The Portland daily press., 1886-02-23
FOREIGN.
The Greek Ministers of War and
Marine Threaten to Resign.
Lord Randolph Churchill Received by
Large Crowds in Ireland.
The Head of the London Police
Resigns.
AThorough overhauIing of the Force
Advised.

DUBLIN, Feb. %. Lord Randolph Church
i'll arrived at Larne this morning on his way
to Belfast. Hewas enthusiastically received
by large crowd On his journey from Lon
don, Lord Randolph made short stop at
Straurear, Scotland There was gathering
of people at the station, and in reply to their
greetings Lord Randolph made speech in
which he said he imagined that Sc0tchmen
have benefited too much by their union with
England to support any proposals for the
dismemberment of the empire. This remark
was received with cheers. In his address at
Larne, Lord Randolph Churchill asserted
that the granting of home rule to Ireland
would result in the dissolution of the con-
nection between Great Britain and Ireland
He declared that the placing of the loyalists
of the north of Ireland under the authority
of Dublin government would be a mon
strosity of civilization. The loyalistS, he
said must organize and fit themselves for a
struggle for the maintenance of the Union,
which was only beginning now, but which
he predicted would assume grave proper
tions.
BELFAST, Feb. 22.-Large bodies of
Orangemen wearing regalia, displaying ban
ners and headed by bands of music, net
Lord Churchill at the depot here and he was
escorted by a huge procession to Ulster
Hall, where addresses were presented to
him. Replying to the addresses, he said
that he wished those contemplating disso-
luton of the Union were only present
They would then perceive that Belfast
would never submit to disunion. The town
isexcited and extensive police precauti ons
have been taken to prevent rlotlng.
lreIand's Affairs.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-It is stated that Morley,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, has so instruct
ed the police and military authorities as to
render it virtually impossible to effect evic-
tions.
Couldn't Stand the Pressure.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-Col. Sir Edmund Hem
derson, head of the Metropolitan police
force, who has been severely eensured for
the ineffciency of the police during the re-
cent riots in London, has resigned. This
action is supposed to be due to a conviction
on his part that the committee appointed by
Mr.. Childers, the Home Secretary, to in
vestigate the cause of the riots would blame
him for the course of the police.
The British Parliament.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-In the House of Com
mons today Childers, Home Secretary, an
nounced that the riot committee advised
thorough and immediate overhauling and re-
organization of the police department of
London.
Mr.. Gladstone announced that the govern
ment did not intend to suppress the Irish
National League.
Mr.. Childers said that he had accepted the
resignation of Col. Henderson as chief of
the London police.
Turkey and Greece.
LONDON, Feb 22.-The Greek ministers of
war and marine threaten to resign unless
war is declared against Turkey. The people
of Greece, who are anxious for hostilities,
are much excited
The torpedoes have been surreptitiously
removed from the harbor OF Salonica. The
Turkish authorities boarded the Greek
steamship Omania, and arrested the captain
on suspicion of having been concerned in
the removal. They then searched the YES
sci, but tailed to find the t0rpedoes. The
captain was thereupon released.
An Exciting Libel Suit in Vienna.
VIENNA, Feb. 22.-The action for libel
brought against the Vienna agent of New
York insuance company for denouncing as
forgeries the statements in an article criti-
ciSing the American Tontine system, is
The plaintiff in the case is Herr Schonberger,
a newspaper editor. He originally published
an article in his own journal asserting that
the American Tontine system was the great
est lottery scheme in the world, the advan-
tages it offered were merely of gambling
nature and were swindle He demanded
that the State prohibit agents of that system
from doing business in Austria. Herr SchOn-
berger's article was reissued IN pamphlet
shape in both the German and French lam
guages, and was widely circulated. In Feb
ruary, 1885, Herr Vonstahl, manager of the
Office here of the American company re-
ferred to, published reply to Herr Schon-
berger's article, which he declared were
COLLECTION of falsehoods and forgeries For
this he was cited to appear in an action for
libel The different sides of the case have
gathered with an immense amount of evil
dence and have collected all writings obtain
able on the various subjects to be used at
the trial. There is general charge by the
plaintiff Of corruption in American financial
matters.