The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-30
Last Nights Dispatches.
FOREIGN.

LONDON, Oct. 29.-The Pail Nal
Gazette editorially declares that the treaty
of Berlin is failure; that 1t will be i'm
possible by it to arrive at pacific solution,
and that the sooner this fact is recognized
the better. Peace it says. must be COM
menced bya combined arrest of the reck-
less power which has kept Europe 10 COM
motion for years past and now threatens
to break away from all law and all restraint
Ii this is only to be done in concert and
concert is give and take matter for the
benefit of which all parties must pay some
thing, it follows that we should not shrink
from any price in reason.
VIENNA, Oct. 29.-Twelve Austrian
officers left Teheran to reorganize the
| Persian army on the model Of the Austrian
army.
The Presse says England alone has
demanded explanations at ST. Peters
burg of the Russian movements 10 Rou-
melia
SIMLA, Oct, 29.-Orders haye been
issued for the collection of stores and the
transportation of 90 600 men at Peshawaur.
SIMLA, Oct. 29.-The Begun Of Bhopal
has offered to place her army at the dispo-
sal of England.
CONsTANTINOPLE, Oct, 29.-The Porte
has asked Prince Lobanoff to explain the
return of Russian troops to the positions
recently evacuated by them, and also the
refusal to reinstate the Turkish authori-
| ties in the district between Tehorlou and
Adranopie 81 a.
Sixty Thousand Russians have entered
Roumelia by way of Bourgas.
DETEpc (0.k TIL HaToa
| says: If the Russian people were con
suited they would unhesitatingly decide
for renewal of the struggle. Despite the
expedients of diplomacy to arrest the ma
tural course OF historical development, it
| is evident that the inevitable crisis 10 the
eastern question has arrived. There is no
| apparent prospect of completing the or
ganization of the Balkan peninsula on the
basis of humanity and justice without a
| fresh war.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 29.-Ihe Ger
man ST. Petersburg Gazette says rumors
are perslstently current that tue govern
ment has decided 20 offer active assistance
to Shere Ali Many volunteers are pre-
pairing to start for Afghauistau The
same paper states that by order of the
High Admiral 110 torpedo boats have
been distributed among sixty one war
| ships
LONDON, Oct. ga dispatch from
| Vienna says that England has confidential
| ly directed the attention of Austria to the
serious aspect of affairs in Turkey, but has
not yet made a decided attempt to bring
about common action by the powers, al
| though she has brought forward the mat
ter individually at St. Petersburg.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-The Mark Lane EU.
press says: The weather has been fine for
the past week. The rainfall was slight, but
sufficient to be of service to the farmers
enabling them to commence wheatsoWiDg al
heavy lands, Satisfactory progress bas beer
made with field work generally aud agri
cultural operations have been carried on
without hindrance, The supplies of Eng
lish wheat were light There was some
slight Improvement In the condition o
offerings, Values probably reached the
lowest point, The imports of toreigI
wheat into London were more moderate
than Of late, though fully sufficient for ou
requirement The supplies were INSULT
cient to exercise a depressing influence il
prices, but the weeks business has beer
so meagre that wheat has been a sourc,
of profit to granary keepers rather than tt
merchants. Indian wheats are beginning
to arrive more freely, for which there ha
been some continental inquiry, but no
much fIom English millers
E LONDON, Oct. 29.-The physicians O
Sothern, the actor, demand his absolute
retirement from the stage iur six months
The nature OF his illness is net stated.
AFRICA.
LONDON, Oct 29.-Inteiiigence ha
been received irom Whydah, west eoas
of Africa. Sept &c, that Portuguese com
, msndaut aud seven soldiers are held cap
, tive b. tue King of Dahomey, who make
] them parade before him daily The kit,
has recommended the grand custom 0
human sacrifice. Five hundred person
have been slaughtered in one month.
PARIS, Oct. 29.-Total subscription
here for the reliet of the yellow fever sui
: ferers in the United States, $4,000
a AUSTRIA.
: VIENNA, Oct. 29.-Baron Won Preti
Fl Cagnododa has rendered the Emperor hi
resignation of the task Of forming q cabi
a ant