The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-02-25
FOREIGN.

| The famous Russian General Skobeleti, who
is on n visit to Paris, has thrown diplomatic
circles into a high state of excitement by what
appears to have been rather hasty and incon.
sderatc speech to party of Servan students
who waited upon him. He told them Russia
had hitherto been held in check by certain
foreign influence namely, that Of Germany.
The sword, he said, was the only means Rus.
sians had OF Kidding themselves of The incu.
bus. lie declared that struggle between
Slavs and Teutons was inevitable, and it would
be long, sanguinary and terrible, but the Slavs
would triumph. He concluded rs follows
"lf any one attempts to modest states recogniz'
cd by treaties thank heaven, you will not be
alone. If fate SO decides, we shall meet again
on the battlefield, side by side, against the
common toe" And subsequently he explain.
ed that what he meant was that the safety OF
Europe lay III the union OF the Savs with
France, by whom the balance of power must
be re'adjusted, or there will soon be but one
probationary. OF course the speech Gre
ated intense astonishment and indignation at
lSNA'iu ahu icuha, NHiIS tbC ASOuliOl EWtS
says it cannot fail to breed alarm and suspicion
IN the financial and political world, Europe
has the right to ask that the czar's authority
be used to prevent a recurrence IF fire-brand
speeches from Russian generals.
a dlpatch from ST. Petersburg, however,
states that Russian statesmen and the emperor
himself are nc less astonished than annoyed
by Gen. Skobeleff $ sensational speeches, and
that they will be promptly dissvowed, 1t isl
added in explanation that Gen Skobelef IS
only IS, and is athrst for notoriety No one
has ever attached the slightest political weight
to him. When he has imbibed little morei
champagne than IS good for h,m he IS apt to
make foolish speeches.
In the British commons, or the l7th, Glad.
stone put his foot into it" almost as badly as
Skobeletf IN his antrGerman speech, though
In much smaller way In speaking on the
lrIsh question, Gladstone complained of the
unreasonableness of the Irish home rulers, see.
ing they had never formulated plan of home
rule for the consideration Of the house This
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home rulers to formulate such plan and as
pledge on the part OF the ministry that the
house should give 1t respectful consideration.
The opponents of Gladstone at once raised a
great cutlery over what they called his most in.
iudiclous speech, admitting, as it dlu, home
rule to be a subject of discussion thus aban-
doning the strongest part of the case on the
side OF England by which 1t had always been
held that experiments in decentralization must
not be thought of for a moment.
In the house OF commons on the 22d, Mr.
Bradlaugh, whom the house had previously
declared disqualified to hold seat on account
sacredness of an oath, advanced 10 the clerk s
desk and subscribed the oath and then took his
seat. The speaker ordered HIM to retire, which
he did, but during debate which arose he
Northcote moved his expulsion for contempt
of the house, the vote standing 29l to SO, Brad.
laugh then left, and new writ was Issued
Michael Davltt has been elected to parlia-
ment to succeed a. NJ. Sullivan, resi- gned.
Lieut. HARDER and Master Scheutze oftne L. |
S. navy, left st. Petersburg on Wednesday for
Jakutsk, in Eastern Siberia. They will pro-
coed down the river Lena in u steamer and
along the coast 70 the east in search Of the
Jeannette's third boat Lleut Dennehower
starts from Irkoutsk for st. Petersburg in a
few days.
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