The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-29

Don Carlos Invited to Leave France.
PARIS, Oct 2S.-It is reported here that Don
Carlos, the Bourbon pretender to the throne Oh
Spain, will be requested to leave France in
consequence of his reception and other public
interchangesof courtesies with army officers,
someof whom have been subjected to army dis
cipline for the same cause.
The Austro- German Alliance.
The Journal des Debats condemns Lord
Salisbury's optimism touching the Austro-Ger-
man alliance and says the result Will be
European complications which will leave Aus
tria without allies, confronting all the Chris
tan nations of Eastern Europe, whose legiti-
mate ambitions she seeks to stihe for her own
advantage
Another Proposed Alliance.
LIE Soleil reports interviews with italian
statesmen of various shades of opinion, all OF
whom advocate an understanding between the
Latin and Slavonic races, as a counterpoise to
the Austro-German alliance.
Vessels to the China Station.
LONDON, Oct 2S-The Standard says: "We
understand the corvette Comus and the sloop-
of-war Albatross will proceed 10 the China
station as soon as ready for sea, in view of q
pending rupture between China and Japan
and the friendly attitude of Russia toward
China"
A Singular Confession.
George Montagu, alias Henderson, on COM
INITIAL to Maidstone Jail, who confessed that in
July, 1877, at Baltimore he murdered fellow
soldier named Henry Saunders by stabbing
him and afterward threw the body jim well,
Yesterday, on completing his term of imprison-
ment, was rearrested and held to await the ac-
ton of the American authorities. lie now
says the confession was a falsehood, concocted
to avoid being imprisoned here.
The Dissolution of Parliament.
The News believes parliament will be dis
solved before the end of the year owing to the
registration showing Liberal preponderance.
This deprives the Liberals of any good effect of
the registration as it does not take effect until
$780, A cabinet council will be held next
week
The Irish Agitation.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, colonial secretary,
in speech at Birmingham said at is clear
that the most dangerous agitation is going ON
in Ireland which assumes the appearance OF an
Agrarian agitation of the worst type"
The Spani sh Floods.
MADRID, Oct 2S.-Official statistics of the
recent foundations in Murcia show four-hfths
of the arabic land ruined and 1000 persons
missing.
The Princess Louise Once More on Her
Native Shores.
LONDON, Oct. 2S.-Steamship Sarmatian,
which left Quebec on the 18th inst. with her
royal highness Princess Louise on board, has
arrived safely, but after a tempestuous and
slow voyage. The princess is in good health,
and stood the fatigue of the voyage remarkably
we'll.
Russian Troops Ordered to Asia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 28.--A division Of
troops numbering 200 men has been ordered
from the caucasus to Central Asia. Several
officers of the general staff at ST. Petersburg
are also ordered to Central Asia.
Opening of the Prussian Diet-The Speech
from the Throne.
BERLIN, Oct 2S.-The speech from the
throne at the opening of the Prussian Diet de-
clared that the improvement in the estimates
expected TO result from reform in the system
of imperial taxation cannot, in Jew of the
present financial situation affect to an appre-
cable extent the estimates for the next year.
The principal measures announced comprise
a loan for covering the deficit, bill for apply
ing the surplus of Imperial taxes to the reduc-
ton of the income tax, a bill for the purchase
of railways by the State for the construction of
new branches and bill for modifying the
Superior departments OF the administration
and for the extension of administration juris
diction No allusion was made to the foreign
or political situation.
The absence of any reference to the church
and state in the speech is held to indicate that
the statement that negotiations between Ger
many and the Vatican failed is correct, and
moreover that the government does not intend
to attempt to place matters ON more satlstac-
tory footing by means OF treaty ON legislation.
A Crisis Imminent in Belgium.
Advices from Brussels state that a minis
terial crisis is imminent in Belgium. There is
a serious diversity of opinion among the pre-