The Portland daily press., 1881-05-06
FOREIGN.
Dissatisfaction at the Slow Pro-
gress of the Land Bill.
GREEK TROOPS GONE TO TAKE THE
GEDED TERRITORY.

S1O Va Ul1O dC11o DILL
GREEK TROOPS GONE TO TAKE THE
GEDED TERRITORY.
LONDON, May 5.-The Greek force proceed
ing to the frontier to take over the coded terri
tory consists of three army corps.
Dillon Ill.
John Dillon arrested Monday and jailed is
ill. He was moved to theinfirmary to-day No
cause of anxiety regarding his condition. He
suffers from chronic dyspepsia. The statement
that Dillon would resign his seat in the Com
mons was canard. The question is to be left
for decision of the executive committe of the
Land League.
Irish Members Dissatisfied at the Slow
Progress Of the Land Bill
The Pail Mall Gazette says dissatisfaction is
beginning to prevail among the reasonable
section of Irish members of Parliament at the
slow progress of the land bill.
Victor Hugo Sick.
Victor Hugo is suffering from severe cold.
His friends are uneasy regarding his condition.
The Tory Leadership.
Sir Stafford Northcote speaking at Ketterng
last night, assured his hearers that there would
be no dissension among the Tory chiefs rela-
tive to the leadership, and intmated that the
question was not a pressing one. The Standard
Rumored Resignation of Lord Selborne.
1t is rumored that Lord Selborne; Lord High
Chancellor, has resigned on account of the bill
for the amendment to the Parliamentary oath
act.
Earl Granville and the COPYRIGHT
Treaty.
Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, recently
addressed a dispatch to Mr.. Lowell American
Minister on the subject of the copyright
treaty. saying that it would be satisfactory to
England if treaty could be negotiated with
America on the same tasis as with other
countries, namely, without any condition for
the manufacture of English books in America
but if this condition is essential England will
negotiate on that basis. A treaty providing
that books written by American authors in
England shall be manufactured in America,
in order to have copyright there, would be
covered by the existing act. But if itprovides
that books written by American authors in
America shall be manufactured in Englandin
order to have copyright in England, such
provision would require the sanction of Parlia-
ment.
Mr. Lowell replied as follows. A treaty con-
frmed by the Senate would be law in Amer
lea. Possibly supplementary legislation would
be needed to enforce its provisions in detail,
but l understand this will follow as a matter
of course
The Beaconsfleld Tribute.
The News says: We do not desire to stint
Beaconstield as maui, but national monu-
ment in Westminster Abbey would, we be-
lieve, bear false testimony to the deliberate
Judgment of the English people on the essen
tial features and animating motive in Lord
Beaconsfelds life.
Proceedings in the Commons.
In the Commons to-day Mr. Forster said he
had received no information of the reported
Selling and roasting of bailiff named King
in Ireland as stated in Galway dispatch Of
April Both and further did not believe it.
/ Parnell gave notice of an amendment op-
posing the second reading of the land bill. 1t
is to be noted that this amendment cannot
come on as it will be barred out by amend
ments already on the paper. 1t is probably
intended therefore as a Home Rule demonstra-
ton against the government.
Gladstone announced amid cheers that he
will move Monday next an address praying
the crown to provide monument in West
minister Abbey to the memory of Lord
the high sense of the House of his rare and
splendid gifts, devoted labors in Parliament
and great offices of state, assuring the Queen
that the House of Commons would make good
the expenses attending thereon
Granville gave similar notice in the House
of Lords.
Parnell's Tactics on the Land Bill
The Parnellites at meeting to-day adopted
resolution to abstain from voting on the Sec
ond reading of the land bill and to leave the
house in body when division is called.
Thirty-fve members were present.
The Coming Royal Austrian Wedding.
VIENNA, May 5.-Ths whole city is now de-
voted to preparations for the reception Of the
Princess Stephanie of Belgium, who is to be
married to the Crown Prince Rudolph on the
10th inst. The route of the procession to-mor-
row, when the Princess will make her entry
into this city, is being deliberately decorated
The illumination of private houses and of the
dome of the cathedral of st. Stephen by the
electric light promises to be great feature of
the festivities. The town is beginning to fill
with strangers, and the hotels are already so
full that new corners have difficulty in finding
quarters.
The Elections in Spain.
MADRID May 5.-The governments victory
at the municipal elections is complete. In Ma
drd 10 Mnisterialists, 8 Democrats an Con.
servatives are returned. In the provinces Is
per cent. of the returns show the election of
friends of Sagasta. The rest consists of Car
lists, Conservatives and Democrats. The Con-
servatives in many places abstained from vot-
ing. 1t is rumored Sagasta intends to dissolve.
the Ccrtes in June. The government seems
disposed to set Cuban prisoners at liberty.
The War in Tunis.
TUNIs, May 5.-The rumored occupation of
Beja and Porto Farina by the French is I'M
true. The Bey persists in the refusal of the
French demands. Gen. Logerot's column has
not advanced beyond Diarbaba.
MADRID, May 5-The Liberal states that
the Spanish Ambassador at Paris has been pri-
vately informed that the Tunis affair would be
settled within week, as France is anxious to
avoid further complications. 1t may be stated
that the ministry are certainly esirous of set
ting the affair before the Chambers recon-
vene. The only question is how much pres
sure the Bey can stand.
Carlyles "reminiscences"
LONDON, May 5.-Carlyle's niece sends to
the press copy of Carlyle'S instructions dated
1866, soemnly forbidding the publication of
his "reminiscences without the strictest edit
ing:
She adds that she had never understood that
he had revoked these instructions by oral dec
laration as Mr.. Froude alleges.
More Discomfort in Russia.
BERLIN, May 5.-There is much agitation in
the Baltic Provinces of Russia among the
peasants, who desire absolute ownership Of the
land now held in lease. The Lutheran pastors
in many parts of ashland have refused to ad-
minister the oath of allegiance to the Gar, or
did so with manifest reluctance. The local
press freely expresses the opinion that the
Government is incapable of contributing to
the prosperity of the country, and regrets that
the former advocates of separation have left
no worthy successor. A handful has been dis
tributed at Dorpat calling upon the inhabi-
tants of the Baltic Provinces not to swear al
legiance until the Gar has granted them laws
aud land rights equal to those possessed by the
Russian people. 1t urges the people to remain
united, but to refrain from open rebellion. a
manifesto circulated at Vindau, Courland,
says
Let the people refuse to swear allegiance to
the Gar before Russian officials and only
swear before the local officials. We cannot
longer be deceived like dogs. We must re-
main firm. We despise and denounce the no.
bility that they may disappear from Esthland
like the snow in spring. Whoever tears down
this notice risks his life
The above documents are composed in the
local dialects, presumably by the peasants.
MINOR KILOGRAMS
Steamer Corwin sailed from San Francisco
on Wednesday, for the Arctic region.
Mrs. Sarah Blaisdell, of Lebanon, N. H., II