The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-02
FOREIGN.
Lord Beaconsield Out of Danger.
GLADSTONE'S TRANSVAAL POLICY
ATTACKED.

LONDON, April 2.-The crisis with Beacons-
field has passed. He had a refreshing sleep
and takes food and now there is every hope of
recovery.
The Russian Campaign in Asia.
LONDON, April 1.-The Times understands
that Gen. Skobeleff was relieved of his COM
mand at his own request. He will return to
st. Petersburg when Gen. Rorberg has arrived
to replace him. Gen. Rorberg has been in
structed to sendeavor to pacify the country.
The Tekke campaign is regarded in Russia as
endedi
Bradlaugh's Parliamentary Troubles.
Mr.. Bradlaugh, addressing his supporters at
Northampton, said if reelected he would take
the oath and Immediately ask leave to intro
duce bill substituting affirmations for oaths.
The Telegraph says the motion for new
writ of election for Northampton will be op-
pesed by Ethe Conservatives, on the ground
that circumstances have not materially
changed since the Government resisted Gorst's
first application for fresh writ the case still
being under appeal. A report was currentin
the House of Commons last night that Col.
Burnaby, Conservative. who contested Blr-
mingham at the general election, will contest
Nor Hampton.
Attack on Gladstone's Transvaal Policy.
The first attack on the Governments policy
in the Transvaal was made by Lord Cairns,
night He alluded to the announcement in
the Queens speech at the opening of Parlia-
ment, that the authority of the Crown would
be promptly vindicated in the Transvaal, and
asked whether the authority of the Crown had
been indicated at all. He said he entertained
grave doubts that in thus surrendering terri
tory the prerogative of the Crown had not
been stained. He emphatically protested
against handing hundreds of thousands of
British subjects back to as bad system of
clavpru as nyiSfod in the world Ha
gued that 1--WE had no security that the Beers
would accept the decisions of the royal COM
mission" and asked how "we were to enforce
them if the Beers did not accept them when
our reinforcements quilted the country, as,'
he said, "hy the terms of peace ammunition is
not to be supplied to garrisons in the Transvaal
they would be merely hostages in the hands of
the Beers" Lord Cairns concluded by gen.
eral denunciation of the terms of peace in
peroration of striking eloquence, which ELECTED
cheering. Lord Kimberly, colonial secretary,
replied that there could be no doubt that if
the war had continued, the greater part of
South Africa would have been involved in it.
He said he was convinced that for some years
there had been no slavery in the Transvaal.
The forces now in the Transvaal will be left
there; only four regiments have been recalled
Lord Cranbrook mainly attributed the rising
in the Transvaal to the speeches of Mr. Glad
stone at Midlothian. Lord Salisbury said it
was the same wretched story as that of Canda-
har and would raise disgust which would be
fatal to our future power in South Africa
The subject was then dropped.
The Monetary Conference
The Times financial says the Vienna Con-
tinental correspondence states that the Austro-
Hungarian Councillor of Legation, Count
Knefstein, Ministerial Councillor, Niebauer
as adviser for Austria, and Herr Heguedas,
member of the Reichsrath, as adviser for
Hungary, will represent Austro-Hungary at
the monetary conference at Paris They will
take a neutral standpoint, but with slight
inclination toward bi-metallism. This tenden-
cy, however, will be shown only in case Ger
many inclines to the same view. The dele
gates will expressly declare that Austria Hum
gary does not regard the regulation of none
tary values, but only the study and discussion
of the project as the object of the conference.
Germany's Move Against the King Kill
erS.
BERLIN, April Herr Windhorst's motion
requesting Bismarck to endeavor to conclude
an agreement with the powers to undertake to
impose penalties upon their own subjec is and
foreigners residing in their country for assassi-
mating or attempting to assassinate heads of
states and for all public Indictment to assass-
nation and that any foreigner guilty of assassi-
nation or any attempt to assassinate shall on
demand be delivered up to the government of
his native country is unanimously approved by
the Imperialists, German Conservatives, Cen
tire National Liberals and Poles Even the Pro-
gressists and Secessionist group of Liberals
have decided to adhere to the motion in princi-
pie,
Foreign Notes
The British revenue returns show that dur
ing the past year the receipts were GS4 ,041 ,22S
being net increase over the previous year of
&C., III, 233
A dispatch from Athens says Premier Con-
moundoros will telegraph to Greek agents in
Europe that Greece cannot accept the Porte's
proposals.