The Portland daily press., 1880-03-19
EUROPE.
Indignation in Russia Over the Hartman |
Affair.

Indignation in Russia Over the Hartman
Affair.
LONDON, March 1S.-The Vienna correspon-
dent OF the Times says there is so much disap-
pontment and anger in Russia over the Hart
man affair that it is likely to lead to the dis
placement of those diplomatists who are
responsible for raising the issue between Rus
STA and France without being sure of succeed
ing. When Prince Orloff, Russian Ambassa-
dor at Paris, has arrived in st. Petersburg his
friends will join Gortschakoffs adversaries in
an endeavor to throw the responsibility on
GortschakoH. The revelations made through
the Hartman affair into the workings of the
third section (police Department. gave the
coup de grace to Gen. Drentien, and proba bly,
also to Gen. Gourko, late commander of the
military district of st. Petersburg, and Gorts-
chakoff's adversares are confident that the af-
fair will be equally fatal to him.
The Times says difficulties between France
and Russia arising from the Hartman
affair amounts practically to rupture of diplo-
matte intercourse between the two countries
Conciliatory Policy of the Gear.
letter from St. Petersburg to the Man.
chester Guardian says that Melikoff's appoint
ment as virtual dictator, which seems to indi-
cate relentless determination on the part of
the Gar, really means Cancellation in the end,
and that compromise is being tried under the
forms of no surrender. The palace problem of
the hour really is how to yield with dignity.
AuSAlGlOuS W Uu6 Supreme X6CuClV0
Commission Of st. Petersburg.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg 70 the News
says that representatives of the nobility, cler-
gy and Communal and Municipal Councils are
to be ass 1ciated with the Supreme Executive
Commission, which will thus be we'll adapted
to discover the weak points of the body polite
and recommend fitting remedies, and it is to
to this end that it was decided to divide the
Executive Commission into two parts-one to
suppress revolution and the other to inquire
into the political condition of the empire In
the meantime Melikoff will doubtless have an
opportunity of proving the ability and wisdom
OF his administration, but those who go from
one extreme to another and prognosticate early
reforms with a wide scope or anything like
constitution in the near future are doomed to
disappointment.
The Jesuits Preparing to Leave France.
PARIS, Mar. 1S.-The principal Jesuits are so
fully persuaded that Premier De Freycinct is
in earnest that they no longer hope to remain
in France and are preparing to emigrate to
Spain and Belgium
Garibaldi Endorsing the Nihilists
Felix Payat a French Communist in exile,
has written to Garibaldi, saying: Gail kings
and presidents must be done away with.
Unite your voice with that of French Socialists
to oppose the extradition of Hartmann"
Garibaldi replied: Hartmann deserves the
esteem and gratitude of all honorable men,
Political assassination is the secret means for
preparing revolution"
Instruction in Smyrna.
VIENNA, March 1S.-A rising has occurred
in Smyrna. The governor has asked for rein
forcements from Constantinople, and the
European consuls have requested their govern
ments to dispatch menof-war to protect the
Europeans.