The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-22
FOREIGN.
The Franco.uhiue.e ImbrogHo.

LONDON, Sept 21--A tide waiter named Lo-
gan imprisoned atIthe British consulate at Can
ton charged with being concerned in originat-
ing the recent riots, will be tried Tuesday next.
II he is acquitted an outbreak OF Chinamen is
expected. The viceroy has visited all the Tor
eign consuls at Canton and expressed deep re-
gret at the occurrencesof the riots His posi-
tion is ofigreat difficulty, lforsf too friendly
with foreigners he will be certain to incur the
wrath of the populace.
PARIS, Sept. 21.-Prime Minister Ferry has
forwarded request for English mediation in
case the pending negotiations upon the Tom
quin question between France and China fail
to arrive at satisfactory conclusion Earl
Granville is inclined to accede to the request.
PARIS, Sept. 21.-It is reported here that
the memorandum of the French proposals up
on the Tonquin question which Marquis Tseng
telegraphed yesterday to Pekin, has not
proved acceptable to the Chinese govern
ment
LONDON, Sept. 21.-A Paris correspondent
summing up the situation of affairs between
France and China says the question is, shall
Tonquin belong to China or to France. II
this question is solved all will be settled.
A Heavy Failure.
j. B. Elkin g. Co., merchants of this city
have failed for 100000.
Ufterances of a NihiIistic Organ.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 21.-The Narodaja
VIOLA, the chief Nihilistic organ, is being
secretly printed in this city. In recent pub
Hcation it reviews the work of Count Tolstoi,
the Minister of the Interior, and says con-
tlnuaRce of similar policy cannot be toler-
ated. "The days of Tolstoi, the hangman," 1t
declares, care numbered An accou Mt is
given of the excesses at Ekaterinoslav, where
the Jewish riots recently occurred, which is
quite different from the official version of the
affair, and in which it Is stated that 200 per-
sons were killed by the troops. The tone Of
Narodraja VIOLA show that the Nihilists are
not hostile to these excesses, but desire their
frequent repetition. The Petropaulovski cit
adel, the paper states, though many prisoners
mad died, was so crowded recently that fifty
prisoners had to be removed. Many Of them
were so i'll that they were carried on stretch
ers The NihilistsIchiriajeff died there from
the effect of bad treatment, and female Nih-
Hist, was shot dead while attempting to es-
cape.
Another Outbreak in Croatia.
AGRAM. Sept. 21.-Six hundred peasants
from Gradisk and Belavar assembled at
FarkaswincZ yesterday armed with muskets,
axes and cudges, shouting "We want to be-
long to Hungary" A small body of military
ATTEMPTED to disperse the mob but were resisted
and compelled to withdraw. Reinforcements
arrived at midnight which were received with
volley OF stones and shots from the rioters.
The troops returned fire killing ten and wound
ing many of the mob. Two soldiers were
wounded.
Two companies of infantry have been sent
to Farkaswincz to aid in suppressing the riot.
Foreign Notes.
A Vienna despatch says conspiracy among
the Seryian radicals has been discovered. A
quantity OF dynamite and arms has been found
In the possession of radical leaders.
The number of officers recently arrested in
come ction with the new Nihilsts agitation is
SO.
Count Labanoff is to be recalled from the
Vienna embassy.
The Egyptian government is vigorously re-
pressing the slave trade. The police have
captured $50 slaves at Assioot and arrested the
chief SLAYER of Cairo
A dispatch from Belgrade says the Servian
ministry has resigned and that King Milan will
return forthwith.
Gladstone landed at Gravesend Thursday,
and was received bya large gathering of his
supporters, including many prominent mem
bers OF the Liberal party, who presented him
with an address and heartily cheered lin in
disembarking. He proceeded to London. The
Pail Mall Gazette is authorized to declare that
his visit to Copenhagen has no political signifi-
canoe.
1t is stated that O'DonneN has expressed
disgust at the fact that no steps have been
taken in Ireland to procure funds for his de-
fence. He is reported as saying bitterly, "It is
like them Dublin Irishmen." He said also
that if necessary 100000 could be collected
within week to save the life of the man who
committed the most popular murder since the
shooting of Constable Talbot
A committee of Lancashire operatives ap-
peal TO the trades unionists of Great Britain
for assistance for the striking weavers. Ten
thousand weavers are idle.