The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-06-04
ENGLAND.
DULL DAY IN LONDON

| DULL DAY IN LONDON.
LONDON, May 30-To-day is the dullest new
day London has had for months. There seem
to be notaing going on worth wiring about
furnish the staple political news, except MIR
Gladstone, are away enjoying Whllsuntidt
holidays, and the Premier IS re Ting even IRON
talking.
The liberals seem to be satisfied with The
| AnglO-RnSsian situation. The Conservatives
however, appear to be GROWING oyer II. IL !;
| generally believed among politicians thai
| Russia has agreed to allow AfghaniStan,s
ella ms to botn Zulihcar and MAJ achku. II
does not appear, however, that the Gar mas
agreed even Professionally to any t,eaty bind,
| ing him to refrain from further advances. Many
| efforts have been made to secure from
| him such an agreement, ,and their tsllure tends
| 10 strengthen the convection, that ,sla has
| simply 'sDickCred' in order to gain time aud
| that sheis determined to continue her progress
I southwark. The conservatives ma In tins
| stale of affairs subject for denouncing Glad
| stones management of the dispute. The Tory
papers declare that, unless Russia gives En-
gland guarantee against Iurther
| a vance outward, coupled with a pledge To
respect the, Independence of Afghan1stan,
| there can be no probability OF any durable
peace. The general public, on the other hand
seem to pl ace the most mplieit confidence 10
Mr.. Gladstone'S statements that peace is as
sured. I'm er the prospect held out by this
assurance, a general aud manl1e>t improve
ment is going on i'll the industries OF the cOun-
try. Ali building and transportation OF trades
are busy Farm la o ers are In demand both
at home and among the colonies. The 1mml-
grafton returns eyen show a decline. IL,
sir Charles Dixie, the troublesome radical
member of Mr. Gladstone's cabinet and the
head of and front OF the rebellion l. against a
renewal OF the crimes act has nog IL asRpSSrs, sIsne
the Irish viceroy., The Lord Lieu @
tenant has insisted on The renewal OF the bill
nj it is generally thought @ 1t CHaGs+oh Was me
to commit The Government to the renewal pol
icy. When Sir Chas. Dixie, rebelled against
he renewal and succeeded in spill ting the
Cabinet on the, question, the Premier man
aged it is said, to have him invited to Dublil o
attend the meetings of the committee ON nous
the the ' Irish Capital, Sir Charles as a
matter of course became the guest OF the
V:ceroy at dublin castle and the. hope was
least mitigate his opposition to the govern
mept announced pro programme sson6S on the the
Ea gscg gnssdnay work Sad Been IL
vain, and that Sir Charles returns 20
LONDON perfectly untractable. The resu t wi
Government, which will probably get OUT Of
its dilemma by introducing a harmless Dill. p.
CARDINAL M'cABE's SUCCESSOR.
LONDON, May 3O.-The Dublin Freeman's
Journal publishes a telegram from Rome,
credited to au authoritative source: which
states positively that De Mnls OF Maynpe T
the Vatican to succeed the late Cardinal Nc
Cabe as archbishop of Dublin. Jhe
telegram that the men tSa w pon nO
received the Irish bishops with marked cord1-
Atty. Catholic circles in Dublin are a so con
| fident that DR.. Walsh will be appointed. The
committee of Irish pap, rs Of the Nationalist
sympathiserS deplore the allesed attempt TO
| diScredit the national league in America By
attack IT, on the United M states; on fa1ftek Inite
Ireland" MIR Parnell'S organ. appeals to the
friends of all factions in the Irish cause, 10 dis
play more good will and energy, th5 exerc1. e
| of which qualities, it says made the Irish III
| America so potent a factor in the struggle d.,
| tween England and Ireland few years
| ago.
| TURKEY AND EGYPT.
| LONDON, May 31.-The official correspon
dence respecting the occupation OF the lteC
Sea part of Egypt shows that England advised
| rtrkey to occupy the part from which tht
| Egyptian garr1sons were Withdrawn Ear
Gran,ill replying to the protests of France
and Turkey against the Italian ocuu
| pa ion said he regretted the inactioI
Of Turkey, but was unable to oppose the ltal al
| power least lakely to injure the interests
turkey. He said there was no treaty be! Weel
| England and Italy, but the relations betweel
| the two nations W re fGiendly.
