Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-22
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FORRI0A.
| Arrived and oalDeA.
VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. N.-The steam-
ship Wilmia9ton, from San Francisco,
arrived and sailed for Seattle today.
| 4 nav.
A thaw has set in. Ice and nov are
disappearing. out the sleiRhina 10 still
good.
News Of the passage Of the Canadian
Pac,6c Railway lean at OTTAWA causes
nov that the Islam Railway bill il safe.
Extensive sales of city real estate are
taking place in consequence.
Chisese AesheAs.
A few days ago the Chinese court in
terpreter married a countryWoman BE-
fore the Methodist clergyman. Today
several Chinamsn drove up in Q sleigh,
and fOrcibly abducted the woman. She
has not been seen since.
The Ansi.A0eSicaa Feeling tn Ger.
BERLIN, Feb. 2l.-The Dsusseks Tag
biatt yesterday contained q savage at
tack on Minister Sargent. The Berlin
Tagbiaff today replies to the attack, and
asserts that Sargent has had no rels-
tons whatever With any political party.
The North Gsrnas Gazette alludes 10
the remarks Of the National Gaxetfs
about the American contributions to
the relief fund for sufferers from the
Rhine foundations, aud says: 1--WE
should like to call attention to the fact
that the debt which Was contracted then
toward American may be logically paid
BY raising fInd in Germany 20 help
relieve the sufferers from the present |
floods in America"
The National Gdzeffe opposes the COM
ments Of the North German Gozefse
upon the Lasker incident and says thaS |
the courtesy Of foreign Legislative |
body could be regarded a. an cot of in |
terferenoe and likely to provoke ILL.,
feeling, could b the opinion only Of |
people Who cannot hear q word Of praise |
addressed to . political adversary"
Further regarding tie Assertion Of |
the Worth German Gazette concerning |
the ignorance Of diplomatic usaSes dis |
played BY Minister Sargent IN his note |
to Bismarck transmittin9 the Lasker |
resolution, the NATIONAL 0azetts says
There IL no oOobt that the came as |
sertiOu would have been made IL the /
reaOlutiOn OF the HOUSE Of Representa- |
tives had been cent By Minister Sargent
direct to the President Of the ReiehstaQ,
We do not feel inclined TO take Minister |
SarRenta part, bat Is 10 70 be regretted |
that an element Of personal i'll feeling
shoold be apparent in the treatment OF
this question" $500.
Disoarek's Newspaper explaiaA
BERLIN, Feb. N.-Ths North Germas
Gazette, Bismarck's organ, repels the at |
tacks OF opposition newspapers on the
decree OF Bismarck relative to the Las
kar resolutions. II says: "rhey do not
express the slightest indignation at
foreign body interfering In tho internal
Affairs of Germany. The request ad-
dressed to Bismarck by Minister Ssr-
gent vas Of such remarkable char
acter that it could only be explained BY
his ignorance of Diplomatic usage. Il
the Emperor to indorse the vote Of
foreign body and hand il to the Rsichs-
tag. BisSnafok's duty il simply 70 exc
cute the command of the Emperor.
Bismarck 10 not in tho employ Of an in
ternational democracy, but in that Of
the German Emperor. In the same way
that the American Congress had at
tempted to cause the Rlorifcation of q
late leader of seceesionists BY the Em-
peror, % could any foreign ProRressist.
BY seeking to give vote Of confidence
In Herr Richter in Socialist budy, or Q
similar vote in Herr Bebel."
The National Gazette says that Bis
decree is deprived Of all sting
for Congress and tho American people
because the whole affair 10 made en-
tirely q matter Of German internal
policy.
The Berliner Togleblan says: "The 70
Of tho American Congress
which Bismarck ID unwilling - impart
70 the Reiohstag. was long ago conveyed
10 the whole nation through the press.
Indeed, the publication Of the resolution
in the official organ shows that Biz
marck himself arranged to give the
German people what he refused to
transmit Is the Reiohstag, namely, q
Of respect to Herr Las
ler By the people on the other aide Of
the OCEAN"
Gordon VIII lntervlew the Prophet.
LONDON, Feb. q. Reports from Gen.
Gordon state that after the restoration
Of order he will leave Colonel Stewart
In o0m mand Of Khartoum and proceed
TO Kordofan. His object is to interview
FL Mahdi in order I'd learn the fate Of
Hicks Pasha.
Gales ia the United Kingdsns.
, It is reported that gales have caused
serious damage in various parts Of the
United Kingdom. ss BE- |,
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