The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-24
LATEST CABLE NEWS.
The Fingoe in the South
African Pie.
ANARCHY IN BURMAH.
Another Storm Raging on
the Thesis.
TIE KIEDIVES FINANCES.
The Turko-Greek Boun-
Diary Question.
SPAIN AND CASTELAR,.
TIE KTIEDIVE'S FINANCES.
SPAIN AND CASTELAR,
IBY CABLE TO THE HERALD.

By CABLE TO THE HERALD.
LONDON, March "a, 1870.
The German Ambassador General Schweinitz,
declared energetically, at a banquet given ut st.
Petersburg on Saturday by the German resi-
dents in honor of Kaiser Wilhclm's birthday,
that the friendship of the Russian and German
Empcrors is tirmer than ever.
Pcsth despatch to the STANDARD, dated last
night says that furious storm has again
damaged the dikes protecting Csongrad, Szcntes,
Vasarhely, Zombor and Tttel, which the in
habitants have been making every effort to
strengthen for twenty days.
The famous Dreher brewery at Vienna has
been burned and several lives lost.
LORD CHELMsFoRDs RESIGNATION.
The Post and Times state, apparently on
authority, that Lord Chelmsford's letter
has been generally misinterpretcd. 1t
does not imply that either Lord Chelms-
ford or Sir Bartle Frerc is eager to cast
off his responsibility. In consequence of the
prevalence of sickness it Lord Chelms-
ford's duty to provide against contin-
gency which might leave the army
without responsible chief, and as the Com
mander-in-Chief holds a dormant commission, to
come into force on he death or Interpretation Of
Sir Bartlc Frcre, Lord Chelmsford pointed out
that the officer sent to the Cape his second i'll
command should be competent to undertake both
the military and civil administration.
The Post declares the report that Lord Chelms-
ford has been superseded is unfoundcd.
BURMAH AND THE BRITISH
Complete anarchy prevails at Mandaay. The
bulk of the inhabitants, says the Calcutta cor
respondent OF the London Standard, would
welcome British troops The hopes that an
explosion will be avcrtcd are growing faint.
The Times Calcutta despatch says:--.'There
seems yet no good ground for interfering
with Burmah. The King is fortfying
Mandalay, probably through fear. War.
however, may be forced on the British at any
moment. 1t is said the King has despatched
secret emissar%cs to Calcutta to assassinate the
claimant to the throne, who resides there
~ RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ,e.,.
4 The Times Vienna despatch says :-.sIt is
announced from st. Petersburg that in consc-
1quence of representations of Lord Dufferin and
Count Schouvaloff concerning the views of Eng
land and Prince Bismarck, n new conciiatory
line of policy has been decided upon Rus
STA is now giving orders to her troops in Turkey
to commence evacuation in the middle
of April and terminate it within the period pre-
scribed by the treaty, and is ready even to pro-
pose mixed occupation of Eastern Roumelia
for limited time. General Todlcben has ar
rived at.Odcssa.'
THE GREEK BOUNDARIES
The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs has
sent q circular to the Powers invoking their
mediation on the frontier question between
Greece and Turkey. The frontier commissions
OF Greece have returned to Athens. The
Turkish Commissioners have signed a docu-
mcnt stating that the Porte admits the principle
ofrectification of the frontier, but declares the
line indicated by Greece inadmissib'c.
Mukhtar Pacha has been ordered to return to
Constantinoplc within few days.
THE KHEDIvE's FINANCES.
The London Observer publishes the text of a
joint note of the English and French govern
mcnts, which was tclcgr,,pLed to Egypt March
8, recapitulating the terms which had already
been agreed upon for the settlement of the
crisis. These include the right of Ministers De
Bgnieres and Wilson conformity to veto all
measures they may disapprovc. The note con
cludcs:-"The Khedve will understand the
serious responsibility he has assumed By giving
rise to these new arrangements and the gravity
Of the consequences to which he would expose
himself if he should not prove able to insure
their complete execution and if difficulties
should arise interfering with the progress of the
government or if public order should be dis
turbed."
SPAIN AND CASTELAR,
Scnor CASTELAR, and 1O3 former Deputies of
the Spanish Cortes have issued manifesto to
the democratic party. They announce us their
programme sincere return to the constitution
OF 1869. which proclaimed religious and cduca-
tional liberty, freedom of the press and lib
erty of meeting and association. The mani
fcsto also declares in favor of universal
suffrage inviolability of Spanish territory and
payment of the interest on the public debt, and
recommends policy avoiding alike rcactionary
excuses and dcmagogic utopias. At the ban
quct given by the advocates of the abolition of
slavery ut Madrid Saturday night, it was
solved that the Society for Promoting the Total
Disappearance of Slavery from the Spanish
Colonies should be rcorganizcd