Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-25
kilograms to The Star.
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN SITUATION.
Lord Rosebery's Mission to Berlin.
A CAPTURE BY THE ALLIANCE.
GEN. GRANT MUCH BETTER TO-DAY.
DETERMINATIONS In ILLINOIS.
AMERICANS BADLY USED IN GUATEMALA.
Lord Rosebery's Mission to Berlin
A CAPTURE BY THE ALLIANCE.
GEN. GRANT MUCH BETTER TO-DAY.
DESTRUCTIvECYCLONES INILLINOIS.
AMERICANS BADLY USED IN GUATEMALA
THE GOSSIP OF LONDON.
An Exodus 10 the Country 10 Enjoy the
MhitSuntitle Holiday.

A PROVISION OF THE FRANCHISE BILL WHICH
Is CAUSING MUCH CoMNENr-LoRD ROSE
BERY's MISSION To BERLIN-THE ANGLO
RUSSIAN SITUATION.
Special Cable Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.
LONDON, May 25.-To-day is the big bank
holiday. All business is suspended, and half
London has gone into tie country. where the
rivers are covered with boats and the roads
with bicycles and tricy cles and every holiday
resort crowded. The volunteer regiments have
ali gone into camp in various paris In the South n
of England. Unfortunately the day is wet and
cold. Ii is SO also i'm Paris. From Geneva come
reports of greater cold than has been known for
forty-years in MAY.
POLITICAL NEWS SCARCE.
Members OF parliament scattered over
England and the continent, 81 that no political
news is obtainable though all parties are busy
with correspondence. trying respectively to
heal or to emphasize the present dissensions
AN OBJECTIONABLE PROVISION OF THE FRAN
CHISE BILL.
From the country everywhere are coming
bitter protests against the action of the house of
commons in ratiiying the vote of the lords
which disfranchiSed amy clcctor receiving mcdi-
cal relief from the'parish. This can hardly be
described as anything but iniquitous It's re-
suit Is that If an agricultural lahorcr getting
n1teen shillings a week suddenly finds that ILL.,
Eess has broken out i'm his family, and calls in
the parish doctor, he loses his vote for that
year 1t is simply ofut of the question for such
Iqen to pay for medical serNicc. which is above
the sum of maximum agricultural wages The
amendment was not based on principle. hut on
two reasons: First. the lords are anxious to di-
miniSh the new electorate 10y any and every
means: and second, If the debate was resumed
the holidays OF queen, lords and commons
might possibly have been slightly curtalcd. 1t
is lertinently asked, where is the difference of
principle between a laborer receiving medical
relief and a duke receiving a perpetual pension:
LORD RosEBERY's MISSION To RERLIN.
The belief is growing that Lord Roscbery's
visit 10 Berlin Is OF much political importance.
\ rumor says that he and Count SchouNalofl
who are both in Berlin, will ask the emperor To
undertake arbitration. If true, this shows that
the affair will be indeed IA farce
CRYING PEACE WHILE THERE IS NO PEACE.
The Anglo-RusSian situation stands thus:
Every where to-day. except in Calcutta. aSSur-
ances OF peace are given. On the other hand
night work and overtime hastily resumed
in the royal arsenal, and orders have again
been issued by the admiralty TO expedite the
armament of mercantile cruisers. Indian
troop ships have been ordered la be ready Tor
sea as soon as possible. The Farce sound has
been1losed by torpcdoes 10y the Swedish gov
ernment. Five new sheltered batteries have
been built on the Finish coast. odessa and
sebastorol are being fortified at all speed SO it
certainly seems that the cry il peace. while
there is no peace. Frederick Harrison, Iectur-
ing last night, said the British empire and peace
could not dwell together. The former was built
by the sword, maintained by the sword, and by
the sword Ii must perish.