The New York herald., 1879-09-29
FOREIGN NOTES.


FOREIGN NOTES.
Switzerland has been visi>r' IN year by 400 600
strangers number which exceeds by several thou
sands the average of the last four years. OF this
total one-ffth said to be English. Germans and
Austrians; fve-tenths Russians. one-twenteth
French and Danes, three.twentieths Americans. and
other nationalities onetcnth.
In many Of the Madrid papers there appear com
ments on the British difficulties in Afghanistan
which denote much hostility to ENGLAND. The lib
eral papers soy that England and Russia can blame
themselves for having made the Afghans form
exaggerated idea of their Importance, and they
press belief that England will be obliged to annex
It is asserted by diplomatic people at Berlin that
the scquiescence of the Porte In the Austrian
patton of NoviB is the result Of secret under
standing which has been come to between the two
Powers. The effect Of this arrangement so It is
said. is that Austria guarantees the Sultan in the
possession of his European territories In the
way the Asiatic portions of his Empire have been
guaranteed by England.
The LiLertd. Of Rome. remarking on that portion
Of the conversation between Prince Gortschako and
correspondent of the S0eH which relates to q pos
sible coalition Of Germany and Austria and perhaps
Italy against Russia and France, that the idea
OF such alliance must appear to all persons who
possess little common sense purely fantastic
and scarcely worthy Of notice. italy has need Of
living in peace for long series Of years and of keep
ing clear Of adventures which can be OF profit to
her.
According to the terms OF the recently concluded
| treaty Russia surrenders the northern part Of
Kuldja, includingsthe Chinese military chaussee aud
the town of Old Kudja and she retains the south
the province, the boundary running along the river
Tekes, atiiuent of the III. and comprisipg the
Than Shun passes leading to Kashgsr. China
$500 600 are to be devoted to the payment Of COM
pensation to Russian subjects in the ceded terri
tory. The Western Monaghan frontier is at the
time altered, China ceding the upper course Of
| the Irish and Lake Zaisan to Russia.
| The ladies have .aken possession Of Oxford uni
| versity. Cambridge they occupied long ago. Cir
ton aud Newnham are names almost as familiar in
academic ears as Trinity and Kings. Now they
have marched, band playing and colors Aging, into
viii no doubssho6 t1s land and increase and multi
ply Under thefamliar head Of ''Unversity Intelli-
gence the Times scholarships offered to pub
lie competition by "Jhe Association for Promoting
the Higher Education Of Women in Oxford" as well
as other exhibitions and scholarships tenable at
Somerve Hall and Lady Margaret Hall.
The truth about tho misman nagement of the trans
port Of the late Afghan campaign Is now being made
known to the English public Thus the Times.
who had rarely seen camel and never spoken to .
camel driver were expected to become proficient
comnanders OF baggage corps In the twinkling of
eye. y Under these circumstances it was not
to be wondered at that the animals died. the trans
port trains broke down. aud that the British officers
intrusted with the charge OF their organization
signed from sheer despair. 1t Is said indeed that
.the extraordinary mortality among the camels in
the Kuram valley defeats all calculation"
The Turkish Minister OF War, Ghazi Osman Pacha.
has declared himself with elusive boldness against
yielding up the very smallest strip Of Ottoman ter.
ritory TO the Greek kingdom. In order to back up
his theory by practice he is continually forwarding
troops and munitions to the Greek frontier.
be ready for the anticipated emergency. His reck-
lessiy wasteful policy. which necessitates the alb
sorption OF nearly all the tncomngs OF the poverty
stricken state. his universally acknowledged in
capacity War Minister. aud the increasing dscon-
tent of the soldery fast making him un
popular in Turkey rs he is popular IN Begravia
Comte desmond. whose arrival behind his four
in-ha nd from Ischl to Paris mentioned recently.
is afflicted with the loss OF an arm. With the
manning arm, however. the Comte does more than
great many other men can manage with two. He Is
first rate shot and capital whip not to mention
cue Of no small merit. The reason of his insur-
mountabe aversion to the railroad is the follow
ing I'm 1873 he attacked by a nervous
fever, which clung to him internationally for three
years During his aaupats quarts heures of delirum
he always imagined himself be in railw way car
riage. tuinbing down tremendous embankment.
Since that time he has never set foot in ran and
swea-s he never will.
Most OF the Irish national papers rejoice over
England's 'terrible visitation the Nation says
'that has again befalen the plundercrs OF India"
'To the astonished gaze of Englsnd says the writer
In the Nation, ''therc il suddenly displayed, not n
cowed and conquered province, virtually added to
her dominions. but fierce ana fanatical nation.
strung to the widest pitch of excitement, in arms
against foreign oppression. and resolved to sweep
tho English levies from their soil" The IrxhRan.
which has leading article headed Crimson Cabul,
says:-"As the English did in Zululand they
done by in Cabul. They were forced by the burning
mass Of the conhagration to rush from the flames
upon the bayonets of the people whom they had
foully robbed of their freedom"
'Given tho best materials" demands tho Saturday
Revie,c, "will American archery ever approach the
standard obtained in England. not by sudden At of
emulation. but by the progressive growth of many
generations? Enthusiasm and interna onal rivalry
must give way to steady practice and more sceD-
tific knowledge of all that apportans to archery.
We do not feel assured that archery has suddenly
taken root in America so deeply or universally Ms
is represented; but whatever growth 1t has attained
must be carefully encouraged and cultivated.
Whether cousins adopt the Scotch rowing range
of 1S0 yards, the mixed range OF the English York
Round or the short twelve pnce range Of the old
would recommend them, If they in earnest to be
content for the present to keep in beaten track
and not strive TO surprise or starte the world"
Thus. to o well known firm OF East India agents at
London, wrote King John of Abyssinia :-"From
His Majesty Yohans, King of Kings of Ethiopia to
Samuel KING and Company. Consul OF Yohanis.
by the grace of God and all my people well.
Lutte you have not sent handsome presents to you
General Kirkham sent him with many letters to
you and to Her Majesty. but they poisoned him at
and to sr Tas nays asc
the way at Masowha. that English merchants may
not como to my country, and that may not buy
used to take also bishop from Egypt always, but
after the they won't allow me to take. All this
wrong things done TO me have written TO Her Ma
jesiy, and kindly report all these words In England
for my sake.
The story that the German military attache at st.
Petersburg had been robbed of some papers which
related ~ the possibilities OF with Russia and
| which, falling into Russian hands, had stimulated
| the newspaper war that has lately been raging be-
tween the two countries, is contradictcd by the at
tacbe himself Writing TO the North German Gazette
| Major Won L,egnitz says:-"One day last spring II
cannot remember the exact date,, about noon,
| while both and my servant out. thief dex-
terously oponed my door with some kind OF instru-
ment and searched several drawers In my hourc
| money or valuables. However. he found scarcely
| anything but decorations. Written documents cvf-
| denty did not interest him, as not single
missing. Scarcely eight days after this occurrence
the police returned 90 me the greater number of the
stolen orders and valuables. The thief who has set
| many pons I'm motion has been condemned tor
this and ten precisely similar burglaries, aud is
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