Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-17
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FOREtt.N AFFAIRS.
The sultan Anxious tor Pea q


The sultan Anxious tor Peace.
LONDON. Feb. IA dispatch from COnst anti
nopc 20 the Ti'HsS SAYS: decreasing nDsacial
oaIl, ulties make the sultan more than eSrtd a
slrous OF peace.
Complication iu the Reich>taS.
dt>patch from Borttn 20 the TsrsS saw:
Htrr Ven Frankensfctn clerical who was vPs-
tI9Sy elected vice presinent OF the r'ascastsg.
@ - lhe ILultldual who cid not accept the empe-
Tor Invitation 10 be present az he ceremony
OF the cpnpletion of the Cologne cathefrss AuI
ss !, was count Won Arnim- BotZenburg's firm
resolve Dot 10 accept the presidency of Ths
reici stag II the clericals were r.,5rasart..i
among MS colifsGut's % Is expected that Re viii
express himself 10 that efect.
GIadst0ue,s Difficulties
Right Hon. Joseph ChaIan erlaiu. preSidan- az
The board OF trade. writing 10 the Rlrminrnarn
liberal association says: "No ministry ever en-
tered office under more di1icult crcumst4nc.-S
or with a more troublesome legacy from its
predecessors than the present one. The coaf'-
iicn OF Ireland is serious and demands The dis
tasteful task OF limiting her constitutional no
er'ies." when the present Irritation has va
lsbed ana land bill shall have been Introiuc a
be thinks II VIII restore peace and confidence
10 Ireland.
..>cruau de Ii>se-,
\ dispatch from Paris 10 the Times saws the
passage In the chamber OF deputies or the htt
for The Introduction uf the SlrVtiG de ,.S.s
system OF voting Al elections IS certain
Fbe Beers.
LONDON. Feb IA disnatch from D.nl!a
dated The 18th inst, says: The Telegraph wire
smith. President Brand teIegrsphs orirlailv
denying the rumor that the orange fret, stsfe
boers hso formed a league in Natal 10 oppose
the British.
Victor Hugo an trelaud's Claims.
PAkIs, Feb. l1.-Mr. PaTnsu promised or as
return 10 Ireland TO send Victor Hugo lptt.r
upon the political situation In that country,
and VI. Hugo said he would reply 10 such letter
by q manifesto 10 Europe Ia favor OF the CLAIMS
OF Ireland
spanish smhassadors,
lNn mn fFafn.sa Y
the Duke OF Fernan Nnnsz has been appointed
an ambassador al Paris: Sen0r Vaiero az IS
bon and StnOr Mazo at Rome
Fifty Amendments Pending.
LONDON, Feb. H.-TneIe are sin upwards uC
my amendments TO the blu for the better pro-
tecuon of person and property IN Ireland.
aN aillng discussion Ia committee Ia the House.
OF Commons The consideration or the second
subsection OF the first clause or the bil = no.
yet ended.
Hanfan Embark,.
LONDON, Feb. lI.-Previous 10 embarklng on
the steamer City OF Chester, at Liverpool, to-
day, Hanan cablet his acceptance 20 the Ata-
iahia Boat Cluo, OF New York, OF the prodr
OF reception 10 him on his arrival there
Gen. Skobeteft as a pacifacGor.
LONDON. FeD. l7-Gen. SkOOeiru teleEraphs
from Geek Tepe, under date II the lZjh hiusrS an.
as follows: The pacidcatiCn OF the country <
progressing very fayorably Sixteen thous a. 4
families have now returned. Amnesty has
been proclaimed and the chiefs have pr1m SCI
fidelity. constable, the noted Jockey. l. deaf
Conservative Home Ruier-s >eu-
timeuts.
LoSpos, Feb. T.-Captain Allan Henry
Bellugham conservative and hOme-rUlpT'.
member OF parliament for LOdih, and private
chamberlain 10 Pope Leo Nil, writes to tho
Times prot esiiDg against interviews ~ Irisl
membtrs OF pafliamentw with conttnenJal revo-
lutlonary leaders, and says he must completely
disasSociate himself from the sentiments ca
presSEd AZ such interviews.
The Feniau Head Center.
LONDON. Feb. ll-rhe CORE spondenU OF TIC
DdGy Telegraph fC Paris says he as reason fe
believe that James stephens, the FentaL he II
center who arrived IA Paris On the 5th inst.
left there last week.
The President Of the Retchstag De-
ctiues To Serve.
BERLIN, Feb. l1.-couut Van Arntm BoitZen-
burg. who was yesterday reelected president
of the lteichstag. has declined 10 accept. as ne
bad resolved TO do II the clericalS were regrc-
sented among his colleagues.
The Greek Question.
LospoN, Feb i5.-Fnefe is a much more
hopeful feeling ia Paris relative 10 the Greek
question In consequence Of Germany having
consented 10 take the lead Ia tue neyoJiarioas
at ConSiantin0plo. Hr. GoSchen. the British
ambassador 10 Turkey. has had a three hours
interview with the sultan. lie was veiy
cordially received.
irish agttatOrs Missing.
The Times. 20 It's leading article tnis mora
Ing. says: We are Informed that Ia one d..i ric'
in the NEST OF Ireland. notorious as the scene
CT more than one ScandalouS land league VIC
tory. between 70 and =" village tyralts nave
quietly abScUDded since the second reading nr
The protection OF person ami property ,Ir,.-
land blll.
Marine Bisa>ters.
LoSDOS, Feb. l.,-The steamer Topaz. at
Hayre, from New orleans, has been slightiY
damaged by IRE. The Norwo gian bark Eiw.n
from Boston December %Ist Tor AreHdal. bss
put lBlo EgeTs1nd ieshlng. She lettiS0Eed
Part OF her cargo.