The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-12
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Miscellaneous Foreign News.

Miscellaneous Foreign News.
GAZETTED.
LONDON, October THE appointment Of
Sir Julian Pouncefolt as permanent under
secretary of the foreign department. was
gazetted To-Day.
BRUTAL, IF TRUE.
A Cairo correspondent OF the Cologne
Gazette declares that the Egyptian wounded
were murdered by the British in the trenches
mt Tel-e Kebir long after all resistance had
ceased. A letter from non-commissioned
, officer of the I'D regiment, published in the
Times, says orders were to spare none OF
the enemy and to bayonet every one Of
them, as they would shoot the soldiers
treaclerously if the latter passed them.
ENGLISH VS.. AMERICAN POLITICS.
Professor Smith, replying to h. l.. God
kin. who had written an article in the Spec
tator criticizing Professor smith $ views OF
the Irish question from professedly Amer
ican point of view, writes that he has advo-
Gated measures of repression not because of
any hostility to the Irish, but because that
the Parnellites abused their privileges as
members of parliament, for the purpose Of
wrecking parliamentary government
in the interests of disunion. There
i no thai doubt says par tT0iesso OF
southern members of congress had similarly
endeayored to wreck the American legisla-
ture, they would have been put down with
as little compunction as shown in repress-
ing the Irish in the draft riots in New York.
1t seems to be forgotten, he adds, that in
the agrarian reign of terror the murdered
as we'll as murderers, are Irish, while the
chief authors of the system are New York
lemons and their organ, the Irish World,
is the property a few. Godkin is not q
not a native American, but an Irish nation
alist.
AMUSING, YET SERIOUS.
CAIRO, October 7.-While the annual
carnival, which recently departed with i'm
posing ceremony, was journeying to Sue
on the way to Mecca the CANOPY over the
sacred carpet was caught.and overturned by
n telegraph wire and the sacred emblem
exposed to the view. The dervishes in
charge were greatly excited by the accident.
tits not certain but that the caravan will
return and the ceremonies be performed
over again in Carlo.
SCRATCHED.
Keer's Foxhall has been scratched for
the czarowich stake.
OF COURSE.
Congratulations to the khedive on the
suppression of the rebellion are pouring in
from all parts Of Egypt. The Ulemas are
preaching the doctrine of passive obedience
and prove from the koran the sin of the re-
volt.
DECLARED VOID.
The counsel of ministers has decided to
declare void the DEGREES issued under the
intimidation of the military party, granting
officers increased pay and fixing an abomi-
nably high scale ofpensions.
A SENSATION.
DUBLIN, October 1.-THE closing OF the
land league fund creates great sensation
here, many persons demanding an explana-
ton as TO how much money has been spent.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.
Two land agents named Scott and
Froame were fired at from behind hedge
at Bally Castle Neither of the men were
hurt. They both have been fired at before
this time A farmer named Hogan was
also fred at near Balena. One arrest has
been made.
ALEXANDRIA, October THE report that
Joint control Of Egypt by the European
powers will likely be abolished, has pro-
duced excellent effect.
EXECUTED.
The natives convicted of committing
atrocities during the massacre of June IL,
were executed this morning
THE INDEMNITY COMMISSIONS.
The first of the two commission to Xix the
amount of indemnity due the forel gners Tor
losses during the late rebellion will examine
and decide in regard to all claims. The
second commission, which will be appointed
later, will decide as regards the means OF
raising funds, as the Egyptian government
insists that the revenues specially assigned
shall remain untouched.