The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-18
FOREIGN NEWS.
rNE KHEDIyE PUBLISHES A MANs-
FEsTO JUsTIFYING HIS COURSE.
what ne Promises 10 no for.tse CREDITORS
or EEypt-Ghe sultan Disposed -
Favor His Views.

S# Favor HIS views.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Khedive Of Egypt
q has published a manifesto lustitylng the
co1rse which he has taken In dlsmissiRg his
freign commission, and insisting upon the
carrying out of his own programme Of re-
form He says that he will be fully response
Biz for the public safety IN ksyypt, and Tor the
due payment of the foreign debt II he
ia allowed to exercise the power which he
wishes through the National party. The
National party, he insists, Is strong, earnest
and united, BY Its aid he will be abe 70 pre-
serve Egypt from the disgrace nf bankruptcy.
onereus burdens which they would groan
under were the plan Of the commissioners
carried out, and succeed finally In discharg-
Ing the obligations due the foreign creditors.
The manifesto Is strong and well written
document.
As intimated in these dispatches some days
ago, the effect upon tho Sutan's mind OF the
representations made to him by the spaclaf
envoy sent to ConstaniDople by the khedlVe
has been to shake his determination to side
with the foreign governments in their de-
mands upon the Khedive, and to incline MIN
to sustain the latter Ia his independent course.
TURKEYS DTPREGIsTED PAr1sR CURRENCY.
LoNpoN, April 1.-THE latest advices from
Constantinorle show that there Is great tinan-
cial depression. The Calrne paper money has
deprecated to an alarming aEtent, falling 40
Der cent in one week. The rate nQw is go per
cent below par, or $40 In paper money for 81
In gold The government has been endeaEor-
Ing te withdraw the paper money, but cannot
do 80 without obtaining q loan for the pur-
pose and this 1t seems an impOsSibillty To 90.
The country is represent, nas being In little
better than O bankrupt condition.
TEE EGYPTIAN porDHoLDERs-ExPLA
EY SIR STAFFORD NoErHGoTE BEsPEcT-
ING THE CRISIS IN EGYPT.
LONDON April i7.-The statements made
by Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor Of the
EEcheuuer, In the House Of Commons, re-
speeting the crisis In Egypt and tue i'm
brogio concerning the i,dnt occupatien of
Eastern Roumelis, are generally construed in
q sense contirmatory or the view OF the sit
uation ~ lately given in these dispatches. lt
now appears, rs intimated i'm these dispatches,
situation, and that the resistance which he
has made to the fereign bondholders may be
quite successful The bonGholders In Gng-
lane and, rance have the ear of the press,
md they have nsturally made u appear that
the Khedive had committed An unpardnElble
0fense by refusing to regard himself as BANK
rupt and permitting the English and French
commissioner to administer upon his estate.
The story that the Sultan was altogether
on the side of the bondhuldens and had threat
ened To depose tha Khedive came from the
salne source, but Tonight Sir Stafford North
coats statement appeared to diSprOve much
Of the informatio ion hitherto given in the bend
holders interests. 1t was not true, he said,
Wilson had declined to be dsmis I'd by the
Khediye; nor was 1t true that England Rad
made any remanstrance to the Sultan against
the action ofttbe Khedive In dismissing him;
nor was 1t true that England had entered into
any convention with France to act in unison
with her in this matter, although some CON-
municatlons were now going on respecting the
matter between the two governments.
The opinion gains ground that the khedtye
has quietly won over the Sultan to his side
bat bnr h, h la tI,a " mint
EXPLOSION IN A BELGIAN COAL MINE.
BRussEI.s, April 17.-By the explosion OF
fire damp in the AgrapPe coal pit, near Mono /
Belgium, the woodwork caught fire and fell
|ln There are 240 men In the mine, and 1t is
feared that many of them have pershed.
ANOTHER RUSSIAN CHIEF OF POLICE MUIR
DERED.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 1.-THE chief OF
police Of the town OF Archangel has been \
murdered.
FREE TRADE IN GERMANY.
[. BFRL1N, April 17.-At the conference of the
lierllan maritime delegates held to-day, to
Gscuss the tariff question, free trade reSOlu-
(l0ns We're passed BY an overwhelming ma
prity.
fHE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AND PARAGUAY.
LONDON, April ls.-A dispatch from Buenos
AyreS says that the President of the Argen-
fne Republic has handed over Villa Occi-
|ental to Paraguay, under the terms Of Presi-
~t Hayes award.
LORI DERBY-yHE DURHAM MINERS.
LONDON, April 57.-Lord Derby has re-
Dgned as a member of the Lancaster Conser-
btive Union Association.
The Durham miners are assuming a threat !
hing attitude, and military assistance has
pen asked for by the employers.
tHeUvALoTF WILL REMAIN AS RUSSIAN
MINISTER To ENGLAND.
LONDON. April IA Berlin dispatch to
ne Pail Mall Gazette says that Count SchoG
hlof, deferring to the Cars wish, has with
fawn his request to retire to private HE. and
Ill remain as Russian Ambassador at Lon