The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-08
FROM BEYOND THE SEA.
THE VERY LATEST NEWS BY CABLE.
China Demands that the AMMAN Treaty
be Annulled-UnveIling of the Statue to
Lafayette-Ravage of the Cattle
Plague in Russia-0ther News.
THE LAST HOPES OF PEACE.

THE LAST HOPES OF PEACE.
PARIS, Sept.s.
Marquis Tseng, the Chinese Ambassador,
has, under instructions from his Govern
ment, demanded the withdrawal of France
from the treaty. Ferry the French Prime
Minister, has refused to comply, but has as
sured the Marquis that France is willing to
give China the necessary guarantees for the
integrity of her frontier.
TRANSPORTS ORDERED.
LONDON, Sept. $.
The Posts Paris special says orders have
been sent to Toulon and other naval stations
to have transports ready for the embarka-
ton by the latter part of Septemberof 10000
men for China.
DESTROYS OF PEACE
The Times Paris correspondent says:
Both Governments, France and China, are
equally DESTROYS of seeing peaceful solution
Of the TonQuin question, if it can be eff
fected with honor The general sentiment
fayors the hope that all the issues involved
may be admi tied to the arbitration of En-
gland
A NEWSPAPER ATTACK ON KING HUMBERT.
ROME, Sept. s.
An article printed in the Paris IatrdnSi-
gednt by Henri ROchefoIt abusing King
Humbert, has aroused great indignation
throughout Italy. The article accused the
King of having pocketed money subscribed
by the French for the Ischia sufferers, while
he, at the same time, was urging Germany
to annihilate France. An italian officer
waited upon RechefOrt and demanded salts
faction for the insult to his King, but Roche
fort refused to grant him hostile meeting.
INDIGNATION OF ISCHIA SURVIVORS.
NAPLES, Sept. Z.
Alta meeting of committee of Ischia
survivors, held in this city to-day, a resOlu-
ton was adopted declaring that they would
refuse all proffers of aid on the ground that
when charity is offered them, in order to
serve as a pretext for insulting their King,
charity, not only from France but from the
whole world.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE RAGING.
ST. PErERs8URG, Sept. :.
Reports from all parts Of Russia state
that the cattle plague continues with UNI
abated fury. Over a million cattle have
fallen victims to the plague within the past
four years in European Russia alone.
HoNoRs TO A HERO.
PARIS, Sept. s.
The unwilling of the statue of Lafayette
took place Thursday, at lie Puy, in the
presence of an immense crowd, despite a
severe rain. The streets were decorated
with American and French flags, and tri-
umphal arches were erected over the prom
inent avenues. Among the distinguished
persons present were Mr. Morton, United
States Minister, to France; Mr.. Sargent,
United States Minister to Germany; Gen
eral Colomea, and Colonel Lichtenstein, who
represented President Greyy, and General
Nuillemot, who represented General Thi-
baudin, the Minister Of the Interior NJ.
Morel. President of the Lafayette Memorial
Committee, performed the ceremony of I'M
yelling the statue amid the plaudits of the
multitude and salutes of artillery.
oUAKING EARTH.
BERLIN, Sept s.
There were several shocks of earthquake
at Dusseldorf Tuesday. No damage re-
| suited.
There were shocks OH the Island of lschia
at the same time which created some alarm,
but they were unattended by damage,