Daily Republican., 1885-09-11
England Feels Hurt.
DENOUNCED BY PARERS.

LONDON, Sept. 1O.-The ecb of
Vice President Hendricks at diana.
polls last Tuesday night, d iorsing
Parnell's demand for Irish pa |iamen.
tary Independence, has prO{ bked al
great deal Of hoatile comment n Eng
land. The London newspapers have
30 far failed to notice the speech, but
most Of the provincial papers have de.
voted leaders to it, and a majority Of
them criticize the speech adversely
and bitterly.
Many of the criticisms are based on
sentimental grounds and deplore the
occurrence of anything calculated to
disturb the pleasant relations which
were becoming so firmly cemented be.
tween England and America. Some of
them are more outspuken, and treat of
the American Vice Presidents utter
ances as a serious grievance which
| will require some sor: OF diplomatic
action.
The Sheffield Daily Telegraph (Inde.
pendent) considers the speech distinct
breach Of the neutrality which should
Idistinguis hthe words and acts Of the
| American Presidency toward friend.
ly government. The Eastern Morning
| News (RadicaD, of Hull, compla ins
that Hendricks wishes Mr.. Parnell
God speed in disloyal adventure. The
| Western Daily Press (Liberal), OF
Bristol, expresses the belief that the
Americans now living in England will
generally condemn the utterances Of the
Vice President, aud especially the
sending of cable message of sympathy
from the meeting at which he spoke to
encoTrage Parnell in his disloyal and
Revolutionary aims.
GERMANY'S CLAIMS.
] BERLIN, Sept. 10.-The Oftic la
IGazette says that on August 19sh tn,
lGovernment received note from Spair
protesting against Germany's occu.
patton of the Caroline Islands. and tha
lPrince Bismarck's reply was handed tc
Senior Elduapen, the Spanish minister
of foreign affairs, on September a. Ii
Lis reply Prince Bismarck pointed out
! that German traders who had resided
for many years on the Caroline Islands
believing the island to be unclaimed
had demanded the protection of Ger
many. Such protection, the Chancellor
said, would have been neither solicited
lnor granted If it had been thought tha
Spain claimed the Archipelago
lOfficial inquiries showed that the only
we're German aud British. the forme
largely predominating.
In view of tho fact that Spain ha
m ade no objection to Germany's not
8 of March, 1875, in which she refutet
t Spanish claims to the Carolines, Ger
r many was justified in regarding tn
a islands as ownerless. The annexation
: had been affected in good faith, AM
Germany was willing, in friendl.
spirit, TO examine into the claims nov
Iput forth by Spain, or to submit tn
matter to arbitration. The Chancellor
= in concl uding his reply, said that tn
=. .lquestion was too trivials one 20 imper
, the Friendship existing vetW zen apsi
Q and Germany.
SPANS DEMANDS.
MADRID, September TO-. KIM
: A lfonso presided at the Cabinet counc'
to-day. An elaborate answer was d.
spatched TO Germany, drawn up in th
, most friendly terms, explaining th
= claims Of Spain to the Caroline Island
and demanding that Germany recoe
lnize them. A subsequent despatch wa
r less suave in tone, and requested Ge
lmany to renounce all intention of e
y, tablishing a suzeranity over the Care
70 lines and Pellew Islands. Withor
= Isuch guarantee Spain must decline
:. lgiye satisfaction for the recent insult
- to the German Embassy.
il slsTEAMEn RUN DOWN BY A GUNBoA'
'el LONDON, September l0.-The Bri
If tlsh steamer Auckland came in coll
d sion off Copenhagen with the Germa
lgunboat BlitZ and foundered. Fiftet
of the Auuk lands crew were drow