Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-13
OVER THE OCEAN.
Opening of the German Parliament-Ihe
Emperor's Speech from the Throne.
A GOODLY PROMISE.

Opening of the German Par]iament-Ihe
EmperOrs Speech from the Throne.
GooDLY PROMISE.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Sir Henry Selwyn
Ibbitson, joint secretary of the treasury, to-
day replying to deputation consisting of
| William Shaw and other members of parlia-
! ment representing constituencies in the south
of Ireland, asking for grant for the prose-
! cution of public works in connection with
| the improvement of some of the harbors of
the south coast, promised that there should
DO no delay in doing anything that was
| people of Ireland.
DENIAL WHICH DON'T DENY.
In the house Of commons to-day the chan
celior of the exchequer denied the truth of
a dispatch published this morning stating
that treaty had bsen signed by which Per-
STA would be permitted to occupy Herat, in
return for her engagement to assist England
in Afghanistan. He said he could not add
anything TO his recent reply on the subject,
which was that communications on the SUBJ
| ject of relieving Persia from her treaty en-
gagements not TO take possession of Herat
had been under consideration, but that an
understanding with Persia had not yet been
reached, and it was, therefore, inoonvenient
to make any statement.
| THE FISHERIES QUESTION.
Bourke, under secretary for the foreign
department., replying to Mr.. Gourloy's ques-
ton as to the claim of the government of
the United States for damages alleged to
have been done by Newfoundland fishermen
in Fortune Bay to the Massachusetts fishing
fleet, said that no measure had been taken
relative to the pecuniary claim, which was
still under the governments consideration !;
that no measure had been taken fol abro-
eating or amending clause SO of the treaty
of Washington, relative to Canadian and
Newfoundland in-shOre fisheries and that it
was not thought necessary to make any
communication for ascerteining the purport
| of the proviso of the convention of 1918.
NO IDEA OF IT.
Bourke, in the course of his reply to Gour-
lays, of Ingvery, with regard to the fisheries
question and the treaty of Washington, de-
clared there was no idea of abrogating or
amending clause IS of that treaty.
EURoPE's GREAT ARMIES.
BERLIN, Feb. 12.-Semi- officially the
| North German Gazette, referring to to the
warlike Interpretation by French news
| papers of the German army bill, says: "The
| French army estimates for 1870 were barely
| 5O0,OOO,OO0 francs, while they now exceed
| 900 100000 francs. The French army is
better armed and numerically stronger than
the German army. The Russian army has
also been considerably increased. From the
| language of some of the French monarchial
journals it would appear certain that if the
persons they represent obtained power they
would Immediately plunge France into war.
In view of this danger Germany, though
| earnestly peace loving, must for her own
safety follow the example unfortunately set
by her neighbors in their immense arma-
ments.'
The preface to the anti-socialist renewal
bill, which will be brought forward in the
reichstag, points to the manifest spread of
communist Ideas in France, and the sup
posed identity of communist and socialist
aims.
PERSIA AND ENGLAND ALLIES.
TEHERAN, Persia, Feb. 12.-It is rumored
the government will shortly propose the ap-
pointment of an European commission for
settlement of Persia's NORTHEASTERN and
Attrek frontier. 1t is also reported that in
the spring Persia will dispatch force to &C.
cupy Afghanistan and eventually Herat, and
that England is fully informed of these in
tentions and has accepted Persia's proposals
and conditions.
ONLY DEFENSIVE ARMY.
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-THE North German
Gazette says: 'Germany's army is her
weapon of defense and not of attack. We
would be very glad if the same could be said
with certainty of the armies of our neigh
bors."
THE GERMAN EMPERoR's MESSAGE.
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-The session of the
Reichstag was opened to-day. The speech
from the throne states that the relations of
the government with all foreign powers are
peaceful and friendly and confidence is felt
in the maintenance of peace. Through the
efforts of the berlin congress, which lave
been upheld and the stipuiations of the
treaty of Berlin executed in nearly all it's
points, the empire would sedulously and un-
selfshly and conscious of its own power con-
tinUe to participate in endeavors to secure
lasting peace for Europe in consonance with
the pacific disposition of its people, and with
that object would endeavor to procure the
CO operation and guarantee of powers SINH
larry disposed. The principal measures for
legislation considered in the speech is bill
for establishing biennial budgets, new mill
tary law, the prolongation of the law against
socialists, and for commercial treaty with
the South Sea islands. The speech justifes
tho military law as a measure of security,
mace necessary by the increased ornaments
of neishboring countries.
The speech announces an increase of the
matriculatory contributions of the various
states, loan to meet the most urgent items
of expenditure and rectifcation of the con-
stitution in order to remove some disadvan-
tages to the Prussan diet from its session,
being simultaneous with that of the reich
stag.
In regard to the military law the emperor
says he is confident that the whole German
nation will demand protection of the nation
al welfare against danger with the same firm
ness as the federal government. He declares
that the anti-socialist law has kept socialism
within certain bounds, but hasn't succeeded