National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-05-12
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Comments on MIR. Gladstone's Letter.

Comments on MIR. GladstOne's Letter.
LONDON, May 1l.--rhe Morning Post says: at is
quite unprecedented to have to place before the
public two such documents as the letter Of Mr..
Fawcott aud Mr.. Gladstone. Tho liberal majority,
large as 1t is, mny disappear in other places 1t
has vanished at Oxford, as If blown mp by change
Of wind, such as might be brought about by these
damning confessions"
The Dd1y Teiegrdph says: "Unless the new min.
istry are more careful they may 20 down To history
as the cabinet of apologies. Hardly has 1t been
constituted before the postmaster general Is seen
doing public penance for rash accusations, and
now The literature of diplomacy Is supplied with
= document at once Unprecedented and unde-
sirnbe, In which the prime minister Of England is
found making the dnlende honorable TO the Austrian
representative for expressions used amidst the ex
element OF the recent general elections"
The Standard says: The country will peruse
with vexation aud shame one OF the most eXtraor-
binary productions that ever emanated from the
pen of public man. 1t Is humiliating to have to
add that the writer Is the prime minister of Eng
land"
The Times says the correspondence between Glad.
stone ana Count Karolyais probably unprecedented
IN the annals of modern diplomacy. II Is far from
desirable that occasion should frequently arise for
such apologize explanations ns Mr.. Gladstone
offers. Mr.. Gladstone's language in Mid. othian, IL
lett without withdrawal or explanation. must have
rendered his intercourse with Count Knroya un-
pleasant to both. Any interruption of diplomatic
relations or change of Ausrias representation was
Tor every reason to be deprecated. Fortunately
the difficulty has been ended by the complete and
gracefully wordcd dmCRde Mr. Gladstone has made.
Nevertheless the form ofthe explanation shows how
unfortunate II is that there should have ever been
occasion for Ii.
LONDON, May 12.-The Standards Vienna CORE
spondcnt reports that the majority of the newspa-
perS consider Mr.. GadStones letter satisfactory to
Austria. 1t is regarded as full recognition of and
complete victory for Baron Won IIaymcrles policy.
The Berlin National Zeitang says the letter is of
the most extraordinary documents ever issued
from Downing street, and Is n bad one for the for
cign policy of new government.
Forcibie Dcnunciation of Land Leai:ucrs.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Roman catholic bishop
1.-THE diocese of Assory Ireland, in pastoral con-
demhlng the land league, says: "a few days since
an American newspaper was put into my hands,
which nas no better names for Irish bishops than
episcopal traitors sons of Judas and men who be =
tray the poor while its pages teen with culOgies
ienianisn communism. etc. These 1t commends
as the glorious results of modern civilization This
paper Is ono OF the recognized organs Of the So
called land league. Its great heroes and corre-
spondents are men who have been most prominent
in organizing the land league in Ireland, and who
more than once have not blushed to PROFOUND
these irreligious theories to Irish audiences For
such men the land league is mere mask for
fenianism. Should an attempt be made to dis
clergy and the people will unite in casting them
forth and waging unceasing war against them
Albania and Montenegro.
LONDON May IA Ragusa dispatch to the
Manchester Guardidn says the porto no longer
controls the Albanians They declare their inten-
ton to invade Montenegro and take Podgoritza.
The state of affairs in Montenegro is deplorable
The crops failed last year. and now, just at the
sowing season, the whole population is called to
defend the frontier. The prince of Montenegro
declares that unless his people can return to the
fields within ten days famine will be inevitable
The Vienna correspondent of the Times reports
that affairs in Albania are not as bad the special
dispatches make ont, but there Is sufficient cause
for uneasiness TO raise Il doubt whether the uues-
ton can be settled without sn armed conflict
Five or six thousand AlbGninns are assembled al
Fusi, few miles from PodgortZa. The Montene.
grns are concentrating 1000 men at Podgoritza.
The Turkish force in the province is only about
5000, and even If the porte is willing to execute
the convention IL has not the power and If un-
willing 1t Is difficult to how the intervention OF
the powers can be cflectually brought TO bear The
Vienna Political Correspondence has a dispatch from
Scutari, saying tho Albanians have relinquiShed
for the present their intention 10 attack the Mon
tcnegrans, but continue TO concentrate their forces
The st. Gothard Explosion.
LONDON. May ll.-A Geneva dispatch To the
Times says by the explosion OF the dynamite
magazine, belonging to ST. Gothard railway contract
ors at Faibo on Saturday last three persons were
killed and twenty injured Several OF the injured
are not expected 10 recover. The accident in the
tunnel on the 9Th instant. when portion OF the
roof fell. will not seriously interrupt the work"
Thirty Thousand Workmen Idle.
BLACKBURN May l2.-From 1900 to IS, 900
operatives will be thrown idle this morning on &C.
count Of the strike. Many towns in North and
Northeast Lancashire have promised support A
protracted struggle is npprehcnded. and precau-
tions against rioting have been taken.