The New York herald., 1879-08-06

studying for the German army. La France
hopes that no harm will come of such de-
monstration.
THE HOME RULERS TROUBLES.
Mr. Edmund Dwyer Gray, home rule mem
ber of the House of Commons for Tipperary,
has written a letter to the Freemam's Journal
disappearing the views of Mr.. Charles S. Par
NELL home rule member for Meath A Dublin
despatch to the Pal Nah Gazette says that Mr..
Gray's letter is considered to be reputation
of home rule The Times Dublin despatch re-
ports that the home rule feud daily becomes
more irreconcilable.
TURKEY AND sERvIA.
A telegram from Belgrade states that the
Porte repudiates the concessions of its Commits
sioner relative to the Servian frontier, and has
superseded him. 1t is stated from Constantinople
that difficulty has also arisen in connection
with the M0ntenegrin frontier, the English,
Austrian and Turkish commissioners having
agreed upon boundary, to which the Russian
and Montenegrin commissioners have refused to
give their assent.
TURKISH INTRIGUEs AT NovIBAZAR.
A despatch to the Times from Constantinople
says:-''rhc Turkish government seems dis
pOScu W pay IAc o<Aiuc SAlllc NOW DdZdT
it played formerly in Bosnia. An agitator from
Novi Bazaar, whom the Porte promised to
Danish to Asia, has instead been lodged in the
palace here and lauded in the official newspa-
per patriot"
AUSTRIAN TROOPS IN BOSNIA.
The Vienna Vateriand published some start
ling revelations relative to the unfavorable
sanitary condition OF the army in Bosnia,
caused by bad and insufficient sup
plies. 1t said:-''Thc official report shows
that in December one-third Of the
army of occupation was in hospital The
deaths from typhus fever, dysentery and chest
complaints averaged four and One-quarter per
cent Of the entire force' These revelations
caused so much displeasure that the number of
the Vdterland containing them was seized and
destroyed.
CANADIAN RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION
The Standard, in its financial article, says the
Board of Directors of the Great Western Rail
way of Canada have agreed to refer the condi-
tions Of amalgamation with the Grand Trunk
Railway to arbitration. Five chairmen of i'm
portant railways nominated as arbitrators.
The fusion of the capital Of the two companies
is not contemplated.
ACTIVITY AT KRUPP'S
A despatch to the Standard from Essen reports
that trial of Krupp's heavy guns has commenced.
with representatives of Germany, Holland, Den-
mark, Sweden Austria, Russia, Belgium
Italy. Greece. Roumania, Servia, Brazil, China
and Japan present [The Berlin correspondent
o. the London Times, writing two weeks ago, says
more than usually slack for some time back, the
foundry of Herr Krupp at Essen that :enal of
tions that political barometer Of mean ORDER has
begun to show signs Of increased activity. The
Danish government has given orders for number
of 55 centlmetre guns, with the necessary equip
ment for suuboats intended for coast defence, and
Sweden, too, desires to add another battery of
field guns to her artillery ornaments. Bolivia has
recently received consignment of cannon from the
banks of the Rhine while Herr Krupp has de-
spatchcd mountain gun present to the new
Khedve-a proof that, however virtuous the resolu-
tions of kings and rnces, and by whatever pro-
tective influences hedged around, the principle of
evil and of destruction in shape other will
be sure to reach them.'l