The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-07-06
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
INTEREST DEEPENING IN TIE FT0HT
OYER THE FRANCHISE BILL.


INTEREST DEEPENING IN THE FT0Hr
OYER THE FRANCHISE BILL.
u.u.r ,Nrt tho Lord. will Reject iaa secsnd
Time War with Ckina Desn,ed fAeyiiahio
In France-The TrNsicni and C"ussc"i Ef.
Src,s Ut The Csoisra Cu;brcnk-Is~ror Ia
Tou,ou-l.sndon sweiteriua N Eaavssrdi.
nary Heat-Am~riean Iced Drsses ~nd
Champngns the Ra1e-Fresh OSstp.
LONDON, July 5.--Tho rejection OF tho
Franchise bill by the Lords tho hBetimo Is
already 80 much accepted rs an aesomplisncd
fact that speculation Is entirely concerned With |
what will follow. The general impression Is |
thnt there will DO an autumn session. and that |
tho Lords will repeat their pravlous aceton.
Tho chiof reason for thinking this 10 that the
Conservatives think redistribution 10 40 I'm.
portaut rs to DO worth risking evcn ne House
OF Lords for II and they calculate oesiles that
tho Liberals could not have bigger majority
against them. even With cry 80 taking rs
Down with the Lcrds. thnn thoy are certain to
have II tho general election took place on re-
duced franchise. unaccompaniedb BY rodistribu-
ton. Meantime o slight movement. which
may become stronger. lie rising up In favor OF
dropping the autumn session and trying an
earlier date for tho dissolution. Some OF the
Ministers dread the spectre Of tho agitation
against the House OF Lords. and others contend
tina. the Ministry IL In better repute now than
1t Is likely to be in the winter. Egypt cannot
be worked against them at this season. because
everybody is sick OF the subject It may be dif-
forent in winter there being general appre-
hension that we are on tho eve OF big tragedy
or mighty enterprise. Alarming rumors OF
all kinds. including tho circumstantial story OF
thecapture OF Khartoum and Gordon. vex the
public mind and the impression gains ground
that the English Government will DO fitting out
q great expedition in August or September to
fight the Nahdi.
War between France and China 10 deemed in
eyitab!o BIZ the French journals. which are
writing In a tone OF extraordinary violence.
though the nstute representatives OF China In
Europe represent the complaint OF France as
the result OF n misinterpretation OF the dipo-
matte customs Of China the treaty between the
twocountries having no sanctity In Chinese eyes.
as 1t had yet to be ratified. Tie belief Is that
the war party have at last got the ascendant In
Pekn. and that France will have to seize
Hainnn and occupy Canton.
Meantime. tho cholera outbreak produces Of
iocts rs tragic and sometimes as comic as were
ever described In the many accounts In history
or fiction Of plngue-stricken cities. The panic
In Toulon is almost disgusting. Out Of $4,000
tax payers 10000 have fed. as many as 6.000
going In a single day. Terror has spread even
to the marines. for when the Admiral allowed
them to leave on good cause shown. every ma
rine produced u latter with such q cause. La-
Dor Is suspended. commercial ncceptances can
not DO paid. numerous failures occur daily and
the supply OF provisions has almost stopped.
the laborlng people having no money to buy.
All this tends to enormously increase the
plague.
The refugees usually cccupy houses in tho
suburbs utterly unnt for habitaton by large
masses OF people. Tho laundresses having re-
fused to wash the linen OF the hospital pa
tionts. the work is done by prisoners. with
promises OF pardon. Some families have in
their flight left their valuabes and securities
behind. and one Of the difficulties OF the civic
rulers is to Keep of thieves from the plentiful
harvest around.
Two thousand Italians who have been sent
outside the town are prevented from moving
therefrom either Oh French or toward italian
territory, by italian carabineers on the one
side and French gendarmes on the other.
They arc encampod In the open air.
The panic has spread to towns outside. Thus.
In Anssio. small place on the italian coast.
near Genoa. the report that an Italian family
which was sent from Toulon had been lodged
in q disused convent produced an emeute.
The church doors were broken open. the bells
were rung. and then mass Of peasants. armed
convent 10 hrr, !, I'd ,vara Nth d,ra,",.r Al.
norscd hv ,hs =. rohinaors
Tho comic Incidents are that the people
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world hoirg na,od ~ notioa ,I.t ,,o ,n,
msnse onnn,itiss n hrond stored IN Tho w, nj.
n, tho town hive nivn We nrosorroa =, rron, ss'
we're attacks OF cholera. and tho Mayor has for
ness th,. avery c;,iysn shnm,1 ,aro a tahIa-
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