Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-13
The Liberal Party in England Still With.
out Any Definite Political Pro-
gramme.
The Leaders Appealing to Mr.. Gladstone
to Formulate Policy at Once
The Electoral
Contest in France-The Gar and the
Nihilists of Poles
from Germany.


leaders have felt compelled to make party
utterances. These so far have been ex-
tremely contradictory. One result is, that
the party's Parliamentary candidates are
making ell sorts of pledges, and the Liberal
campaign just now looks very much like
alone there are more than SEQ Liberal can
didates in the field. They comprise Lib
erals, Wings, Moderates and Radicals, and
the men forming each class are gradually
getting into record, pledgipg themselves to
all manner of political crudities. Unless
the party as a whole be soon placed under
some ineligible programme and bound
down to some sensible management, it will
be rent to pieces beyond the possibility
of reorganization. The Gladstone members
candidates for reelection, are appealing to
him to end the anarchy by formulating q
policy which will freeze the cranks out of
the canvass, and thus cave the party's
strength from being frittered away. 1t has
accordingly been decided to hold con-
ference of the recognized leaders of all the
factions in the Liberal party early in Oc-
tober for the purpose of obtaining some
general understanding. All efforts thus
far made to induce Mr.. Gladstone to make
a pronouncement have failed. He will
not even promise to address the coming
conference. He has, it is true, promised
to write political address this fall to
HIS MIDLOTHIAN CONSTITUENCY,
but he has fixed the date for the issue of
this letter SO that it will be some time
after the October meeting. In this letter
the ex-Premier will state and explain at
length the platform of principles he deems
best for the party. In the meantime
strong efforts are being made to bring
about compromise between the hostile
views entertained by the followers of Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain and those of the
Marquis of Hartington-the former repre-
sentIng the straight-out Radicals of the
Liberal party and the latter its Whiss. Ii
the Radicals and Whigs can reach COM
mon understanding for tue campaign Mr..
Gladstone, it is presumed, will formally
| indorse it and add to it the necessary ele-
ments to attract the majorities of the other
| factions and thus start his party with g
| united front in the coming contest. 1t is
| even intimated that Mr.. Gladstone has his
] programme ready now that he is engaged
| in the task of training Mr.. Chamberlain
| and Lord Harrington up to it, and that the
October conference will simply be a per-
functOry affair for the purpose of allowing
| the hostile leaders an occasion to submit
| gracefully.
THE ELECTORAL CONTEST IN FRANCE.
In France the electoral contest has be-
come tame. The ardor with which the
campaign was opened has disappeared
| ,s,A H.
| political com mittees are inactive. The
various candidates( ppesr to have already
| tired Of the strugg &, and their speeches
| are delivered li5tlessly and are received
without enthusiasm. The surprising dull.
ness. following the opening of what was
calculated to be one OF the most exciting
| political campaigns ever had IN France, is
| attributed to enervation produced by the
| prolonged preparations for the contest. l
| is understood that NJ. Grevy has changed
his mind about the presidency, and tha
| he has now professed a Willingness to con
| tinue in Office. Among the eminent meI
/ rs his probable successor are Leon Say, NJ
! DeFreycinet, present Minister of Foreign
! Affairs; NJ. Flouquet, President of the
| Chamber of Deputies; NJ. Ferry, ex Pre-
mler, and NJ. Brisson, present President
| OF the Cabinet. II is generally thought tina
: if NJ. Grevy be not his own successor NJ
I Brisson will have the best chance of Sc
curing the Office.
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
has decided to transfer the administration
OF ite Black sea feet from Nicolaief to Sc
bastopol. The harbor at the latter place
is being much enlarged, and immens,
forts and other works OF defense are beinI
constructed around it's approaches. Th
Gar is also organizing a new feet, to b
stationed at Batoum, on the east coast o
the Black sea. This little town is bsiD
rapidly enlarged, because of its strategi
importance as the central point OF tn
Russian defense of the east coast of tn
Black sea. This action of the Gar, in nov
restoring to Sebsstopol the military ant
naval prestige which it pos sesssd befor
the Crimean war, is regarded with misgiv
ings in certain British Indian quarters
| Besides making the above military change
in the Black sea, the Russian government
is erecting barracks for the accommodate
of 10000 troops at Rostof, on the rive
Don, twenty-five miles above II
outlet into the sea of Azov, an
/ on the line Of railway from Mo
COW TO the Caucasus. These ba
| racks and their accompanying defense
will connect the militrry works in th
Caucasus with those in central Russi
3 | The Crimes is slso being strengthened
4 |, the erection of a number of new modeI
batteries at Kertch and Toganrog. Tt
I latter place is situated opposite the mout
. of the Don and on the north shore of Il
r Sea of Azov, and the former stands on Il
/ Strait of Tenikale, which connects II
/ Sea Of Azov with the Black sea. Ru
sian naval commission will soon be di
patched to examine and report upon Il
| condition of ali the hRrOors along Il
| q and Turkish pOaCtl
MANY STEERING INCIDENTS
t attend the expulsion of the Russian Pol
S from Prussia, now being ruthlessly e
: forced under the orders OF Prince b
marck. The police who are engaged
i. this work of expulsion recently car
u across well-to-do Polish genuem
y | named Zamesieki. He owned much Z
is sirable land in Posen, but lived with
family in a beautiful chateau in Fran
much of his time. He was ordered to s.
d tie do his affairs and quit Posen. He {
y INJURED, and then set up claim to bel
q French subject, and succeeded in hs
i, ing his appeal placed before NJ. Jeffrey
Il net. French Minister for Foreign Atfai
l. In his appeal Zlmesjeki established t
z. fact that he was born in Paris and was
"a French subject He had, however,
come so identified with the place of his
4
IN declined to formally interfere in the ca
tn and NJ. DeFreycinet contented hims
a | With informally referring the case to
German government IS one worthy
n' consideration. The result has be
o. that the Prussian authorities hs
r. notified Zlmesjeki that he N
,r retain his interest in Germany up
d condition OF neutralizing himself as
IL Prussian suit ject and residing on his
h. tates in Posen. So many terrible iDi
r. tices have been perpetrated npon wort
I Poles by the indiscr'minste expuls
;, which has been carried on against
IL whole race Of Russian Poles resident
n Prussia, that portions of the Germ
Dr. press have at last been stirred up to 7
N | test against the whole business.
BerIinsr T'dgblau GSnounces the eXI
'u- sions as utterly opposed TO oiodsrn rig
th and hospitality, snd says that If they
ir- persisted in they must result in preju,
.tb ing Germany's relations with ctbeF
,Iv tons.
"s THE czKCHs ANSerPoLEs.
ell While Prussia continues in this worl
ng exiling the thousands of RUssian-Po
III who have made their homes in her te
- tory, Austria is also encouraging the w
'0' which has been organized through
IN 0alicia or Austrisn-P Poland, Of raising /
g. scriptions for the Polish refugees from
md Prussian edict The rapprochen
so between the Czech and Polish pop
elp ,tions of Hungary sgainst German asc'
his ancy in Austria Hungary, is percept
,an increasing. A Polish delegation Of
Tor members from Lemberg and Cracow wi
lst, recently visited Pesth, was received '
# a demonstrations of enthusiasm by the
w's pie Of the Hungarian capital. The n
bers of the delegation were entertainer