The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-06

ENGLAND.

A London special of May Goth. says
British Government has sent Instructions To
Lord LOTUS, ambassador At 81. Petersburg,
70 request b categorical explanation from Rus
sian foreign officers concerning the armament
and concerning private Russian officers In the
United States. II Ia understood that LOTUS
will make Inquiries about the mission Of the
Cimbria. Another dispatch from London ssys
that war between England and Russia Is In
svitablc.
A London dispatch Of May 10th says:
The Russian preparations to attack British
commerce attracts great attention. The Tines
says the United States may be depended upon
10 do ell In Ito power to observe the Treaty Of
In eQuipping their feet II will hardly do mush
mischief, and ia more likely TO fall victims TO
our cruisers than 70 infiict damage on our mer-
chantmen. We might have some trouble at
fret, but a short time will suffice TO clear the
seas and make the passage Of our vessels from
one port 10 another safe a. now. The Queen
win shortly inspect the troops at woolwich the
INV !" III ~ NVute. ~ NuouNhtstSi NottVc-
pondent Of the Times says that . strong i'm
preston prevails that the recent outrsees at
tributed To the striking cotton operatives were
not pcrpetrated by them, but by the lower pop
ulacc Of Blackburn and that neighborhood, " no
are notorious for rufianism and have taken ad-
vantage Of the present ferment for their own
purposes. At Preston, Accrinton and other
towns q strict watch Ia kept against An influx
Of this class from Blackburn.
London dispatches Of May 18th, say:
The excitement IN East Lancashire, arising
from differences between the cotton masters
and operatives Is still intense. The presence
Of the military and q large body Of police alone
towns and should present efforts Tor . settle
ment fail, II Il feared these may not prove ad-
eQuAte. At . meeting Of the operatives II was
rcsolved TO strike against the proposed s per
cent reduction In their wages. AtManchester
there 10 little hope that the masters will accept
anything except an unconditional reduction.
One thousand cotton operatives At Greenhesd,
near Glasgow, have struck against . reduction
Of ten per cent In wages. Stock Exchange
opened In London on the morning Of May 18th,
with . strong feeling, and with considerable
rise in Russians and other stocks, directly AZ
fcctcd by the Eastern question.
III ORIENT.
An Athens dispatch says; The Turks
have STACKED the Christians near Cavea; the
fighting 10 continuous. A Vienna dispatch
Gays; According to the Wiener Tagblatt the
passes reported taken by the insurgents arc
Derbend, Balkan aud Trojan's Gate. All At
tempts to dislodge them have been unsuccess-
full. The Turkish Commissioner have thus
far failed 10 accomplish their mission. Bel
grade dispatch says; Further misunterstand
ing has arisen between Princc Milan and the
Ministry, respecting the Tapola revolt. The
Prince will not admit the competency Of q mil
itsry tribunal to pass sentence on such civil
ians % ex. minister schumitch, but the Cabinet
intends to rcsien II Prince Milan persists.
There are $4,000 Thessalian refugees
in Greece. They refuse to return to their
homes. Many Of them are joining the Greek
army. The Albanian revolt In Old Servia has
been suppressed. A London dispatch says
great alarm and excitement prevail In Con-
s~tantinople, but the Idea Of An attack % the
city or the forcible occupation OF the shores OF
| the Bosphorus IL discrcdited by the fact that
Prince LAbanotf, the Russian Ambassador, will
have an interview with the Sultan to present
HE credentials. Other rumors, u % that
the Russians have demanded the Porte TO en-
force the withdrawal Of the British neet and
permit the Russians TO occupy both sides Of the
' Bosphorus, are clearly the result Of panic.