Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-21
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
AS TO IRISH IMMIGRANTS.
Bishop O'Conner InIerviewed-s pIins Ont
Military Route Lieutenant jennings

Bishop O'Conner Interviewed SpIins Ont
Military Route Lieutenant jennings
Expedition.
.By cable 20 the Dispatoh.l
LONDON, june 20.--lt is reported
the Dixie OF Connaught will go to Ire
land next autumn and make an extend
ed tour Of the country.
The Dublin Freeman's journal puo-
fishes a long interview with Bishop
0'Connor Of Nebraska and wyoming,
in which that prelste deprecates the ex-
treme Irish emigration. The Bishop
takes the ground that for two thirds OF
the people who leave Ireland as emil
grants to America the change means
misfortune and physical hardships OF
the most terrible kind, besides moral
degradation still more appalling. "ln
great cities of the East, says Bishop
O'Connor, "Irish newcomers SINK
daily until they become population
without money and without friends.
In this condition they are compellea 10
do the hardest and most mental LABOR,
and from this position they can seldom
rise" "lf they 90 West" continues
the Bishop, "their prospects are
scarcely any better. In the west there
is, of course, land in abundance; but
this land must now be purchased, and
the Irish emigrant has no money.
In commenting on the surprising de-
claration made in this interview the
Journal expresses the hope that Bishop
O'Connor's statements may save many
Irishmen and women from misery and
ruin beyond the Atlantic.
The com. Nander Of the Indian army
recently instructed Lieutenant Jennings
to ascertain if it was practicable to
disembark an army corps on the coast
of Beloochistan and march thence to
Herat without touching Afghan or
Persian territory. Lieutenant Jennings
started out determined to perform his
important task in the most thorough
manner possible. After numerous adj
ventures he has arrived within five
marches Tor five days army travel OF
Herat. The route he has trayersed lies
through a richly-wooded and we'll
watered country, with the single excef-
ton of desert tract about sixty miles
in width. He reports that by means OF
the Journey he has arrived at the con-
clusion that Russian army operating
against India could be attacked
on its flank by the route he
trayersed, and he also states
that his adventure demonstrates
there exists an easy route for an
advance from Russia to the Indian
ocean.
The PAIL Mall Gazette published
what it declares to be the boun-
dary-line agreed upon between Ger
many and England in New Guinea.
This line starts on the Sth parallel of
latitude at the northeast corner of the
island and follows the parallel until it
intersccts the l44th degree of longi-
tude; thence the line runs northwest
to the point of intersection of the l44th
degree of longitude with the 9th paral-
lei Of latitude, and thence to the IN
tersection Of the 9TH parallel of latl-
tudc with the l44th degree Of lOngi-
tude. The territory which lies south
of this line is admitted to be British.
and that which lies north Of 1t
is admitted to be German. Under
this arrangement. as the P0H-NaH Ga
zette points out, the British possessions
do not include either Long island or
Rock island or any islands adjacent
north of the eighth parallel of latitude.
Forty Moors are going to America, by
order of the Government of Morocco,
to study the manufacture of breech-
loading guns.
Cardinal Manning continues to urge
the founding of a free river State
for the Nile and the extinction OF
the African slave trade. He proposes,
instead Of beginning at Suakim, that the
railway start from the southern from
tier of Egypt and the first bridge, the
distance between Stanley Falls and the
head-waterS Of the Nile. he Cardi-
nal. on the authority OF Henry NJ. Stan
lev, says that 100000 down or an as
sured subscription Of $1,000 yearly
would be sufficient to start the scheme.
The Ministers of Austria and Hun
gary will meet about the beginning OF
July to arrange a renewal of the State S
treaty.
FRENCH NOTES.
PARIS, June 20.-The municipal
authorities are changing the names OF
several streets named after the Bona
partist period. The new names cele-
brate Blanc. Des Mouths, Spinoza,
Garibaldi. and st. just.
A Catholic committee has opened a
penny subscription for the statue of st.
Geneyieve as a protest against the secu-
larizing of the Pantheon.
WHY TIE MINISTRY RESIGNED.
MADRID, June 20.-The Ministry
has resigned in consequence of the de-
cision of King Alfonso to visit the
cholera-iniected districts.
All the shops and cafes have beer
closed as a protest against the oiiicia
announcement of the appearance of the
cboIaro IN MaIrid uba Gtrpets ar.