The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-04-20

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t'e d%eeislao hslBe yst aas aesa.
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berg disd IN ~ takss bospitai. IN London
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tof several dsgs rbst, and bs Wa surrounded
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We bed been aneousr.5uf i0r several aass
The Standards Heffin eorfeuopde6l
says that notwithstanding NE statement 1,
the contrary, ths intelligence Inst The ere,
VIII ret 70 f. fms this mmmef. ~ hes been
bic custom, is regarded ~ evidence ~ m,
outbreak ~ the GassialTafkiah waf In n few
weeks should The porte comply with The
protocol Hussia viii end new means a
making war inevitable.
The most expensive newspaper pnt.
ii'hed 10 Paris is the Art, the yearly sab.
scrption 10 which is twenty.four dollars
gold, and the cheapest IL the Bonnie Pensee.
q religious weekly, which costs only twelve
cents a year. The oldest Of Partisan Jour.
nails Is the Journal General deq Aaiches.
which is now in its tive hundred and forty.
seventh year Of publication.
The glazing house of the powder mills
ct Santa Cruz blew up on the %, killing one
man employed in cleaning the cylinder and
iniuring several othersiu the vicin,ty. About
nine tons Of powder were stored in the mill.
and the explosion did considerable minor
damage in the town Of Santa Cruz, two
miles distant, breaking glass, crockery in
stores, etc. The cause is unknown. Loss
about $4,000.
The Times, in a leading editorial of the
9th, reviewing the situation, says that a cir.
cular has been issued by the porte, giving an
unfavorable reply to the protocol and the de.
mand for disarmament. Even though The re.
fusal may not be so absolute as to preclude
further negotiations or d~issipate every hope
that the determination may be reconsidered,
it is impossible to look upon it except as a
very grave event. Only the most urgent rep.
resentetions of the powers at st. Petersburg
and Constantinople can now prevent a col,
lision.
Discussions between President Diaz
and Gen. Mendez are beyond settlement.
During the absence of Diaz, Mendez had
charge of the government and sent 10000
Enfield rifles and several batteries into
Sierra Puebla for his followers. DIaz ordered
the return of the rifles and Mendez refused.
Mendez charges the president with bad faith
in the election of the president of the su.
preme court. The quarrel has been carried
into congress where a dissension is rife,
Diaz's friends were defeated in the election
of a committee of scrutiny of fifty. Seats
are contested in congress. The restoration
of the constitution and return of ex>Presi.
dent Lerdo is openly demanded. A pro
nounciamento against Diaz has been issued
N chihuahua. OlivuIa has pronounced for t
in Sierras Queretaro.
The Pail Mall Gazette's special of the y
'th from Berlin says that Notwithstanding &
he present arrangement it is said to be Z
doubtful if Bismarck will not shortly retire fl
Iltogether from office. When submitting 0
lis request for retirement he presented q 6
medical certificate showing that his %continu. o
nee in Office must be highly preiudicial to l
lis health, and may even imperil his life. On a
his ground the prince is reported to be "
verse 10 pledging himself to any length of a
me. The reichstag will to-day consider a W
from the emperor calling T
pom it to invest Camphausen and Won Il
ulow with power to represent Bismarck CT
uring his absence. al
~,
The Times, in q leader on the 10th, W
ter reviewing the u~nfavorable news from "
onstantinople, says; "Let us, then, assume ne
e worst, that the negotiations now being no
rried on at Constantinople will have an vi
conclusion. Let us assume, also, M
at the blame may plalsibly be laid on the su
inks, who will have refused once more to to
quiesce in the judgment of all Europe. mi
rned a deaf ear to the pleadings of the a az
Iarge d. affairs, and by their temerity pro. -,
ked the great sovereign who was seriously
sIrous OF peace. Is there, then, no re- r
influence nthe other powers, taken co;
5ether or singly-nO obligation to the com. Gre
unity of nations which may outweight the {
of the porte? We will naturally tai
IN to the last achievement of diplomacy. "
e instrument which expresses the conyic. I'M
ms of Europe on the eastern question are L
inions which may be divided on the merits ~
the protocol, and many may be dis. ,,
sed to think its terms too complaisant TO oIaal
ssla, while the Turk is treated with too opd
ie cohsiuefa'ion' Inc powers have in were
III passed condemnation on the Turkish were
eminent, and declared that the execution 81
its promises Is doubtful, and must be man
ched over. They complain that the own
tie has M to the nresept TINA disonnoh,to and
r. boros and tbou $780,. "Wl
her neglect to consider the means by "
Oh the wrongs to humanity and the dan. : ,re,
to Europe may be averted. The moral wild
ct of the judgment must remain in spite shee
be declarations of Lord Derby. Proceed. Jude
to be taken on the protocol may be rode
e by one power or another, contingent SURF
l something first being done; but to ~
it really null and void is beyond the IT,
r OF man. There is no verdict against sledo
ey; there is no justification Of Russia st
the essential merits of the controversy, nv (
.hese cannot be affected by the future tellil
e of events. On the other hand the man,
col stipulates for Turkey one decided of al
,taee. WatchtuIness and possible in. with
ntion may be the duty of Europe, but "\
rds have meaning, the %sultan's govern. the G
is to be allowed a day of grace. The 10
, tenor of the nrotocaI 10 tba, No atten
shall ,,o -, viole
N nppgpnt auaingf tho Ottn,,o~ 49,.