Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-12
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THE De KALB MURDER TRIAL.
Slow Work in Getting a Jury.
BRITISH POLITICAL SITUATION.
RUSSIA AND FRANCE AGAINST GERMANY
PENNSYLVANIA BRIBERY CASES.
low Work in Getting a Jury.
BRITISH POLITICAL SITUlTJOy.
RUSSIA AND FRANCE AGAINST GERMANY,
PENNSYLVANIA BRIBERY CASES.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Rri{ish Rndoes.

LONDON March 12.-The conservative aud
ministerial journals declare that the budget
statement is satisfactory. The Daily Ne'rs says
the budget is framed on the "happy go lucky :"
principles. 1t deals with no schemes of new
taNatlon, hafasses no interest, takes off no
penny here nor puts on any penny there leaves
the customs as they are, and the excise as it is.
and simply says here is an nconvenient load of
debt; let us see Ii we cannot lift it off our own
shoulders and on to the shoulders OF some one
else. The Times says; The budget was predeS-
tined to be unsatisfactory, and 1t Will not stir
the pulse OF the county in favor of the min
istry, but on the other hand will hardly furnish
the opposition with new arsenal Of weapons
lor the approaching electoral campaign. The
financial situation in its general bearings is
Understood by the country, and though the
practical results may be received with some
natural murmu1ing. it will be found impossible
10 organize any serious demonstration against
them.
Mansion House Relief Fund.
DUBLIN, March 12.-The Mansion House re-
lief committee announces that the sum of 1000
nounds haS been received from sydney. Austria
la, and 200 pounds from Invercargill, New Zea-
land
Gen. NgeIikoff Ill.
LONDON, March l2.-The correspondent of the
DdHy Telegraph at st. Petersburg says he hears
that General Melkof is in bad health, and is
splitting blood owing to over work and sup
pressed excitement.
The Duchess of Edinburs.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg to Reuters
Telegram Company says that the Duchess Of
Edinburg will remain in that city for the pre-
sent.
FEr. Jshn Walters Address TO His
Constituents.
MI. John Walter, proprietor OF the London
Times in an address to the electors of Berk-
shire, declares that his course In Parliament has
been governed by the belief, which he still
holds, that in questions of foreign policy the
supposed interests OF party should give way to
interests more lasting and more vital to the en-
pire. He claims that he has invariably support
ed liberal measures, rightly so-called, and there
m m pa1lnt Jof
the confidence OF his constituents.
American Honorary Members of the
London Turf Club.
The Sportsman to-day says: I'VE are glad to
notice that with the object of showing the ut
most courtesy to well known visitors from
America, several of the leading London clubs
notably the Turf Cub have resolved to admit
such gentlemen as honorary members for three
months. The names OF candidates for member
ship have to be submitted in the ordinary way.
and ON the propoSer OF the name and the sec
night Mr. j. r. keene, OF California, was elected
a temporary member of the Turf Club. He was
proposed by Lord Roseberry and seconded by
LOrk Dorchester"
r General Sk0beIOff.
LONDON. March IA dispatch from Berlin
TO the Times says: General Skobelof was eX-
ceedingly anxious to take command of the
Tekke-Turcoman expedition, and in declining
it he must have regarded the conditions of his
appointment as very hampering and veXatious.
Russia and France Against Ger
many.
BERLIN, March 12.-The Governmental Post
states that Prince Bismarck has ordered a COL
lection Of diplomatic documents attesting the
hostile intentions of Russia towards Germany
The volume will include papers bearing upon
Prince Gortschakoffs propositions to France
for the conclusion OF an nti-German alliance
The Swedish Arctic Explorer.
LISBON, March 12.-ProfeSsor NOrdenskjold,
the Swedish arctic explorer, has arrived here in
the steamer Vega.
The London Times on MIR. Glad.
stones Address.
LONDON, March 12.-The Times SAYS: Mr. Glad
stones address to the electors Of Midlothian Is
brilliant and concentrated summary of his
familiar Indictment against the whole govern
ment, and all 1t has done 1t is very effective
as defamation, but it has tone OF weakness
There is nothing throughout it to remind us
That there are any political realities TO be con-
sldered In pronOuncing Judgment, except the
ministers themselves. Mr.. Gladstone leaves out
OF sight the essential circumstances with which
the ministry were concerned: The eastern QueS-
t1on, the depression of trade and the worst har-
vest of generation. For all this there is no
allowance; there is nothing visible to his gaze
but ministry which has been gratuitOusly
misusing the resources ami discrediting the
honor OF the country. The great facts OF the
political world of the day are elements which
Mr.. Gladstone leaves out in this SKETCH and un-
fortunately they are indispenSable.to a salts
factory review OF the situation.