Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-12-29

Foreign News.
LONDON, Dec. 28. The Czar id about
to reinstate Prince Alexander of Bul.
garia to his former rank in the Russian
army. The presence of several Rnssian
officers of high rank denotes close
alliance between Russia and Bulgaria,
and much alarm is felt among the
friends of Turkey. 1t is believed that
q compact between the Czar and Prince
Alexander, by which Russia recognizes
the Bulgarian union, liz the prelude 20
q Russiau campaign In the Spring and
the dual dismemberment of the Turkish
Empire. The Balkan conference will
meet In Constantinople on January IL.
Count Oorti, the italian Am bsssador,
will make a motion In favor of the re
cognition of the Bulgarian union, and
viii be supported by the Russian Am
bassador.
STARVING IN WESTERN IRE LAND.
LONDON, Dec. 28.-One of the first
subjects introduced by theParnellties at
the opening Of the Parliament in Febru.
ary will be to persuade the Government
to send relief to the West coast dis
tricts Of Ireland. This however. will
take considerable time, and the distress
Il already 30 pressing that various
measures of immediate relief are being
planned mainly in Dublin Galway and
Castlebar.
! Last night the Dublin Freeman pub
lishcd dispatches from special cor
respondent on the West Coast
which declared that the supply
of food on Achill, or Eagle Island,
and Innishbofin was barely sufficient
| to keep the people alive until Christ.
mae. The condition of the people now
fully justifies that gloomy prediction,
for many Of them are ct the point Of
death from starvation.
The principal resource OF the islands
named and of many smaller ones near
| the Mayo and Galway coasts Is the fish,
ing industry. This year the catch has
been very meagre. The fishermen hav 9
worked hard but are hampered by the
primitive character of their boats and
tackle That they have not been afraid
to brave danger in pursuit Of their only
means of subsistence is proven by the
long list of wrecks and deaths caused
by the unusually fierce and frequent
gales of the past two months. Many
of the fishermen who barely escaped
with their lives lost the means of pro
longing 1t by the destru ction of theil
boats, sails and fishing implements.
ENGLAND's CRISIS.
LONDON, Dec. %. The Government
Is preparing an important scheme o
local government for the whole king
dom. The Cabinet will meet on Thurs
day.
A circular was recently sent to all
the Liberal mem bers Of the new Par
lament, asking them to state theil
Opinions on the Irish home rule ques-
ltion. In their replies most of the mem
bers avoid explicit statements, but the
majority of these who express definit,
Iopinion are opposed to giving an Irish
Parliament the control of the tariffs
and the police, and are in favor Of con
timing the Legislative powers Of sucf
parliament to matters of local govern
Iment, the same as In Great Britain. A
number of the member insist that thu
unity of the Empire must overtop all
efforts to conciliate the Irish tenants.
lOn the whole, the replies show that i
is hopeless to expect from the Liberal
Iany concession acceptable to the Parnell
iites.
Mr.. Gladstone and his colleagues II
the late Cabinet continue to exchang
views on the Irish question. They tax
no pains to conceal the fact Of the ex
istenoe of grave difficulties In the wa.
OF an agreement.
The Irsh- h-Tis-s..--r 6--r, ,6a nri
tssas.5fsFps Or&ss5sssSa r&&sssasss e adopsd du1in
the dynamite scare under tie Libera
lGovernment, owing to the excitemen
among the Nationalist, arising out
+ | the alleged Home Rule manifesto
n Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.. P. Sheehan. men
4 ber of Parliament elect for East Kerry
a has advised the tensntry Of killarne
mot to pay rents to the landlords, b.
bause an Irish Parliament will allot tf
Hand to them free, and will not coH
Ia pensate the landlords.
,e PRESIDENT GREvY REFLECTED.
T. M. Francois Jules P. Grevy was yel
le terday reelected President OF u
n French republic on joint ballot OF Il
lc Senate and Chamber of Deputies, b
ID majority being 1876. But five OF q
ID monarchist party voted. The omissit
70 Is more significant perhaps than al
ie display of opposition they could ma
y made. Should M Grevy serve out
I'd second term of seven years he W
ye have been at the head OF the COVER
ment an inordinately long time,
things 60 In France.
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