Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-02
F0REHGN NEWS.
state Ceremonial, - Arrangements for n
Royal Procession.

state CereInOnia, - Arrangements for n
Royal Procession.
LONDON, January 3lst.-In anticipation of
a State ceremonial on the 9TH of February.
when Queen Victoria will open Parliament,
arrangements are perfectiug for royal pro-
cession to and from Westminster. The Queen
and Princess Beatrice, attended by the lords
and ladies of the Court will proceed from
Osborne to Buckingham Palace, where they
will be met by the Prince and Princess OF
Wales. Prince Leopold and the Duke and
Duchess OF Connausht, and the wife of Prince
Henry Of the Netherlands arrived early yes
terday at Buckingham Palace. Previous to the
hour fixed for the departure of the royal pro-
cessiou from the palace, Her Majesty's crown
and regalia will be conveyed from the tower
to the Lord Chamberlains office, when the
regal jewels will be taken in state carriage,
escorted by yeoinen of the guard and detach-
ments of household cavalry, to the House of
Lords, where they will remain under guard
ianship Of Court officers until the Queens
arrival. Her Majesty will leave Bucking-
ham Palace In state alta quai ter to 2 o'clock
In the afternoon, the first five carriages of the
procession being drawn by six bay horses
each, led by four grooms. These eouipages
Will contain the great officers OF state. In
mediately following will be carriage drawn
by SIX black steeds, in which will be Prince
Leopold, Master OF Horse, and lady in wait
ing. The Queen and Princess Beatrice and
Mistress Of Robes will occupy state equipapes.
escorted by yeomen of the guard and detach-
ments of household cavalry. The Queen and
Princess Beatrice viii return to Osborne on
Friday. The Queen is expected to take up
her residence at Windsor February Goth.
Labor Strikes.
ToNDnl Tapuar,r
in the cotton trade are still threatening. The
proposition of Oldham employers for an in
crease of five per cent. in March and no fur
ther demand for year, is unacceptable to
operatives, who are willing, however, to wait
until the end Of 1880. A general strike at
Oldham is improbable, because the limited
companies are just beginning TO prosper and
cannot afford to quit; but there may be par.
tial strikes, which viii give the operatives the
benefit of the strike fund from mills which
continue working. Oldham operatives num-
her z 200, of whom 5000 are members of the
Union. There is a strike of weavers at Burn
ley, and ore also inpends at Rochdale where
operatives demand an advance The striking
spinners at Morsley and Ashton-under-T TYNE
have accepted an increase of five per cent. to
take effect March lst, and the promise of an
other increase of five per cent in July. if
trade continues to improve, and the strikes
there, which have lasted fortnight, are now
ended. The dyers at Bradford have struck
for reduction Of hours. Two thousand per-
sons made demonstration to-day.
The Proposed Increase OF the German
Army -Bisniarek's Programme.
New YORK, January 31st.-A dispatch
from Berlin says, quoting from ''an earnest
and Jealous supporter of the Government :"
The increase of the effective strength of the
German army is the first move in the deep
laid plan directed solely against France.
Following is the programme of the German
Chancellor: This sinister demonstration of
the military strength of Germany is a signif-
cant invitation to France to participate in
the law of international repression against
Nihilists, Socialists. Internationalists and
other organizations intended to subvert exist
Ing governments. These dangerous elements
have attained power that renders combined
action on the part Of the various cabinets alb
solrsely necessary. In the Chancellors
opinion. neutrality on the part of any
of the Great Powers is inadmissible. In
case France refuses to cooperate, Ger
many will formally demand her com
pliance, and an immediate nobliza-
tim OF she German and the Austrian
armies viii take place, in accordance with an
offensive and defensive alliance which has
been entered into between the two Empires.
Should this repressive law be rejected bv the
Chamber and passed by the Senate. there
may be a dissolution resulting from antagon-
ism of the two houses. 1t is thought certain
that the French Republicans will not vote
for the measure. The solution of the ques-
tion will then hang upon the result of the
elections. Should Republican majority be
returned to the new Chamber a refusal of
the demands of Bismarck will probably fol-
low, and after it sanguinary war with the
two allied Powers. On the contrary. if q
Conservative majority he returned the revo-
lutionary movement viii be crushed through
out Europe, and war may be avoided in this
way. In the event of the passage of a law of
repression and its vigorous enforcement. Ger
many will at once take the initiative of a gen.
eral disarmament, which, by relieving her
budgets. viii tend to secure for her internal
tranquility, the friendship of Russia, and the
preservation of conquests OF the latter Power.
Plague and Famine in NeapoiIfan Prov.
inceS.
LONDON. January 31st.-A dispatch from
Rome says: Accounts from Terra Dilavoro.
Naples, continue terrible. The population of
seventeen communes especially afflicted num-
ber SO, 2S2 persons. OF this rumher 81. $40
have been attacked by fever up to the 18Th Of
December last, of whom 5,0S2 died. This
fever means famine, as Government aid is
not sufficient.
steamer Foundered- -TEirtecI Lives Lost.
LONDON, January S1st.-The steamer Ben
gore. coa-laden, from Penarth for Gibraltar,
foundered when two days from port. Thir-
teen of the crew were drowned. Six were
saved. A violent storm has ragged in the
for two days past. Disasters
to shipping are feared.