The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-11

The Pope received ex-President Grant, his
wife, and son, Saturday. Chatard, Rector
of the American College, awaited Gen.
eral Grant in the hall of the Swiss Guard,
and accompanied him to the Pope's apart
ments, where Cardinal McCloskey pre-
scented him to the Pope, who received him
| with every mark of distinction.
The London Times Rome correspondent
telegraphs as follows: Pope Leo's allocu-
ton, delivered at the Consistory Thursday,
gives the Italians general satisfaction. The
a~llusion to the Chureh's captivity is very
.pUm His Holiness expresses no intention
to struggle for the recovery of his temper
alities.
Lord Salisbury, who succeeds Lord Derby
as the British Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, has issued a circular to Ambassadors
that is significant of a policy that can not
result in a peaceable settlement of the diff
culties between Russia and England.
The complete neutrality of France in the
war questions agitating Europe is disquiet-
ing to those most concerned. There is
anxiety that France should be more active.
If she husbands her resources while others
are wasted by war she will become too pow
erful.
England and Russia are in such attitudes
toward each other in the neighborhood of
Constantinople, that even if there is not a
clearly defined purpose to make war, an &C.
cident may precipitate hostilities. The OBJ
iect of the Russians, if war should be de.
clared, would be to close the Dardanelles
and capture the fleetin the Sea of Marmora.
1t is thought the Russians would at once
take the forts. on the European side of the
Strait if the English troops at Malta were
embarked. The point of contact is the
vicinity of Gallipoli.
The Earl of Leitrim, Ireland, was assas
sinated recently, while, riding from his res
idence at Milford on an outside car to Derry
with his clerk and driver. 1t is supposed
the assassins concealed themselves behind
low embankment, between the road and
the plantation, and that having first shotth'
Earl of Leitrim, they shot the clerk ant
driver, SO there might be nc witnesses. Hi
lordship's valet was driving about a mil
behind, and on coming up found his maste
. and clerk lying dead on the road. Life wa,
still in the driver. The assassins meanwhile
escaped in a boat across the bay. A dis
patch from Dublin states that the assassina
ton ofLord Leitrim and his two attendant
, was the result of agrarian troubles. Lor,
Leitrim had disputes lately with his ten
antry, some of whom manifested much BIZ
i ter feeling at their alleged grievance,
Their is intense indignation among the pee
) pie of Donogan County over the outrage
and measures are being taken to discove
the perpetrators. The district is loyal, an
9 has never been effected by the ~coerciv
g laws.
= Lord S~alisbury's dispatch to Russia is r,
5 garded as putting an end to all negotiation
! for a Congress, and it has, as might hav
: been expected, created the greatest amour
: of excitement and illfeeling. It is col
!, sidered as equivalent to England's ultimi
" tum.
s The opinion gains ground throughou
: Europe that England did not wish to hay
a Congress at all, and that her policy of d.
: laying matters as long as possible, in orde
= to strengthen her own power and exhaui
Russia's finances, vas defeated only b
Russia's decided tsne and Lord Derby
resignation, thus forced to reveal her rel
intentions.
70 A special from Berlin says the Russia
20 reply to Lord Salisbury's circular is prepa
: ing. Prince G~ortschakoff is said to be an,
ious to issue it as soon as possible, to r
). move the unfavorable impression produce
: by the English circular.
3 Iii is officially reported that 1900 Cuba
= insurgents surrendered in the jurisdictic
" of Manzanillo during March. OF thel
: 1850 were men, and arms of all kinds give
up amounted to 1880 pieces.