The Portland daily press., 1881-07-11
FOREIGN.
Mr.. Evart's Plea for Silver at the
Monetary Conference.
COMMUNICATIONS WITH TUNIS CUT
OFF.

LONDON, July 9-The Paris cores pondent
OF the Times says that at Yesterdays sitting of
themonetary conference, Mr.. Evarts read the
following declaration Of the French and Amer
lean delegates in the name of their respective
governments: Tine depreciation and great
fluctuation in value of silver relatively to gold,
which of late years have shown themselves,
and which continue to exist, have been and
are injurious to commerce and general pros
perity. The establishment and maintenance
of fixed relation of value between silver
and gold would produce most Important bene-
fits to the commerce of the world. A eonven-
ton entered into by an important group of
States, by which they should agree to open
their mints to free and unlimited coinage of
silver and gold at a fixed proportion of weight
between the gold and silver contained in the
monetary unit of each metal, and with full
lega! tender faculty to money thus issued
would cause and maintain q stability in the
relative value of two metals suitable to he in
terests and requirements of the comm .rce of
the world; any ratio now or late in use by ny
commercial nation, If adopted by such an i'm
portant group of States, could be maintained,
but the adoption of the ratio of Isl of silver to
one OF gold would accomplish the principal
object with less disturbance in the monetary
systems to be effected by it than any other
ratio Without considering the effect which
might be produced toward the desired object
by a lesser combination of States com BIZ
nation which should include England, France
Germany and the United States, with the con-
currence of other States, both in Europe and
on the American continent, which this combi-
nation would insure, would be adequate to
produce and maintain throughout the CONNER
cial world the relation between the two met ais
that such combination should adopt"
The Cornell Crew.
The Cornell University crew write to the
Sportsman saying that they do not regard
favorably the offer of the Dublin University
Rowing Club to row three races, ETC. Firstly.
because the date for the races fixed upon
clashes with the date of their race with the
Vienna University crew on August 5, and
secondly, because they have no boats or ex-
perienced scullers to compete in such an anom-
alous trial. The letter concludes as follows:
I'VE have already informed the Dublin crew
that we will row them four-oared race at
Putney next week, and now repeat it, The
Cornell crew commenced practice at Putney
on Thursday for their participation in the
Metropolitan amateur regatta, the 14th inst
The new paper boat is utterly useless, as it is
unseasoned They will, therefore, use their
Old boat. The Metropolitan regatta commit ee
unhesltahngly waived their rule that fotei On
crews should send in their entries by the LIST of
May.
Revolt Against the Austrians.
ATHENS, July 10.-Persons arriving here
from Cettaro report that the mountainous of
Bocca de Catlero have revoted against the
Austrian coascription, raised their own flag
and established provisional government
Communication with Tunis Cut Off.
PARIS, July photographs communion
ton on the Tupisian coast is in interrupted
and no news has been received,