Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-01
Foreign News.
FRANCE DISSATISFIED

London advices under date of July
29th say the results of the Berlin con.
gress continue to excite much popular
feeling III France against England, be,
cause they are regarded as challenge
to that country, both in regard to Syria
and Egypt.
Sir Garnet Wolseley, governor gen
eral and cOmmander-in-chi of Cy-
prus, has selected for the officers of his
staff nearl y all those who served under
him in the Ashantee campaign. Much
sickness is anticipated among the troops
at Cyprus, who landed there at one of
the most unhealthy seasons of the
year.
Admiral YclvertOn, whose death is
reported, is the officer whose divorce
from his wife twenty years ago attracted
such wide attention.
The Whitworth thirty eight ton gun
recently experimental upon at Wool
wich proves to be failure.
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DIsTRIB-
UTED A PROCLAMATION
IN the native language. 1t saws: "The
AuStrlans come as friends to stop evils
which have for many years disturbed
Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Aus
trian borders. The Emperor Francis
Joseph could 30 longer look on
and see the sufferings of these PROV
lnces where force and turbulence
reigned, while the government of the
country was incapable of restoring Or
der, and want and misery were knock
ing at the fronteirs of his own states
The emperor therefore directed the eye
of Europe to your position, and the
council of nations decided that Austria
should give you back your long lost
peace and prosperity. The sultan
commits you to the protection of
his mighty friend, the emperor.
The Austrian troops bring you
peace, not war. They will protect
all and oppress none. Established Gus
toms. and institutions will be respected.
The revenues will be applied solely to
the wants of the country. Arrears of
taxes will not be collected"
LARGE MOBILIZATION.
Austrian subjects in Servia belonging
to the Austrian reserves have been per-
emptorily summoned to join their bat
tallons. This creates uneasiness, be-
cause it indicates a far larger mobiliza-
ton than was originally intended for
the occupation of Bosnia.
GOVERNOR OF CANADA.
A London telegram Of July 29th SAYS
the Marquis of Lorne will be appointed
to succeed Lord Dufferin as governor
general of Canada.
ENGLAND's LIABILITY.
Advices from London under date of
July 9th state that in the house of lords
the Marquis of Salisbury, replying to a
question, entered upon a general de-
fense of the governments policy in con-
Guiding the Anglo-Russian agreement.
which was intended to prevent war in
event of a failure of the congress,
and not to tie the hand of the govern
ment during the discussions. He
declared the government under no en-
gagement for the future, except those
which had been presented before the
house. 1t had never promised Greece
an increase of territory.
COLLAPSED.
A Vienna dispatch dated July 9th
announces that the attempts to organize
resistance to the Austrians in Herza-
govina have collapsed. The Turkish
Plenipotentiaries submitted fresh
proposals to the Austrian govern
ment, but no definite answer. Some
of the conditions previously proposed
were unacceptable. 1t is said that
Turkey insists on the maintenance of
Islamism as the established religion of
the provinces.
THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.
A Berlin correspondent, writing un-
der date of July 9th, estimates that
the result of the elections Tuesday for
the German Parliament will be return
of all, or nearly all, of IA Ultcamon-
tanes, Poles, Guelphs, Lorrainers, and
other irreconcilable enemies of the
Government. The Liberals will prob
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