The Portland daily press., 1883-06-28
FOREIGN.
The Pauper Emigrant Matter Called
Up in Parliament.
Distress in Ireland on the Increase.
Grevy Refuses to Commute Louise
MichePs Sentence.

LONDON, June 27.-In the House of Com
mons today Joseph CoWen, Radical, gave nc
tice that he would submit question as to
whether IL was true that Irish paupers had
him sent 10 America with the knowledge and
consent Of the government
Arrival of the American Team.
The American rife team which arrived at
Queenstown this morning on the steamer
Alaska are in excellent health and spirits.
fhey will proceed by the Alaska to Liverpool
and be accompanied by Sir Henry Halford and
Waller Of the British team, who met them at
Queenstown A warm reception awaits them
on arrival at Liverpool by committee Of citi-
zens headed by tho Mayor.
German Politics
BERLIN, June 27.-Herr Won Benigsen,
who recently resigned from the Landtag and
l,eichtag, has written to the liberal committee
that he retired because Of increasing party Bit
terDess. He thinks that divisions among the
liberals can only tend to produce confusion.
Nothing, he says, is iaore sdangeous to the EN-
pre than displays Of opposition TO the rightiul
prerogatiyes OF the monarch
The Attack on American Missionaries.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, june 27.-In consequence
of the energetic protests made by Gen. Wal
lace, the American Minister, in the case OF the
two American missionaries who were attacked
/ and nearly killed by Kurds near Bitlis, the
Governor OF Erzeroum has been ordered to sup
press brigandage at any cost.
Distress In Ireland.
DUBLIN, June 27.--The chairman Of the
Loughrea Union has declared that he never
knew the outdoor relief list to be 80 high as 1t
is now and that it has become necessary to in
crease the relieving staff.
Russia and the Vatican.
Sr. PETERSBURG, June 27.-The government
announces that negotiations between Russia
and the Vatican have been concluded. The
hierarchy will be allowed freedom in mat
I - lone In
regard TO temporal power is forbidden.
France and the Pope.
LONDON, June 27.-The Times correspondent
at Paris says the Pope in his letter TO Presi-
oent Grevy regarding church affairs in France
complains of the expulsions OF religious orders,
suspension of salaries of curates, the army bill,
which initiates against the supply OF priests
and arbitrary changes proposed before the con-
cJrdat commission, thus rendering the church
unable to defend its rights against the usurpa-
tions OF state. President Greyy's reply will
be conciliatory
PARIS, June 27.-The government have de
cided that Grevy shall answer the Pope's letter
personally. In connection with this correE-
pondence between Grevy and the Pope the pro-
test entered by the Archbishop Of Paris against
the suppression of chaplains in Paris hospitals,
is interesting. The Archbishop says the meas
ure is one of cruel intolerance, but notwith-
standing the priests must continue to do every
thing possible for the sick. The decree per
mits patient 10 suyrman parish priest and
the Archbishop SAYS the farsersAould stipulate
for liberty to y5sit all protesting Carnones:
PresidenIIrevy Refuses to Commute rGe
Sentence of Louise Michel.
--~PARIs, June 27.-It is reported that Pres:-
dent GrevY has refused to grant the request
made by radical members of the Chamber of
Deputies to commute the sentence of Louise
Michel to exile.
Triumph of the Sclavonic Party.
VIENNA, June 27.-The Scavonic party has
been triumphant in elections for mem bers of
the Galician and Bohemian diets.
Cholera In Egypt.
ALEXANDRIA, June 27.-The panic over the
cholera in Egypt is increasing. The flight of
Europeans continues. A commission has been
formed to devise means to protect Alexandria
from the dreaded malaria.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 27.-Striet quaran-
tine has been ordered at all Turkish ports
against vessels arriving from Egypt.
.Earaixra Nntaa
The doctors at Damietta refuse to inform the
foreign consuls of the number of deaths oc-
curing there.
The steamers which sailed from Alexandria
Tuesday were crowded with refugees from Da-
mietta. All the steamer berths for a week to
come have been engaged.
The London Times says it has been arranged
10 send two of the principal Invincible inform
ers to Manitoba.
The French government has decided TO send
no more troops to Tonquin at present.