Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-07
RESOLUTION OF cENsuRE.


laneous Old World News.
RESOLUTION OF CENsURE.
LONDON, Dec. 6.-In the House of Commons
this afternoon, Mr.. Whitbread, liberal, gave
notice that he would offer resolution disap.
proving of the Afghan war and asked for the
appointment of day for its discussion. The
chancellor of the exchequer said he could not
| postpone discussion of the government resolu-
ton fixed for Monday next upon this announce.
| ment
| Lord Harrington appealed to the government
to give place to Whitbread's resolution.
! Mr.. Gladstone supported Lord Hartington's
appeal, but Sir Stafford Northcote, stating that
the governments motion was not necessarily
meaning to charge all the costs of the war to
India, said he could not consent to adjourn the
| discussion.
dition to Withdrawals motion, attacking the
alleged unconstitutionality of the governments
proceedings relative to Afghanistan.
Northcote ultimately yielded and agreed to
postpone the report on the address until Mon
day. when it will be the first subject to be dis
cussed and Withdrawals resolution will be
moved as an amendment thereto.
| Lord Harrington gave notice of the intention
of himself and his followers to support White
breads resolution.
| Sir Stafford Northcote said in reference to
the dispatch of Lord Lytton as to the possible
| ity of a direct understanding between England
| and Russia for wiping out Afghan, could only
be regarded as the personal opinion of the vice
roy as to the probable result of the ameer' 8
policy. There was no ground for supposing
that it referred to any direct or formal pro-
posal.
IRELAND CARED FOR.
LONDON, Dec. G-Before the passage of the
address in the house of commons Mccarthy
Downing complained of the absence in the
royal speech of any promise to redress Irish
grievances. Power and Sullivan, Irish mem
bers, protested against the Afghan war. The
home secretary promised that when the list of
measures for the session was produced, it
would be found Ireland had not been for
gotten.
THE GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION.
LONDON, Dec 6.-The secretary of state for
India, in the house of lords, and the under sec
rotary, in the house of commons, will Monday
move the following resolution:
"Resozved, That her majesty having directed
military expedition of her forces, charged
upon the Indian revenues, to be dispatched
against the ameer of Afghanistan, this house
consents that the revenues of India shall be ap-
piled to defray the expenses of military oper-
ations which may be carried on beyond the ex-
sions."
ROBERTS SUCCESS.
LONDON, Dec. Ca Lahore correspondent
says General Roberts will probably winter on
the heights east of Peiwar Pass. His victory
detaches 5000 noa-orthodox Mussulmen from
the ameer's authority. According to private
information these Mussulmen are.already send
ing levies into the British camp. 1t is report
ed that the Khoord Cabul tribes are only kept
from deserving the ameer by the presence of
troops. Two Europeans were seen among the
defenders Of Peiwar. One Afghan general has
presented himself at Peiwar.
WANTED TO SUBMIT.
LONDON, Dec. 6.-Sir Charles Dixie will ask
the government Monday, to state the contents
Of the letter which Lord Lytton, on the I'd of
December, announced Major Cavagnari had re-
ceived from the Ameer of Afghanistan. 1t is
rumored that the Ameer therein expressed a
wish to make his submission.
A RoTHsCH1LD MARRIED.
PARIS, Dec. 6.--Dulze De Guiche was to-day
married to Madamoiselle De Rothschild.
A LEADER DEAD.
LONDON, Dec. GA dispatch from Madrid
says Senior Rivers chief of the Progressists and
Democrats, is dead.
AUSTRIA AND TURKEY.
LONDON, Dec Ga Constantinople dispatch
says Austria has consented to make the conven-
ton relative to Now Bazaar applicable to
Bosnia. The Porte, however, declines the Aus
trian demand to make eventual evacuation de-
pendent on Turkeys paying the cost of occu-
patton.
coNTRADIcTED.
Layard, British ambassador, has received in
formation con tradicting the reports of mas
sacre in the Melnik district.
PARTITION PROPOSED.
EDINBURGH, Dec. 6.-The ,Scotsn,an's London
correspondent says: SIN influential quarters
it is believed an arrangement with Russia fol
settlement of the central Asia question is on
the tapis and it is likely to assume the form
of a partition of Afghanistan."
SENSIBLE MINISTER.
ROME, Dec. Gin the chamber of deputies
yesterday the minister Of the interior combat
ted the accusations against the government
He refused to fetter the press, and showed tn,
uselessness of suppressing the clubs.
AUSTRIA ALARMED.
| VIENNA. Dec. g. The ministerial crisis a
Constantinople has produced very unfavor
able impression here. Kheireddin Pasha. tn
new grand vizier, is one of Austria's bitteres
adversaries. He urged the sultan to forcibl,
resist Austrian occupation of Turkish territory
| He is regarded as an INSCRIPTIONS schemer, ca
pable of fastening Turkey to her ruin. TIL
change of ministry is believed to be mainly at
tributable to Russian intrigues.
ENGLISH BANK FAILURE.
MONTREAL, Dec. Ga bank here to-day re
ceived cable dispatch announcing the suspen
sion of the West of England bank, headqua1
tiers at Bristol. Capital stock s1,000,000 an
it has forty-nine agencies. Trouble caused b
losses in the iron trade.
BURNED.
LONDON, Dec. 6.-The Derby cotton mill, a
Bolton, Eng, is burned. Loss .e25, 900.
Allowed to Revise tho Returns.
| Special Telegram to the Globe.
MADISON Wis, Dec. 6.-The board of car
vassers were in session to-day, but adjourne
in order to give time for the receipt of suppl.
mental returns from Richland county 1t a,
pears that there was mistake made by th
county canvassers in footing up the Congress
ional vote, the difference being ten in favor {
King. The State board determined to allo
the request to do so was not handed in unit
, past the time fixed by law.
A Compromise Candidate.
minneapolis Mirror.
> In the event that Congress shall order
new election in this district-by no NEAR
improbable Mirror presents the nan
of Eugene Nj. Wilson as compromise cal
didate. His Democracy no one question
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