The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-26
FORElGN.
Frightened Landlords Vigorously
Censure the British Gov
ernment.
A French Indignity TO an American
Officer.
HERR LAsKER'S REMAINS AR
RlvE AT BREMERHAvEN.
Thirteen Chiidren Drowned While Csnst-
ing i'm Rohr.


"Chinese" Gordon Expects Short Work.
LONDON, Jan. 25.-The Telegraph this
morning has a despatch from Cairo stating
that Gen. Gordon considers Khartoum of
small strategic value, unless the Senaar
country be also retained in the control He
hopes to concude his iabors IN the Soudan in
time to Join the Congo River expedition before
August. At Newbury last evening Lord Car
nsrvon declared that England could not in
honor and decency abandon the Soudanese
to the fate with which they are threaten cd
and that Gen. Gordon or some other efficient
commander should long ago have been sent TO
their relief with sufficient force to suppress El
Mahdi and restore order.
English Grain Spectators i'm Trouble.
The Standard in It's finsncial article says that
large suspensions in the grain trade have been
expected for some time. The ring of specula-
tors in London and Liverpool is in d fficulties,
but SO many powerful firms are interested in
preventing a crash that great efforts are being
made to stave off the evil dag in the hope that
the market will improve.
French zndignity 10 nm American
Naval Omcer.
Advices from Madagascar state that when
the U. s. s. Brooklyn was at Tamatave the
captain intended to visit the town, but as he
was prevei ted from landing in his own boat he
declined lanliDg in a French boat which was
rendered him.
Resulted Fatally.
LONDON, Jan. 25.-The Marquis of Hertford,
who was thrown from his horse at Aleesteron
the 21st inst. died today from his injuries.
Herr Laskers Remains,
BREMERHAvEN, jan 25.-The body of Herr
Lasker was landed this afternoon and carried
to the hall of the North German Lloyds build
ing, where friends, ,relatives aud others awaited
its arrival. The president of the Bremen
Hoase of Burgesses delivered special eulogy
of the deceased, and hailed the arrival of the
body upon Germapy's shores. Herr Haum-
bauch, member of the German Reichstag, well
coined hoBe the body. and passed q glowing
eulogy upon Herr Lasker The remains were
taken to Berlin.
Trial of Foreigners i'm Endia.
CALCUTTA, Jan. 25.--rhe legislative council
yesterday passed the Ilbert bill as amended, SO
tnat every European prisoner uill have the op
ton Of trial before a native or European judge
or magistrate.
Frighfened Landlords.
DUBLIN. Jan. 25 An important political
meetipg was held here last evening under the
auspices OF the Conservatives. The principal
speech of the evening was made by Right Hon.
William Henry Smith, ex-Lord of the Ad-
miralty and member of Parliament for West
minister. He vigorously denounced the en-
largement of the franchise in Ireland, and
suggested that it was the intention of the gov
ernment, by giving the ballot to the non-prop-
ery-holding class, to practically disfranchise
the Conservatives in those boroughs where the
landholders were now in the majority. He
also attacked the hesitating and weak-kneed
policy in regard to Egyptian affairs pursued by
me government, which had vacllated until
the last moment, and then despatched Chinese
Gordon on hopeless mission. He declared
that the ministry was directly responsible for
the disasters in the Soudsn, and that the blood
of Hicks Posha and his army was ON the head
of Mr.. Gladstone. Col. e. E. King-Harman
the Conservative member for county Dublin,
followed IN similar vein. He advised as the
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