The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-07-13
EUROPE.
The Troubles in the Eas

PERA July 1.-THE Montenegrin agent at
Pera has postponed his departure owing to
fresh instructions from Cettinje.
Aleko Pasha, governor general of Eastern
Roumelia, instead of going abroad probably
will return to Phillipopolis
The enrolling of AlbanianS has been pro-
ceeding some days at one of the mosques in
Constantinople, but as the place is rather con-
spicuous the Office will be removed to Hasken
further up the Golden Horn. These facts to-
gether with accounts from the provinces,
tend to show that some of the Albanians are
in earnest, and that the cession of territory to
Greece and Montenegro will not be effected
without bloodshed.
BERLIN, July livery lively intercourse
has been proceeding during the last few days
between the different cabinets, to arrive at an
understanding on the steps to be taken in case
the Porte declines to execute the resolutions of
the conference.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, Jolly Fit is stated that
Osman and Dervish Pashas were removed be-
cause of plot to depoSe the Sultan. The for
eign ambassadors complain of Albanian infu-
ence in the Sultan's cabinet. Though the ac-
ton of the Porte is still doubtful, it is certain
that imperial troops will not be employed to
coerce those whose professed object it is to OPP
pose the Acknowledgement of the empire, and
the question arises whether the Greeks and
Montenegrins can unaided take possession of
the coded districts
LONDON, July 12.-The Bulgarian Govern
ment does not regard the disturbance of peace
probable and strongly objects to the union of
Bulgaria with Eastern Roumelia.
Proceedings in the House of Commons.
In the Commons Gladstone said the Govern
ment intended to confne themselves in regard
to the ballot to simple continuance of the pres
emit act, abandoning the Irish francise bill. All
other government bills are to be persevered
with. He thinks Parliament can finish its
labors the last week in August.
The Tichborne Claimant.
An effort is being made to carry the appeal
of Tichborne claimant to the House of Lords.
Anniversary of the Fall of the Bastile.
LONDON, July ia Paris letter to the News
with regard to the national fete which is to
take place on Wednesday next-the ninetieth
anniversary of the taking of the Bastile-says:
Pleasure trains are already arriving here and
high society is emigrating EN- masse. The
BonapartiStS journals, following. the lead of
the Gaulois, eXhort their readers not to illu-
inmate their house or display flags on the occa-
sion. This opposition stimulates the ardor of
the Republicans TO promote the district rejoic-
ings. Each reimbursement will do all it can
Independently of the municipal council of
Paris. Private subscriptions will pay for the
fireworks and Examinations. The greatest fes-
tive splendors will be in the east end; where
the Place du Chateau d'Eau will be trans
formed into a kind of national altar. A pyra-
mid covered with turf will be built over the
fountain on that spot, and on its summit will
be placed cast of Morice's colossal statue of
the Republic. The height from the base of
the pyramid to the crown of the statue will be
seventeen metres Around the pyramid there
will be Venetian masts bearing the shields of
the city and the national flags. The outer row of
masts will connect festoons of six thousand gas
jets and fifteen hundred metres of transparent
lanterns. The Place de Bastile will be illu-
minated by electricity alone. The column of
July will be left in obscurity, while light will
be projected on the figure of Liberty on its
summit. All the eastern boulevards and ave-
nues will be as bright as DAY. monster Or
chestra in the garden of the Tuileries will be
led by M. Pasdeloup. Electric lights will be
de la Concorde The palace of the municipal
council will be brilliantly illuminated and dec
grated with Republican shields. The Arcide
Triomphe will be the scene of brilliant pyro-
statue of the Republic, will cost $4,000 francs,
and the pyrotechnic fountains on each corner
will be visible for many leagues. The other
points for displays Of fireworks will be the
Montmartre, the Buttes Je Chaumont, the
Pautheton, the Bots de Boulogne and the
Place de Trone. On the latter will be exhib-
tied a piece representing the Bastile, which
| will tumble down and ON the ruins will rise
the July column and the Genius of Liberty.
| There will not be beds enough for half the pro-
| vincials who will come here, and thousands
| will pass the night in the streets. Forty thou
| sand delegates from country comniunes are to
be housed by the officials Of the city and ar
rondissementS.
PARIS, July 12.-The national fete has vir-
tually commenced. Many thousands of per-
sons from the provinces have already arrived
and the railways are bringing huge accessions.
A French Patriot Dead
Auguste Casimr Victor Laurent Perier, the
banker fnancier and business man, died at
| his residence in this city to-day. During the
Franco-PruSslan war he assisted materially in
arranging the defences of Paris. He was sub
sequently arrested by the Germans for alleged
calumnious denunciation of the German sol
diery and its leaders, and imprisoned at Troyes
but was liberated at the time of the armistice
and elected to the national assembly for the de-
partment of Desbouches. He was afterwards
appointed under the administration of Theirs
to be Minister of the Interior At the down.
fall of the empire his sympathies were inclined
towards the Oreanists, but as the republic be-
came an established fact he accepted the situa-
ton in good faith and exerted his influence to
formulate the fundamental laws for it's govern
ment.
Foreign Notes.
Last week timber raft with forty persons
was dashed to pieces in the rapids of the river
Dnieper and all persisted.
Lieut.. +. V. Greene, of the engineer corps
Of the United States army has been decorated
with the order of the Star of Roumania at
Bucharest
Henri Rochefort arrived in Paris yesterday.
Six thousand persons welcomed him. He was
selllalse and shouting "Long live Rochefort.'
Tom Taylor, the dramatst died suddenly in
London yesterday.