Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-03-16
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The exodus of French-C Canadian operatives
from Canada to the United States continues.
correspondent of the Times at Berlin COM
ments on the great increase of emigration to
the United States and says whole villages are
described by local papers as migrating from
Prussia proper and Schlewig.
The Beers of South Africa demand absolute
independence and amnesty for all of their lead
ers. An Armistice has been declared until the
18th, and the beleagured British are allowed
to receive through the lines an eight days stock
of provisions
The Baroness Burdett- Coutts, it is stated by
the London Echo, has been seriously i'll at
hcledon, where she is staying with her hus-
band. DR.. Wilkes, the Duchess of Edinburgh's
physician, attended the Baroness, who is now
somewhat better.
There has been terrible storm in Scotland,
blockading railways and causing shipwrecks on
the coast Nine vessels have been lost on the
Aberdeenshire coast and 100 persons drowned.
The shipBenrihyding. from Calcutta to Dundee,
drowned. Two or three small vessels were
lost, with all hands, on the coast of Northum-
berland
In the house of commons the under secre-
tary, replying to question, said there had
been no correspondence recently with the United
States respecting interoceanic communication.
Thesubject was receiving the governments care
in Gartields inaugural relative to an interocean-
ic canal and asked whether, by the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty, England and the United States had
not agreed, as a general principle, to extend
their protection to any practical communica-
tons across the isthmus, and whether the Brit
ish government and the United States will or
have come to an understanding as to the execu-
ton Of this treaty in respect to the canal now
anticipated.
Dublin correspondent to the London Times
says: Signs of disunion and weakness in the
land league are becoming more numerous I'M
der the continuous actions of the government.
Many treasurers and secretaries of local branch
leagues have resigned and favor emigration.
The payment Of rent is becoming general, even
in the most disturbed districts, and there is no
difficulty in serving writs. The removal of the
league funds to foreign coentry is regarded
by the tenants with suspicion, and the alarm of
the leaders who talked SO bravely when they in
Cured no risk, also helped shake the confidence
in the league There are nnmistakable signs
that the league is being rapidly disintegrated,
and if improvement continues at the present
rate, the return to at least semblance of tran
qualities will soon be general.
A dispatch from Mount Prospect SAYS the
Beers carried the British position on Spitzkopf
by rush. correspondent was taken prison
body Of Gen. Colleyis on the hill. It is quite
clear that the loss Of the hill was not due to
a failure of ammunition. General Colley
over estimated the strength of his position and
left the most vital parts, which the Beers at
tackled in force, poorly defended Another
correspondent estimates that 1000 Beers took
part in the Spetzkop engagement Private tele-
grams state that three companies of the Fifth
regiment we're almost annihilated. Gen. Wood.
before leaving Petermantzburg, was sworn in
as governor of the colony Gen. Roberts, the
hero of Candahar succeeds Gen. Colley Col
leys defeat cannot seriously affect the situation,
as the British main body was not involved in
the fight.