Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-23
FOREIGN FACTS.
THE TROUBLE BETWEEN FRANCE
AND CHINA.
Cholera Responsiveness Fires in
Canada-Salvation Gagged
in Switzerland.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RrcoRD.uxrox !


France and China.
PARIS. August 22d.-Admiral Courbc
has been instructed 10 lombard the arScna
! at Foo Chow this morning and land de
tachment of troops and destroy the wal
material and stores accumulated there
which are of immense value This action
| Is intended as a repriSal for the action q
the Chinese n LangStou. Atthe same time
the French of kelung have been ordered
to occupy the port and coal mines rs sc.
curlty for the indemnity demanded 10y
France.
TELEGRArHIc COMMUNICATION OPENED.
LONDON, August 22d.-A dispatch from,
Pekin 70 the Times says: The French lc.
CATION left Pekin yesterday 4 telegraph
station was opened here yesterday This Is
the first message wired.
THE CHINESE TO INVADE r0NQtIN.
LoNpoN, August 22d.-The Pal JHqR Ga
.cttc says China will not issue a dcclara.
tion of war, but will inform France and
the neutral powers that she will regard q
repetition of the KeImg incident rs an at.
tack on Chinese territory, and aS. i0so ttct0
a declaration of war China will ask other
powers, and especially England, To be
strictly neutral The English colony at
Hongkong has been the base of operations
against Tonquin. China expects that. in
case the French attack is renewed, English
ConsUls will be warned of their duties rs
neutralS. 1t is quite certain that the Chi
neSe will Immediately cross the southern
frontier and invade TonqUin.
DEPARTURE FROM PEKIN.
LONDON, August 22d.-A dispatch from
Shanghai to Reuters Teleqrdm saws: vi
cOnte Desemalle, French representative at
Pekin, Immediately after lowering the
French flag at the legation, started for
Shanghai.
PARIsIAN JOURNALS oN THE SITUATION.
PARIS, August 22d-Le Paris denies that
reinforcements have been ordered to China.
The question whether France will carry
the war into the interior, the paper says, is
not a consideration. For the present.
France will only occupy Foo Chow and
Kelung.
lie Temps believes that France has no
idea of blockading the open ports of China.
If found necessary, il saws those will be
chosen that least interfere with inter
national commerce.
lie Temps calls attention to the absence
of an actual declaration of war.
PROTECTION FOR GERMAN SUBJECTS URGED.
BERLIN, August 22d.-The newspapers
urge the dispatch of man-of-warto to China,
to protect German subjects in that country.
Forbidden To ENTER WAR MATERIAL
LANDED.
LoNpoN, August 22d-The Times Foo
Chow special says: The French ships have
been forbidden to enter the Takea road
stead.
Seventeen thousand rifles and quantity
Of dynamite and gun cotton have been
landed. Masked batteries are being erected
here.
FRENCH RESIDENTS LEAviNG-TRooPs EX-
PECrEp.
LONDON. August 22l.-A TImcs Hong
kong special says; The French residents
are leaving the city. Two thousand French
soldiers are momentarily expected to arrive
here from Tonquin.
The Cholera Scourge.
PARIS, August 22d-Fiye deaths hap
pencd from cholera at MarseilleS last night
and two at Toulon. The weather in Tou-
Ion is cooler. The public health is i'm
proving.
LONDON, August 22d.-A stowaway wa,
landed t"-day at Waterford from the Brit
ish steamship Oran Moore from LIVERPOOL
for Baltimore. He was i'll. and was taken
to the infirmary. The doctors pronounce
the disease cholera, and believe it of the
Asiatic type. Three other stowaways land
ed at the same time are missing.
GENEVA, August 22d-It is officially an
nOpnced that there have been no cases Of
cholera in this city.
ROME August 22d-Owing to the preva-
leRce of cholera, the holding of fairs, mar
kets and public festival and professions is
forbidden throughout Italy
PARIS, August 22d.-During the "a hours
ended at tonight, there were fifteen deaths
from cholera at Marseilles. At Touion,
two deaths from cholera occurred to-day
An UltiInatum.
LONDON, August 22d.-An ultimatum has
been sent to the Raj jah of Teuom, demand
ing the release, within 4 fortnight. of the
crew of the steamship Nisero, whom the
Rajah has held i'll captivity since the Yessel
was wrecked last November
Anarchists Arrested.
BAsLE, August 22d.-While the police
were attempting to arrest two sons of Herr
Ptarr publisher of the anarchist paper. Die
Ffeihejt, a Russian anarchist named Seer
awski, armed with revolver, blocked the
doorway to the building in which the men
were, and refused to allow the police to
pass. y violent struggle enSued and the
Russian was disarmcd. He and the sons
OF Pfarr were theTcupOn arrested
Denounce the Modern System of Educa-
tion.
THE HAGUE, August 22d.-The Hygiene
Congress denounceS the modern system of
education, and declared competitive ex-
animation injurious 10 health of students.
The Congress unanimously adopted a
proposal in favor of a new international
sanitary conference for the creation of a
permanent International Sanitary Commit
tee, to act against cpidemicS. Holland will
be asked to submit the proposals TO other
countries in regard to the project.
Refuses to Sing.
PARIS, August 22d.-In consequence of
the French Courts having postponed grant
ing to Patti q divorce. she now refuses to
sing in Paris, although it has been ar
ranged she should do so.
Newspaper Seized.
MADRID August 22d.-The Gl0JO. the or
gan of CASTELAR,, has been seized for attack
ing public institutions. 1t Will be prose
cuted
The Salvation Army in Switzerland.
BERNE, August 22d - The Canton of
Berne forbids the Salvation Army to hold
meetings within its territory, on the ground
that the meetings are not religious.
Forest Fires.
QUEBEC, August 22d.-Forcst fires are
raging in the Saguenay district The tele-
graph is cut off TO St. Alphonze.
United States Army Officers in Canada.
TORONTO, August 22d.-Generals Rose
Grams, Slocum and Cutcheon, Colonel Kniffen
and Major Steele, of the United States
army, and party of eight who are return
ing from the meeting of the Congressional
Committee, arrived here last evening. The
party is making a tour through Canada.
They proceed to-day To Montreal