ENGLAND AND TURKEY.
LONDON, May 27.-It is asserted that Eng
| lish proposals recently offered to the Turks
Envoy, Fehmi Pasha, for the occupation of tn
Soudan bv Turkey, have been declined by tn
Porte. Fehmi Pasha returned to Constant
S IttS instant. after having had an iuteIvie1
at Paris with vi. DeFreycinet, Tn
French Minister @ OF Foreig4 re e ,,oAiI Aifalt; IL
would not oppose the Turkish occupation
Suaxim, nor any part of the Soudan over whic
the Sultan claimed suzeranity. The refusal
rom SEePS M tng De FreScnet causes consderab
thatthe Government. has received of
elal notice from from Turkey m y+oy yesserdS; ste ID:
this was the reason for the issuance OF the Q
dtr for the Gtards to land at Alexandria. IN
proposals permitted the Turkish GovernmeI
: on was taken to suppress the slaY
lrade and to develop commerce. II IL
Porte would be free to ASST
its Suzeran rights over the whole of the so
| dan including the province of Dongo'a. III
completion of arailway between Suaklz1 al
1 | Berber. under oncession to an English Con
: | pany, WIS to be part of the under standll
i with the Turkish government, although it h;
: not been formally referred to in the proposal
. THE DYNAMITERs.
$ LONDON, May 27.-It is rumored here tn
q Col. French, who was on the Continent sho
q time ago, ostensibly in the interest of the AT
e IAN International Society. but really to watt
The movements OF the dynamiters, has giv'
1 warning to Sir VIM. Vernon Hare 1urt, hon
d Secretary, that there are mSny dynamite
e in ansanne AID Geneva. Some have recent
} arrived also in Paris. Most of the dynamite
u | are from New YOrk, aIiQ possess entirely nj
). | explosive machines. Each machine is prov
ed with three springs, but 1t is only necessa
that one should go OF to cause an explosion
The PORTE DECLINES.
LONDON, May 27.-It is asserted that Ell
IS Iish proposals S receu ly made to Turkey, pT
K yidiag for the eccup tion of the Soudan
Il Turkey has been G' eli ed by the Porte. II
n- decision of the Turkish Govei nment has caus
d much SurprI-e here, as it is known that Fran
lU has assured Turkey that she had no Objecto
" to the prOpOScd arrangement. The failure
h this plan Is now said to be the reason for hO
u ing the Guards at Alexandria.
IS A POLITICAL ROMANCE.
LONDON, May 81 The Press ASS ciati
publishes the foIlowir G, which, it says was
tanned from a reliable source: Early in ia
. ary Elfred Awkward, notorious in connect
q q with the Boer reb- llion, arrived in ondon fr
y | New York. He was extremely retlcent in
~ | gard to the object of his visit but, on one
c. sion he told his fIi-nds at a social gather
" | at his lodgings IN Piccadiliy, that, bef
10 long, he would prove sharp thorn Ill the s
" of the British Government, He went to Ps
ny ard stayed there a fortnight, staying at
Us American rotel IN the Rue D'Amour and
Scribing himself as Surgeon-dent,St, he ca
fully ignored the Fenian leaders. Our info
ant says that Alyward'S visit was cOnnec
of with Riel's rebellion, and the furtEt + ng of
he movement among the French population of
Ill ada, for separation from Great Britain, I
IN. France enc0ura es Inc luea ln0lrecIly Dy
TT ganiZed emigration and intrigue far more &
en- the I'm lish or the loyal Canadians real
to The tiiel affair was simply an experiment
He signed to occasion the French-Canadi, rs
is feel and think, as distinct race. About
"" middle OF March Aylward sailed for New Y