National Republican., 1880-09-30
EUROPE'S BIG BLUNDER.
The Noble Fleet that Sailed Up the Bay
and Then Sailed Down Again.
The French Admiral u Non-Combatant-
Only IA Game OF Brag-rhe Burning of
Duloigno Ends the Farce.
The French Position Relating to Duioigno

The French Position Relating TO Dulcigno,
LONDON, Sept. 0.--rhc Paris correspondent
Of tho Times telcgraphcd last night MS follows !
"rho Instructions to the French admiral not
to fire a shot in the event of the bomblrd.
mcnt of Ducgno have not been plainly
avowcd until this evening. They are justiicl
on the ground that the constitution debars
the president from declaring war without the
assent Of the chambers. This, evidently an
aftorthought was adopted in defcrcncc TO the
lately manifested ropugnanco of the public to
French Intervention in tho eastern question:"
Tho Times, in its leading editorial, says
"It France draws back from giving reality to
the demonstration the concert of the powers
10 for the present at an end. Tho ridiculc of
having sailed to Gravosa for the purpose Of
sailing back again will attach in the
first instance to France, but tho other
powers must take their share Of it.
They have been mislod by France aud thu
been induced to commit themselves to u game
OF brag, which has not succeeded and could
hot have been expected to succeed Even a
weaker power than Turkey might s'icly ven.
turo to snap her fingers vt u demonstration
which Is to bark but on no account to hite."
LONDON, Sept. ga dispatch to Reuters
Telegram company from Berlin, in reference
to the reports Of the abandonment Of tho naval
demonstration, says: 1t is declared in we'll
Informed circles that no such intelligence has
reached here. The incident of tho sultan ad
dressing an appeal to the Emperor William
occurred last week, aud, therefore, before the
| Dnlcigno question reached its present crisis
Germany, in conjunction with all powers, ad
heres to the protest against Ria Pasha.
| LONDON, Sept. 30.--rhe Times Paris dis.
patch says the French ships are not to with.
draw in the event of bombardmcnt of Dul.
| cigno, but to keep in tho third or Outermost
line thus sanctioning the combined action Of
tho powers.
DulciGno Destroyed by Fire.
LONDON, Sept 30.-A dispatch to the Stand
ar,l from Ragusa says: 1t is reported here
through the Austrian authorities at Cattaro
that Dulcigno is in flames.
special dispatch to tho Daily NelUS from
| Budap, sth says: A telegram from Antivari
reports that Dulcigno has been destroyed by
| fire.
The London Times has the following:
| "RAGUsA, Sept. 20.-At o'clock this after
noon news was received here tina; Dulcigno
had been burned by order of the Albanian
league. The latter portion of the news is not
| confirmed"
The situation In Ireland.
LONDON, Sept 3O.-The Dublin corrc-
spondent of tho Times says: Tho state of tho
country has been anxously considered by the
executive. Daily conferences have been held
between the members of the government but
no decided action will be taken before tho
cabinet council. Private accounts say that the
state of the west is very alarming. 1t is well
known that other landlords are marked fol
assassination and will be shot on the first op
portunty. Quantities OF arms nave been
brought into the country.