The sun., 1883-12-16
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
THE EFFECT OF MIR. P.lRNELL,s DUBLIN
SPEECH IN ENGLAND.

cIadstope's Last Franehise Bil-Hew he
Proposes to Avoid Dis.oIution OF Pariia.
ment ir Defeated-Ths Troubles In Ten.
quin Complicated by the Murder OF the
KisE-The Alarm In Egypt Over the DE.
feat OF the Troops Near saakim-Mary
Andersen SEN tho RaEe In London.
LONDON, Dec l5.-Again things have taken
turn in Tonquin. and decidedly for the worst.
Tho murdered king was tho creature OF tho
French. They were acting apparently under
his authority. His murder leaves them at sea.
II is Injurious in the diplomatic struggle OF
words and pretences with TsenR in Paris. while
IN AMMAN It legalizes Tonauin's hostility. con-
warts the Black Flags from rebsls to patriots.
raises serious military dangers. and shows the
OF Chinese influence. Tho gem
eral impression is that largo French re-
Environments will have to be sent to Tonquin.
and that appropriations much greater than
preceding ones must be asked from tho French
Chambers.
In the Senate things look moro favorable for
Ferry than was expected. The menace Of o
great disaster may unite the Chamber Of Dep
utles. Previous appropriations. however. have
been given Grudgingly. and Ferry's1ast majority
was materially smaller. Negotiations between
the French Premier and the Chinese Ambassa-
dor continue. Tho latest reports are favorable.
Tssng Ia said to have laid plan OF agreement
,etore England which. OF course is moving
mrth and heaven to maintain peace.
The Egyptian prospect Is gloomy in the ex-
RENE. The defeat near Suakim 10 considered
moro disastrously significant than the annihi-
laton OF Hicks Pasha's forces which, in spite Of
persistent rumor is believed to have occurred.
Tho countless millions OF hill tribes are with
the Mahdi. The defeated troops near Suakim
we're Nubians. the flower Of Egyptian troops.
VINO withstood for a tme even the British ad-
vance at Te-ol- Keber. The defeat has already
dcmoraliEed Baker Pasha's force. recruiting
having SO completely stopped TINT press gangs
are now used to kidnap unemployed negroes.
John Morley. tho leader OF the Radical nom
ln'srventionists. still calls for the evacuation
Of Esypt. but Gladstone dare not take such a
step. as it would involve immediate disgrace. II
no, downfall. Some nstute Egyptian Ministers
difficult position by declaring that II the Eng
lish troons will not help them. the Turks will
hive TO be called in.
England's greatest bugbear. Egyptian finan-
ces is eoipG steadily to the dogs There will be n
deficit of fl.25o.000 for the year. and poor
Egypt has besides to pay Ell 200 900 for Eng
lish troops who won't fight for her. and who
ore every day threatening to leave her.
Parnell's speech at the Dublin banquet has
been the pivotal discussion in home affairs.
English journalists and politicians Of nll shades
unite in condemnation Of its bitterness. and
Conservatives gibe Chamberlain on the futility
Of his laborious efforts to capture the Irish
eader. and clamor more loudly than ever for
ihe exclusion OF Ireland from the Franchise
bill The paradoxlcal and perhaps the calcu-
lated effect Of the nstute Irish politicians atti
tude has been to increase Ireland's chance for
household suffrage Forster and Bright, who
l-AaEA snnken- -since the hanauet whila dsnounc-
ing Parnell. vic IN the vehemence OF their de-
mands for Ireland's inclusion. and the London
Times declares for the same policy on the Gym
ically candid ground that purely English bill
would be surely defeated by an alliance of Irish
obstruotionlsts with English Conservatives.
Opinions differ as to the date OF q dissolution
Of Parliament The Tory leaders have In
structed their agents to be prepared for it in
April or October next. Much attention has
been attracted by q speech Of Herbert Glad.
stone who predicted that his father. II the
Franchise bill were rejected by the Lords
would 60 on with the County Government and
London Reform bills MS though nothing had
happened. and then send up the Franchise bill
again in tho session Of 1885.
Tho German Crown Princes approaching
visit to Rome produces much stir. The
officials Of the Quirinal and tho Vatican are
driven nearly crazy by tho Gordian knots o.
etiquette which the strained relations Of the
Pope and the italian King create. In Ger
many some ultra Liberal journals describe
the visit as that going to Canossa" which
Bismarck but few days ago denounced q.
shameful precedent never to be repented ir
German history. Others. taking the incident
in connection with the reconciliation OF thu
vsrtt ,,lt
tame Bishop. who. hailing from Limburg. wa
as malodorous In court.as his diocesan cheese Il
10 non-German nostrils. infer that both Bis
marck and Pope Loo are tired OF thsir conflict
and wish. like sensible statesmen. to let by
cones be bygones. The final Interpretation Il
that the Crown Prince wishes to head of the i'm
proved feeling toward Russia in Poland by tn,
Cars ostentatious civility to tho Pope. and I,
further divide Catholic and freethinkinl
Frenchmen. The extremists Of the latter part,
have Just been playing the latter game for Ger
many by proposal to abolish tho embassy I,
the Vatican.
In Spain commercial treaty with Englant
rouses the ire OF Spanish protectionists. ant
inspires Englishmen with tho hope Of goot
sherry. hitherto the viest compound. even II
English saloons.
Theatrically. Mary Anderson continues to b,
the central figure. Tho strange good fortun,
which has helped her genius at every step fol
lows the production OF "Pygmslion ant
Galatea." The play has given rise To interest
ing and Indirectly advertising discussions IL
the newspapers. Debate began upon tho de-
signer OF the dress. Alma Tadema. who VA
credited with the authorship. was specially in
terVlewed by the Pail Mall Gazette. and assigned
the honor to Frank ID. AIiliet. Tadema, how
ever, went behind the scenes between the act