle
CONFESSIONS OF AN IMPosrER.-A
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