The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-18
FOREIGN POLITICAL NOTES.

Lord BeaconsReld when Mr.. Disraeli, boosted that
all the money and the press in Europe were in the
hands OF jews.
Gordon Pacha telegraphed from Abyssinia:-
"Everything is going on to my entire satisfaction.
but in consequences OF heavy rains my journey to
King Johns residence has been delayed
The Cologne Gazette states that the leaders of the
ultramontane party in Germany profess to know
nothing whatever about the progress the negota-
lions between the Prussian government and theVat-
1t is, however known. adds the Gdsefte. that
those negotiations have not been broken OF. but
have been continued since the GERMAN CnancellorS
return from Vienna.
The Diritto publishes article on the foreign
policy Italy in which it points out that Europe is
now the position of uncertainty which generally
follows great events it is passing through period
OF transition in which old alliances out of place
and new combinations arise The widest policy for
Italy pursue therefore, urges the writer. Of
INSTRUMENTATION and repose She VIII thus be able
overcome the difficulties Of the present and face
the uncertainties of the future.
German newspapers understand the Russian Gov
eminent to have a project in contemplation for
diverting the river Meinel from its present
to direct it straight into the Baltic without
touching Prussan territory. The Provincial Gov
OF Eastern Prussia has convoked conference
of parties interested in the of the river
in Prussia, including merchants of Tilsit, Mcneil
and Konigsberg, discuss the terms upon which
consent is to be given to the Russian scheme.
1t is by no means certain that the new Austro-
German alliance actually the "gad tidings great
joy that it appeared very lately to Lord Salisbury
the conclusion of that agreement Whatever it
is, the OF the Austrian semi-otcia press, in
GLIDING that OF Hungary. and notably Count Andras
toward England. No longer Great Britain alluded
the assisting counterpoise to Russian advance,
but her nothing Is mentioned in
terms of contempt, and even the "pretensions" Of
England in Egypt are mentioned as inordinate
The Trade and Exchange Gasette of st. Petersburg
declares that the fruits OF the Russian victories in
Turkey will chiefly be reaped by Hungary.
Austria. it says. gains success after another
by its indefaugable energy and excludes US more
dustry hoped to make their own. In two years.
utter the Servian. Bosnian and bulgarian railways
be inundated with Austro- Hungarian products,
munications and the commercial and customs'
treaties. will defy all competition"
The King of Burmah is said to be very much irrf-
tated at the detention of his Embassy at Thyetmys.
1t still kept there. waiting to know the First Com
missioner decision ~ to whether the members may
to Simla not 1t IL said that the object Of
with England. European lady has been permitted
to have interview with the King who stated that,
If attacked he should defend his frontier. but would
offer further defence He thinks the English too
impatient in their demand for revision Of the
treaty with his father. With regard to their claim
that he should dispense with the ceremony of taking
OF the shoes entering his presence, the King de-
clares that he will never yield compliance to such
demand.
The Athens correspondent Of the Bund writes
that from end TO end of the Greez Kingdom NJ.
Gambett is the most popular of all living European
statesmen. For some time past tho Greek patriots
have accustomed themselves to look upon the
French Republic as their only possible hope in the
event OF supreme need. Many have gone SO far in
their reliance upon France to believe that the
French would actually not shrink from declaring
against Turkey il the latter Power to delay
Gambetta the greatest of foreign Phlhellenes in
the popular estimate. and his portrait be seen
in nearly all the public localities. NJ Washington.
in a less degree, is regarded as q tue friend OF
Greece and in spite OF his later hesitation aud his
Gambetta his brave and resolute endeavors serve
Greece in the debates Of the Berlin Congress are
gratefully remembered.
saLondon Neutrality-suspicious. will soon be plenty Of
atT aTnfl Of (Qhr (lnp
Simla correspondents mentions the sudden lifting
from Mussoorie of Sirdar Shareef Khan, pensioner
of the Indian government, who had the honor Of
claiming the late Shere Ali brother. Conse-
quently he is, according to strict Mohsmmedan law.
more entitled to the throne than his nephew,
Yakoob Khan. But this Sharcef Khan has so long
resided on British territory that his influence in
hnsr and W the fn nc Of tss
Viceroy, too-the latter pretty strong indication
that Lord Lytton has succession project in his
too busy brain. Another claimant is to be found in
that patriarchal person Padshah Khan. He, unfor-
tunatcly, has royal blood in his veins; but. on
the other hand, he commando the allegiance of the
great Ghilza tribe, and put It Is said $4,000
In the field on an emergency. He could officer
good many regiments. too. from his own family.
which already comprises hundred sons and
grandsons.
On the 18th Of last month a verdict highly charac-
teristc OF Russian justice given in the District
Court of Emerson in Southern Russia. Three young
collegiaus of respectable parentage, named Aexeie
that tribunal upon the charge of having ut diff
fercnt times stolen from the master of the British
merchantmen Beta. lying ut anchor in Nicholaief
harbor, q golden watch and chain, q purse
containing sovereign and o pair of golden
sleeve links. The accused made full confess
sion of their delinquency. but appealed with
hcartrendng sobs TO the patriotism OF the Court for
exoneration from tho legal consequences of their
crime. upon the grounds that ''they had purposed
exercising well nIerited vengeance upon the wicked
English who had inflicted 30 many wrongs upon Holy
Russai' Thus invoked, the jury returned unani-
nous verdict of mot guilty." which enabled the
Judges mulct the British plaintiff in all the costs
of the action, including the expenses incurred by
the State during the detention OF the three young
IN nrisnn down 20 the of their trial.