National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-05-11
THE OLD WORLDS NEWS.
A Difference Between Being In and
Out of Power.
Fir. Gladstone Takes Back Words Spoken
When in the Opposition - The Elbo
Navigation Act-Long Session OF
the Reichstag-An Albanian
Organ 60 The Strikes In
France Dangerous.
A Letter of Mr.. Glndstonc.

LONDON, May 1l.-Lord Granville h0s sent
dispatch to Sir II. G. Elliott, British ambassador at
Vienna. enclosing, at the request OF Mr.. Gladstone
a copy Of letter written by tho latter In consc
qucnce of oral and written communications with
Count Karolyi, the Austrian Ambassador at Lon
don. The following is the text OF Mr.. Gladstoncs
letter. when accepted the task of forming an
administration resolved as minister not to repeat
or even defend political language regarding more
than one foreign power used when In position
of greater freedom. / regret that should even
have seemed to impuc to the emperor Of
have no hostile disposition ~towGrd any coun-
try ! have always heartily wished well to
Austria in the performance of the Nrduous
task OF consolidating the empire. feel cordial
respect for the efforts of the emperor. Respecting
my animGdyersions on the foreign policy Of Aus.
not conceal from you That grave apprchensions
were excited in my mind lest Austria should play
part III the Bokun peninsula hostile 10 the frce.
dom of the emancipated population and to the
reasonable hopes Of the subjects Of the sultan.
These 0pprehcnsons were founded upon secondary
evidence, but II was not the evidence OF hostile
You now assure me that Austria does not
desire TO extend or add to the rights she acquired
under the treaty of Berlin Had possessed such
assurance before / never would have uttered any
one word which you describe us painful and
wounding. But l will Immediately express my
serious concern that should have been led to re-
fer to transactions of an earlier period or TO use
terms of censure Which can now wholly Danish
from my mind. | think this explanation should
supplied the occasion therefor GLADSTONE"
The German Rcichstag.
BERLIN, May l0.-The reichstag to-day proceeded
with the debate on the second reading Of the Elbe
navigation act After seven hours discussion the
house rejected by a vote Of 1876 to 1873 q motion
made by Herr Won Bennigsen to refer the bill back
TO the committee, and also rejected by vote of
l3S to l10 declOratory resolution of the commit
tee that the Elbe frontier line could not be removed
TO point lower down the river except by special
bill. The house finally agreed to the second read
ing, and resolved to take up the bill for its third
reading at the evening sitting. Ministers Bitter
and Hoffman declarcdsthOt the question of the
Elbe customs boundary would not be made to
serve us handle for indirectly destroying the
status of lIambug as free port, and assured the
house that the privileges OF Hamburg should not
be touched without the assent OF the city itself
but they at the same time enphatically stated that
the government would not concede one iota of
their right TO define free port territory.
Herr Won Bcnniesen thanked Prince Bismarck
for the Difference shown for the national feeling in
his firm assurance that he would not enter into All
unnatural alliance with the cericals and allow re-
action in ecclesiastical matters 10 become the basis
of his policy.
Herr Delbreuck renlted the reproach urged
against him by Prince Bismarck that he went
hGnd-in-hand with the centre party, aud that he
favored parliculGrsm.
BEEIIs May lo-In the Relehstag at the evening
sitting, Herr Windthorst introduced o motion in
the committee which was agreed to- The vice
chancellor then read message from the emperor,
CLOSING the session.
Quarrel with the Parte.
LONDON, May 10.-A dispatch from Constnnti-
nople to the Manchester Guardian says: "The
British embassy here and the porte are exchang-
ing angry notes relative to the suppression of the
Lovant Hcrdld and Mr.. Whittakers (the editor
subsequent sentence TO seventeen months i'm
prisonment for publishing new number Of his
Journal. The embassy maintains that the decree
against Mr.. Whitaker is informal and cannot be
recognized, and that Mr., Whitaker can only be
permit a trial, because Mr.. WhttaRers c6ntnms, a.
clous issue contained grave charges against the
grand vzier, which would by trial gain greater
publicity. Tho porte insists upon its right to in
tict summary punishment Mr.. Whitaker mean
while has left the city and the embassy refuses to
countenance or assist in the execution OF the decree
against him"
Albanian Autonomy.
LONDON, May lO,-A Berlin dispatch to the Stand
ard says; The FIRST number Of u new official organ,
published in the Albanian language and issued at
Scutar on the 9TH instant, contains declaration
OF independence signed by Ali Pacha and the
mcdnn and Roman catholic tribes. The manifesto
vndicatcs the inaliennble right of the AlbanNns
padishah and dismisses all the Turkish, civil and
military siicers until they are reappolned by the
league Turkish troops have Joined the League.
All those not favorable TO the new regime have
been ordered TO leave the country.
rritish OdicIaI Changes.
LONDON May lO.-rhc Daily Ners says: Mr..
Goschen, the newly appointed ambassador to Tur-
key, win proceed to Constantinople on the 18th
instant. The MPrquis of Ripon, the new viceroy
OF India, will leave England on the 18Th to assume
the duties OF his office.
4 Calcutta dispatch to the Times says 1t is OIL.
cially announced that Lord Lytton will await the
arrival of the Marquis of Ripon. He will make
over the change of tho government at Simla in
June. The criticisms on the appointment of the
Marquis of Ripon are not so favorable were the
earlier notices.
Communism in France.
LoNpoN, May l0.-rhe Paris correspondent Of the
Times says; The danger Of communism Is now
greater because OF the strikes IN tho manu- featuring
towns of France which, If they extend would pre-.
pare a starving army ready TO abet the worst enter
priscs, At RoubaiN and TOurcoing on Sunday
5000 men were on n strike. Disturbances were
apprehendcd. Money Is being myseriously sent
from the Belgium frontier to keep up the strike. A
kind of crusade of disorder seems to be organized
which is to break ont simultaneously at Il hundred
different points and thus paray2e the action of the
army.
C-iBLE NOTES.