Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-10
FOREIGN NEWS.
and the Porte.

Servia and the Porte.
BELGRADE October 9th.-The Porte hay
ing asked an explanation from the Servian
Government of the warlike attitude Servia
has assumed in mobilizing her army and
dispatching troops to the frontier an an
| swer was given to-day, which was not con-
sidered adequate by the Turkish Embas-
sador and he has gone to NiSsa 10 demand
| an audience with King Milan.
Servia's Demands.
LONDON, October 9th-A Servian writes
to the Daily Telegraph that Servia desires the
whole or a portion of Old Servia, but to
| avoid war, she would content herself with
a corner of Bulgaria, abutting on Sofia
Unless the powers, he says, grants at least
the latter compensation for the union of
Bulgaria and eastern Roumelia. Servia will
fight for her rights. Servia will be conciE-
ated only if the statu quo be restored.
Turkish Minister at Belgrade Recalled.
LONDON, October 9th-The Turkish Min
lister at Belgrade has been recalled to Con-
stantinople.
Werlike Preparations in Roumania.
BUCHAREST, October 9th. = The Rou-
mania Chambers have been summoned to
| meet on the 9th instant 1t is intended
to mobilize the third army corps and por-
ton of the fourth.
The French Elections.
PARIS, October 9th.-MM Brisson, Lock-
roy, Floquet and Delaforge have been
elected in the Department of the Seine
Second ballots are required in the cases of
the other candidates.
General Petite, President Grevy's Secre-
tary, in an interview to-day, said that the
President believes that the Republicans
will unite and form compact majority
| The President does not intend to exile the
Orieanists, unless they break the laws.
| Bombarded by the French.
PARIS October 9th-The French fleet
has blockaded Port Natamandry Admiral
Mott has proceeded to Majunga.
The French In Tonquin.
PARIS, October 9th-It is stated that as
result of the election, General Cam
penon, Minister of War, has instructed
| General Courcey, the commander in Ton
quin, to confine the French occupation to
the forts on the Red river delta
Successfully Launched.
HAvRE, October 9th.-The new steam
ship Bourgoyne, of the general transatlan-
tic fleet, has been successfully launched.
| Cholera in Spain.
| MADRID, October 9th-In Spain to-day
276 new cases of cholera and 116 deaths
have been reported
MADRID, October 9th.-Te Deums will be
sung in this city on the 18th inst, in token
Of thanksgiving for the disappearance of
cholera.
| Royal Lovers.
| VIENNA, October 9th.-It is rumored that
there is a warm attachment between Prince
Alexander and the second daughter of the
German Crown Prince 1t is said that the
latter and his wife favor the marriage, but
that Prince Bismarck strongly objects.
Cardinal Manning and the Coming Elec-
| tons.
! DUBLIN, October 9th-Cardinal Man
nings article on how Catholics ought to
vote in the coming election has appeared III
the Dublin Recie,c, The Cardinal defends
Parliament and the Constitution, even
though depressing Catholicism He praises
Liberalism, which is devoted to the
care of the poor, a change of the land laws
and the enforcement of local option. He
| strongly denounces secular education, and
urges Catholics to place the religious ques-
ton foremost, and to support only those
candidates who are in favor of placing vol
untary schools, q vital question in Christian
| education, and of appointing royal COM
mission to examine the educational ques-
+! ton.
Continued Floods in Mexico.
| OIT1 OF MEAlCO, OClODeT JID.-lne COLI
| tinued rains make regular railroad traffic
| impossible. Passengers and mails on the
| Central Railway are still detained The
bridge at Laredo has been carried away,
and passengers and mails are being trans
| ferred in boats. There can be no perma-
| nent improvement until it stops raining in
| the interior The rains in this city have
several times within the week flooded the
streets, making travel, excepting in cabs,
| impossible. The lowlands about this city
| and near Guadalupe are flooded. The
! loss to farmers in the flooded districts in
the interior will be heavy. A number of
lives have been lost in the rural villages by
| the bursting of reservoirs.
] Custom-hOuses Established the 18TH
mus of Panama.
| PANAMA. October 9th-A decree estab-
| fishing custom houses ON the Isthmus of
Panama has been issued by the President
of Colombia. This degree is issued under
law passed in 1884. The custom houses
at Colon and Panama, thus provided for,
will charge import duties at the rate of 60
per cent. of the duties levied at other
custom houses in the Republic Great ex-
element and indignation exist among the
merchants, who will send representatives
to intercede with the Government
| An Internal Machine.
| WINNIPEG. OCTOBER Sth.-A internal ma
chine, consisting of clock-work machinery
and quantity of black substance, in a
box, was found in the cellar of the CITY
Hall this evening. 1t is generally believed
to be hoax, though al investigation will
| be held.
|
IHE FRENCH As CoLoNIzERs. = The
French moral fiber is not strong enough
to withstand the enervating and demoral-
izing effect of debased oriental life. In
stead of raising the natives to their own
level they fall to the level of the natives
and by this process they lose all
title to respect, as well as all the
influence for good which should at
tach to them as belonging to a higher
and a Christian civilization. With the loss
of respect goes also the confidence of the
! natives in the justice ard fair dealing Of
| their conquerers, and the French have no
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