The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-22
Foreign

4AS OmNAoA ANPOAN
9Th inst. places the number of insurgents at
considerably over six thousand, with four
cannon and a rocket battery. The fighting
lasted eight hours, the insurgents obsti-
nately holding a succession of strong posi-
tions. The Bosnisns lest five hundred killed
and wounded and seven hundred prisoners
On Friday the Austrians advanced against,
the strongly intrenched position of Vran-
iuk.
News received from insurgent sources is
to the effect that the opponents to Austrian
occupation, consisting Of Bosnians, Turkish
troops, Arnauts, and Albanians, number
over one hundred thousand men, well
armed. All strategic points on the road to
Serajevo are occupied and in,renched.
Both insurgents and Austrians are being re-
enforced daily.
A Vienna dispatch says twelve thousand
insurgents are concentrated near the diff
cult pass of Vranduk to oppose the further
advance of Gen. P~hillipovitch. Preparation
for a desperate resistance to the Grand Duke
of Wurtemberg is also being made at Djulje-
! sero.
The session of the International Monetary
Conference opened in Paris Saturday. Leon
Say was elected President on motion of
Reuben E. Fenton. After the nomination
of Secretary and the delivery of a short adj
dress of welcome by the President, Mr..
Fenton briefly explained the objects of the
Conference, thanked the Powers who re-
sponded to the appeal of the United States,
and he hoped the distinguished men taking
part in the Conference would facilitate the
accomplishment of the work which would
further the pacific interests of the world.
A Russian torpedo cutter exploded in the
harbor on the 18th, killing t~hirty-four
persons.
A C~onstantinople dispatch of the 18th
says: "The Russians will evacuate Adria'
nople within S K weeks. They will evacuare
Erzeroum and Bayazid upon The withdrawal
of the British fleet. The Gear has tele.
graphed the Sultan requesting him to order
the evacuation of Batoum. The German
representatives has also advised the evacua.
tim of Batoum, and the Porte has decided
to comply with the advice. The inhabitants
of Batoum have again notified Minister
Layard that they consider themselves under
British protection and will hoist the
British flag upon IN attempt CT the Russians
to occupy the city"
A Constantinople dispatch says the
Porte's note, relative to the demands o.
Greece, maintains that the insurrsction il
T essaly was solely kept up by bands from
Greece, that Greece has no claim to ces>ioI
of territory on score of moderation durinI
he war, as she was only restrained by fear
and that Turkey never accepted the princi
pie of re~cti6cation of the frontier. The onl,
sentence in The note which gives any hop,
of an understanding is one stating the Port
leaves to the powers the task of judging it
arguments. The same dispatch says tn
dificu ties between Turkey and England
relative to the introduction of administra
tive reforms in Asia Minor, are almost en-
tirely removed. Minister Layard ha
abandoned some demands which the Port
considered trenched upon its independ
enee.
Ensil Heedel, who attempted the assass
nation of Emperor William May II, in tn
avenue Inter den Linden, was beheaded OIL
the morning of August 16, in the c~ourtyar'
of the new prison at Berlin. The Imperia
warrant decreeing that justice should tax
its course was signed on the Sth of tn
month. Hoeders age was about twenty-one
On the trial he protested that he had no
intended to take the life of the Emperor
but sought to sacrifice his life in a publ
manner in order to create sympathy for tn
suffering Peep e; but numerous witnesse
testified that Hoedel leveled his weapon d
rect at the Emperor.
The session of Parliament was prorogue
by the Queen on August Is, until the 2
of November, 1878. In the royal speech
which was read on the occasion, the Quee
cpngratulates Parliament on the conclusio
of peace by the Berlin congress, and tn
Cypress treaty is referred to as a guarant
of Turkish independence, and a pledge
reform. The conduct of the troops
highly praised. The Queen, in her speec
attributes the pacific solution of the diff
culties in the East largely to the supper
of Parliament, and believes that the peac
concluded by the congress of Berlin wi
be satisfactory and durable.