River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-16
FOREIGN

4 4 THREATKNlSG letter received by Par
/ nell at Wat tJrd charges him with de-
stroying Irel5ad to save his own pocket.
/ TnE British admiralty has at last abol-
/ ished the cat . -nine-tails in the navy,
which, henceforth, is to be disciplined
without flogging.
THE Italian premier, in discussing
/ Greco-Turkish relations, said the govern
/ ment would never permit Italian citi-
zens TO violate ghe international duties of
Italy.
/ THE French finance minister stated in
/ the chamber of deputies that England and
/ Germany had several times of late mani
/ tested desire for double standard, and
announced that France is ready for actual
! oyertures.
I IL leading article ON the 9th inst, the
/ Spectator expresses the conviction that af-
/ fairs in Ireland will steadily grow worse
until a reconquest by military force shall
/ become necessary.
/ Mrs. GADNER, who was attacked by her
! tenants in the west of Ireland recently, is
to have guard of $50 soldiers. Her
/ house is in state OF siege at present. The
/ garrison now consists of about dozen po-
| licemen.
/ The Greek premier, in an appeal to the
| leaders Of the opposition, pronounced the
4 country on the eve of supreme crisis,
and urged military preparations to en-
/ force the decision of the Berlin confer
/ ence.
NoN HArZFFLr, the German ambassa-
| dor to Turkey, has reached Berlin with
what is believed to be proposal by the
| porte for the settlement of the Greek
1 question by compromise.
/ GLADsToNEs withdrawal from the house
/ of commOnsls urged by his physicians,
and there are rumors that, after the pres
entatioD of the budget, Gladstone will ac-
cept peerage and support the Irish land
bill in the house of lords.
TIKI Irish land league meeting at Scots
town, which Dillon, O'kelly, and Biggar
called upon the government to protect,
was held without interruption. The
Orangemen gave up their proposed coun-
ter demonstrations at the same time and
| place.
/ THE better sense of the German people
/ is asserting itself against the Stoecker anti
/ Jewish movement In a large majority Of
/ the towns the protest against the pro-
/ scription movement has been so numerous
/ ly signed as to, quite OvOrwhelm the
| Stoecker party.
Mr.. PARSELL will probably be indicted
/ anew for his bold utterances at Waterford
recently. Mr.. Healy, NJ. p, ParnelI's
| secretary, and Mr.. Walsh have been in
dicted by the Cork Grand jury for intimi-
/ dating a farmer named Manning who turn
| ed land -grabber.'
| NOTWITHSTANDING somewhat stormy
opposition, the Greek parliament has
| granted the ministers of war and admiral
~ all the supplies they deemed sufficient
to put their respective departments in
good fighting trim.
SABURoFF, the Russian ambassador at
Berlin, has gone to Friedrichsruhe to con-
fer with Bismarck on the Greek question,
and those two men will probably have
vast deal more to do in shaping events in
the east than all the so-called naval
demonstrations.
THE growth of the Irish land league is
attributed by the English press to whole
sale intimidati0ns. 1t is alleged that
even Orangemen are compelled to join
or confront the danger of losing life or
property, and that peddlers who can not
show a league card are unable TO sell
goods.
IL the queens bench on the 9th inst,
the application by Parnell, Biggar, T. ID.
Sullivan, Sexton, and Dillon for the post
ponement Of the state trials until Jan. %,
on the ground that the date fixed would
interfere with their constitutional right to
be present when parliament meets, was
refused by the court, with costs. The
chief justice, in giving judgment strongly
denounced the state of anarchy existing
in the country, and said Parnell had but
himself to thank if he were in an awkward
position in regard to his parliamentary
duties.