The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-09-17
FOREIGN.

An irish national" convention, under til,
auspices Of the landleaguc, is in session a
Dublin attended by over one thousand dele
gates. Naturally Parnel presldes In his
opening speech he referred to the thinning OF
the ranks OF the leaguers by imprisonment
but SAID for every man lost III that way a hun
bred would join the league He advised the
people to have no trust IN the land act; its de-
sign was to beat the league The thing was
to press forward to abolish landlordism and to
achieve legislative independence. In regard
10 the industrial question: he said Irishnen
SHOULD encourage home manufactures, even If
they had to pay dearcr than for foreign goods.
Things not produceable in Ireland should be
bought IN America, English goods should
not he bought in any event,
Arrangements have been made, Immediately
after the convention adjourns, for series of
monster land meetings. The first will be at
Irishtown on Sunday, on the very spot where
Michael Davitt began the land.Ieaguc move
ment in 1879. Parnell will preside.
An important trades.unon congress in Lon
don on Wednesday took ground against the
fair trade movement by enthusiastically cheer
ing paragraph IN the presidents speech, con.
demnatory of any return to the nonsense, pro-
tection and afterwards adopted a resolution
tor the immediate exclusion OF certain profess
cd delegates who did not represent bona flde
trades-unions. A number of the persons in
question, who we're suspected Of an intention
to advocate the tair.trade interests, accordingly
left the hall,
The American horse Iroquois won new lau
rels At Doncaster on Wednesday by winning
the race for the ST. Leeer, being ridden by
Archer
The much.talked'of meeting of the Emperor
William of Germany and Car Alexander OF
Russia took place at Dantzc on the 9th, bOtl
being accompanied by their prime ministers,
William by Bismarck and Alexander by Giers.
The meeting of the mperors-uncle and neph.
ew-is said to have been most atfectionate,
though of short duration, the car having ar.
rived at Dantzic at 8 O'Clock on Friday and
lett at 8 O'Clock ON Saturday. The car talked
freely with Bismarck about the state of Rul
STA and received from him the sensible advice
to inaugurate extensive financial and agrarian
reforms.
A queer revolution has taken place in
Egypt, threatening to reopen the dreaded Eas-
tern Question with all its narrowing compli-
cations. On the 9th inst four thousand sol.
diers, headed by Araby Bey, surrounded the
khedlve's residence and demanded the dismiss.
al OF all his ministers and the assembling OF
the notables. Naturally tho khedive was
amazed, and called IN the foreign consuls for
advice. In due time the English consul APP
peared and handed to the military leader a de
cree of the khedive, accepting the demands OF
the soldiers, and designating Cherlf Pasha as
president OF the council to name a new minis
try. The troops then cheered the khedlve and
withdrew. Subsequently the khedive announc.
ed the completion of the new cabinet by the
appointment of Haldair Pasha as minister of
finance, Baroudi Pasha minister of war, and
Marashy Pasha minister of public works
But Europr-especlallyE England and France
have too deep an interest, financial and pc.
litical, in Egypt to allow its government to
become the football Of mob of soldiers |
They virtually placed the present khedive,
Tewfik Pasha, on the throne, and Us nc has
himself as a wise and patriotic |
prince, they cannot allow him to be domneer
ed oyer by ragamuflln like Araby Bey. Ye,
for England, or France, or both, to undertake
to settle" Egypt would be most delicate un.
lions.
A war cloud Is rising between France and
Spain, growing out of depreda.ions by the
French army in Africa on Spanish citizens al
Gran.
THE ELECTION QUESTION.
The Suprnma Court rnfuaaJ IN oct or, bn