The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-25

The cable reports very serious Ministerial
crisis in France. NJ. Jules Simon, Minister Of
the Interior, was sharply censured by Presi-
dent MacNIahon for his shortcomings where
upon he and a majority Of the Ministers ten
dered their designations.
The immediate cause Of the Cabinet rupture
in France was the non-participation by NJ.
Simon in a debate in the Chamber of
Deputies on the repeal Of the Press law.
President MacMahon had expected that
Simon would present the reasons which, in the
opinion Of the Government, would have
prevented the repeal of the law, and.
having failed to do so, MacMahon sent him
a sharp letter, intimating, among other
things, that he did not have sufficient
influence to assert his views successfully.
Thereupon NJ. Simon and all the other men,
bers of the Cabinet with the exception of the
Minister Of War rendered their designations.
new Cabinet was Immediately appointed, as
follows: Due de Brogie, President Of the
Council and Minister of Justice; De Fourtou,
Minister of the Interior; Eugene Caillaux,
Minister Of Finance Auguste Paris, Minister
of Public Works vicomte De Meux, Min
lister Of Agriculture; Brunei, Minister of Public
Instruction. This ministerial crisis has been
productive Of good deal of excitement in
Paris and throughout France, and by some the
situation is regarded as extremely grave. The
Chamber of Deputies has adopted resolution
by large majority, declaring that "the Cham
Der will only place confidence in Cabinet
free to be resolved to govern in accord
ance with Republican principles, which alone
can secure order and prosperity" 1t is feared
unless the President backs down and responds
to the policy of the House, France will drift
into revolution and civil war. MacMahon ex-
presses a determination to maintain pacific
policy with all the powers, and to firmly repress
any Ultramontane demonstrations.
President MacMahon has prorogued the
| French Parliament for one month.
! The Turks are repeating the horrible butch
cries Of year ago in Bulgaria. In the town of
Turtokai, recently. the Turks rose in the night
and made general attack upon the Christians.
| The males were put to the sword many elderly
women shared the same fate, and the younger
were brutally outraged. The cries of the vic
tins were distinctly heard by the outposts of
the Roumanian army.
AL applications of retired officers for permits
sion TO enter the Turkish navy are refused by
the British Admiralty.
The British Consul at Rustchuk has come III
conflict with the Turks concerning the refusal
of the latter TO permit the landing of an Ameri-
can missionary. The Consul interfered vgor
ously in behalf of the missionary-so vigor-
ously il is said, that he struck an insolent Turk
ish official. Hope he knocked him down ard
BACKED his eye.
The story Of the capture Of great sea-ser
pent at Oban, in Scotland. was fabrication.
The Porte has sent harsh reply to Greece's
strong representations relative to the recent re-
lease of Turkish brigands from prison at Jalina
and their entry into Greece.
1t is reported that the Emperor of Germany
recalled Bismarck, who has just returned to
Berlin, to consult with him in regard to the
situation in France.
Under the reactionary dispensation in France
foreign newspapers are to be subjected TO the
strictest censorship, and the whole policy of
the Government seems to be going back 10 the
conditions which ruled in the earlier days of
Louis Napoleon.
War between Greece and Turkey is consid-
cred inevitable.