Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-10
Echoes From Abroad,

Ireland, and the Government, badoered
upon one side by the agitators and re.
preached by the landlords on the other,
have begun prosecution. Mr.. Parneli
and thirteen other members Of the
Land League have been subpnnaed to
appear before the Court OF Queens
Bench IL Dublin. 1t is hoped by
bringing the offenders into higher
court that it will be possible to get a
jury to convict. The allegation in the
Indictment seem rather flimsy and
scarcely particular enough; but it is
sincerely to be hoped that something
will be done to put an end to the pres.
emit terrible state of anarchy. A great
deal of excitement is raised by the case
OF Mr.. Boycott, landlord in Mayo.
The agitators desired the laborers on
his estate not to work, and the CROPS
had to be left standing in tue field.
Then his Servants were told that thew
must leave their master, who is almost
starved out. However, being a man of
energy and determination, he cut as
much OF his crops as he could himself,
while his wife tied up the sheaves. A
few days ago he sailed into neighbor.
ing town to procure provisions, but
being recognized, the military had to
be called out in order to rescue him.
An Ulster man has engaged to take
number of laborers from the North OF
Ireland, gather Mr.. Poycott's crops,
and resist any attack that may be made,
provided bis expenses are paid. One of
the Conservative newspapers has started
subscription, and six times the re-
quired amount has already been col
lected. Meantime, every ones atten-
ton is fixed upon Mr.. Boycott's little
farm, and it's relief promises to become
as famous as that of Lucknow. Wheth-
er there will be any breach of the peace
depends upon the Land League, which
does not seem to be in quite as thriving
condition as it was some time ago.
1t was generally believed that Mr.. Par
nell was about to retire from it, partly
because of the petty iealousies among
its members, and partly because of the
very decided stand which has been taken
by the priests against all the agitators
since Archbishop McCabe's pastoral
was issued. A Cabinet council will be
held during the present week, at which
it is expected definite policy as to the
whole Irish question will be agreed
upon. Other important matters will
also be considered.
1t is understood that Prince Bismarck
desires to see the enforcement of the
will of Europe in the Turkish question
deferred until Austria shall have been
put into a condition to defend her new
ly-acquired responsibilities and fl on
tiers under the treaty of Berlin; but
Earl Granville refuses to comply with
the request, and some irritation is likely
to result.
Dulcigno has not as yet been ceded.
1t is reported that the Albanians are
arming and will resist all attempts to
take their little port from them. The
Porte has resolved to increase the Turk
ish force in Thessaly and Epirus to
~ 900 men, and to construct ten batter
les for the defense of the Dardanelles.
Mr.. Gladstone is said to. be quite con.
WINGED of the possibility of forming a
Balkan.Slavonic Federation, independ-
cnt alike of Russia and Austria, and it
is this belief that makes his policy SO
fanciful. For some years past Nine.
Norikof, Russian lady Of great abil-
ity, has acquired good deal of infu-
ence over Mr.. Gladstone. She is the
wife of Russian General and sister-in.
law of former Russian Ambassador at
Constantinople. Being thoroughly i'm
bued with the philo-Slavonic theories,
she has sought every means to bring
them before the English public both by
writing in such magazines as Fraser's,
and by impressing upon the minds of
public men the advantages to be gained
by q close alliance between England
and Russia. It is scarcely probable
that she will be successful, but her &C.
tons are attracting the attention Of 9th.
er nations, notably of Germany.
In France the expulsions of the I'M
authorized religious communities con-
tinue, and the Tribunal Of Conflicts
have decided against the Jesuits upon
the question of disQaalifying the Min
lister of Justice from presiding at its
sittings. Throughout the provinces
there has been much hard feeling
against the Government for the harsh
ness with which the DEGREES have been
at times carried out. In many cases
the prefects and other officers to whom
the execution of the DEGREES was in
trusted have resigned rather than be
parties to what they consider an act Of
tyranny and bigoted persecution. The
intolerance of opposition which the
Government shows from time to time
also makes itself felt by the constant
prosecution of newspapers. Several
editors have been fined and imprisoned
for publishing obscene articles, and in
some cases the authors have also been
punished. Felix Pyat's newspaper, the
Commune, is now being prosecuted for
an article insulting to the army. and the
famous Jung affair is still before the
public. lungs wife, tho Baronne
Kaulla, as she is called, writes to the
Figaro that she intends to take an &C.
ton for Islander against her husband il
he will consent. According to Fren CHI
law, o wife cannot bring An action
without the consent Of her husband, so
that the baronne cannot do anything
unless she obtains his concurrence.
Whether Colonel Jung will be sufh'
GENTLY amiable to oblige his wife or
not is not settled, but SO far he does
not see the advantage OF being sued
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