Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-13
FOREIGN NEWS.
ANOTHER SECRET OUT.

correspondents says London telegram Of
Nov. Sth Before the plenipotentiaries
left Berlin, Lord Beaconsfeld and Connt
Andrassy signed a treaty providing thai
if Russia should endeavOr to remain on
Turkish territory after May, 1879, Eng
land and Austria will insist on her com
plete withdrawal. If Russia should
urge that Turkey is unable to protect
the Christians, owing to the disturbed
state of affairs in Roumelia, England
and Austria will furnish garrison to
relieve the Russians. The purport OF
this treaty was communicated to Rus
Sia"
GRANT DIMES WITH KING LOUIS.
A Herald cablegram from Lisbon, OF
Nov. Sth says: General Grant dined
with King Louis on the LIST inst. All
the members of the ministry were pres
ent, including the Marquis of Avila. E.
Bolama, minister Of state and OF foreign
affairs Conseilhero J. De Mello E. Gau-
yea, finance minister; Conseilhero J. De
Sande Magazines Make Salema, min
lister ofjustice; consul here, A. F. De
SOusa Pinto, minister of war; the Count
de Castro, and other members of the
Judiciary and war departments of the
kingdom. The palace was gayl y trim
med with flags and the day was a
festival throughout the city King
Louis reception of the the ex-president
of the United States was very cordial.
His majesty offered the general the
highest decoration OF knighthood known
to the kingdom. General Grant
thanked the king, but said that he
was compelled to decline the
honors, as the laws of the United States
made it impossible for officers to wear
decorations, and, although he was net
now in office, he preferred to respect
the law He thanked his Majesty heart
lily for the honor intended. King Louis
then offered him a copy of his transla-
ton of Hamlet" into Portuguese,
which General Grant accepted with
many thanks.
RUSSIA CANNOT CARRY OUT THE TREATY.
Says a st. Petersburg cablegram
Of November TIN: The CALAIS
declares that western Europe must be
given to understand it is impossible in
the present situation for Russia to fulfill
the treaty of Berlin.
RUSSIA DOES NOT ENCOURAGE INsURREC-
TION.
Says q st. Petersburg cablegram Of
Nov. 9th: 1t is officially denied that
Russian officials are participating in, or
encouraging. the Bulgarian insurrec-
ton. Gen. TOdleben has issued fresh
orders to the Russian commanders on
the East Roumelian frontier to prevent
tloo e 10, Io II
to watch the movements of the insur-
gent committees.
EVARTS' FISHING LETTER STIRs UP AN ENG
IIsH HORNETS NEST.
Says London dispatch of Novem-
Der 9Th: The Pail Mall Gazette
in leading editorial article, says
that the United States should choose
this precise moment to publish what
seems. from the Geographic summary,
to be a rather threatening dispatch adj
Minister Welch at London, can
scarcely be regarded as accidental. All
the world can see that we have on our
hands just now quite as much as we
can deal with, and really friendly
power with a grievance like that of the
United States whilst holding to its posi-
ton, would refrain from casting the
matter in an irritating way before the
public until our affairs had assumed a
peaceful aspect At anyrate this is
what, according to admirers of the AL
ALBANIA arbitration, we might certainly
have expected from America The
truth is that while the very party
with which the bargain was
made still holds office in
the United States, the first opportu-
nifty is seized to make a point against
us just when it reckoned that other. diff
culties may force us to give way. Moth
ing else was to be expected, and for our
own part we are inclined to thank
Evarts for teaching our countrymen
that nations generally are more inclined
to force their advantages ever one an
other in the 10Th century than in the
18th, 18th, 10th or LIST. Let sentiment
talists blame Evarts, for he has disap-
pointed them, not us. American news
papers of all shades Of political opinion
without giving a moments considera-
ton, let us hope, to the fact that the
quarrel has nothing whatever to do
with the award of $5,5OO,O0O made in
favor Of Canada at Halifax, come for
ward at once with the contention that
this money due and long over due to us
must not be paid until and unless
this new difference is settled
n the way they think is right.
Nine million dollars of the Alabama
indemnity still remain without any
reasonable claimant, and here are 3d.
100000 more to be retained. We should
have supposed that the Americans
could scarcely afford to recall the at
tention of the public to various mat
ters relating to the Washington treaty,
and the manner in which it's provisions
have been carried out, but then we too
have little sentiment about us, for in
truth the whole story is one Of con-
tinuous attempt at evasion, and evasion
Of a somewhat shabby kind; and curl
ously enough, advantage was taken of
local charlottesville local regulations
of the state Of New York-to avoid
compliance with one Of the most i'm
pOrtant stipulations of the treaty in fa-