The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-04

ENGLAND.

Dispatches from London of March
vi say, The Iron trade In south Yorkshire Ia
In . most stagnant condition, and large mum
bers or men are thus thrown out Of work.
Within the last few days two Of the leading
works IN Rotterdam have stopped, owing 10
the acarcity OF orders; and another force Of
100 mon ere thus made idle at the establish
msnt ii tho Midland Iroa Company, which had
during the last ten years paid . dividend aver
aging no per cent PER snnum II Ia feared that
the collicrs will strike agAinst = reduction of
wAges, and In that event 10000 men will bc un.
employed.
A London dispatch ri March ~ says;
The landing Of . force ON the Asiatic aide Of
the Sea Of Marmora has unique Nionsbly been
considered by the government, Railway ma
tcrial, "a bc laid on = parallel line with the
B~osphorus, has been purchased. The English
Government has purchased Of Sir William
Armstrong four one hundred TIN guns, costing
es0,0O0 each, and 10 negotiating for = number
Of smaller Weapons, such ~ are already In tho
service. Large contrsctA have been made for
qua carriages aad army stores. An order for
torpedo vessels has becn distributed among
the ship builders on the Thames and elsewhere.
A London dispatch Of March 18th
says; In reply 70 . question the Chancellor
said the Government had agreed 70 take part
IN ths Coagress. Tho Government 10 nov CON.
muaicssing With various rowcr regarding the
terms upon which Va shall enter thc Congress.
TIE Chancellor said he could not enter into the
dstails, but h. might ny thsa In the Congress
each Power would maintain liberty Of action.
II vas not intended that . majority would bind
The minority. England win maintain her views
In the Congress, Md WIN require, before enter
ing Il, that every article Of the treaty of peace
shall be placed bsfors he Congress Ia sueh .
manner that the Congress can Judge whether
the articles are to be accepted or not. In the
House d Commons Cir Robert Pcclc objected
10 Lord Lyons representing England In the
Ccusress, because bic opinions werc opposed
70 those Of Isyard, and Sir Stafford Northcote
rsplted that the Government and not Lord
Lyons, wss responsible for England's course Al
the Congress.
RUSSIA.
The official Journal Of st. Petersburg
publishes the full textof the treaty, which fully
confirms the verions previously cahled. The
London Times, commenting ON the text Of the
treaty, says there Ia much Ia critizc and rrsist,
but nothing absolutely beyond the pale Of dis
cuaslon.
II Is announced. semi-oficially. from
II. Petersburg, that Prince BaltenbeN, the
Care nephew, has been definitely proposed
for the throne IL Bulgaria. The London Post
states In an ofacisl dispatch that Russis has
neither received nor rejected the proposition
for the admission Of Grrece to the congress.
She was disposed 10 agree to the admission Of
the Greek delegate with merely q consultive
voice.
A st. Petersburg dispatch of March
&h AYE, The Agencs Russe Gays that Eng
land has not yet replied In regard to the Con-
grcss. She still insists upon her demands that
al conditions OF pesce be submitted, noswith-
standing the text Of the treaty has been com-
inundated 70 the cabinets and Russia has
agreed TO . complete freedom Of discussion At
the Congress. The chances Of . Coogrces
meeting have diminished.