The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
Continued Rally to Mr., Glad
stones Side.
Galaclan Towns Still Food for the
Flames.

Great Britain continues TO rally to Glad
stones side on the Irish question, and now
thcro iSno longer any doubt anywhere that
whatever becomes of the land bill, tho home
iulc hill is sure to be carried through the COM
mons by a ma iority OF at least 80 The practi-
calunanimnty which the meetings ana decla-
ratioms of the last week have shown Ia exist
in the Liberal ranks, both in England and
Scotland, in favor Of tho Premicr,s
policy, has scared nearly half the
original number of would be secedcrs,
50 that now the organizer Of the
cave, Albert Grey, can only count on
Ono o the most surprising Developments OF
the situation is the loyalty TO Gladstone Of
the general body of the Wings who had been
reckoned on as sure TO so with Hart
mgton. Thor attitude is chiefly due
TO the speech of Whtbread, who
would now be speaker of the House of Com,
mons, but for his health. But it is also due
in a minor degree, to Earl Srcnccr's support
of home rule, and especially his speech of last
week, which has already made lots of con-
verts in all parts OF England Irish meetings
in Great Britain continue few, but they are
not wanted, when out of seventy meetings
held in Scotland under the auspices of Scotch
men, two only have declared against Glad
stone.
The Galician disturbances and fires con-
tmue The government has wasted great
deal Of time this week in trying to convince
the people that tho disafected Galician
peasants are not in earnest. The peasants,
however, have answered words by deeds, as
the flames kindled in score of townt
and villages can testify. Arrests on
largo scale have been made is
the threatened rising is far from avoidabe.
All the elements of mischief and rebellion
are ready, and train may at any moment
be fired by the apostles of revolution. Still,
it is difficult to see what precise agencies are
at work. But it is certain they are of several
kinds, nihlistic, socialistic, agrarian and po-
litical The West Gaician peasants for cen
turies past have been wretched and down
trodden, but being little better than animals,
their Polish rulers have managed to keep
them under their heel. They earn barely
enough to exist, and they are scarcely repre-
sented, even indirectly, in the local Diet.
Seventy-five per cent of them can neither
repulsively filthy All are stepped to
the lips in superstition. The other
day some hundreds of the peasants
suddenly focked into a railway sta
ton, soaring the officials out of their wits.
for they took the invaders for murdercrs and
rebels; but the peasants explained that they
had not come to kill and steal, but they had
heard and believed the current report that
the end of the world was imminent, and on
reflection had decided to await the catasro-
phe i'll the tatiQn
Greece, in her reply to the nltimatum of
the powers ordering her to disarm within
eight days, points to the fact that she had
notified the powers prior to the receipt of the
uItimatun that she had accepted the counsel
of France, thus giving formal assurance that
she, in yielding to tho desire of the powers,
would not disturb the peace. Consequently
she will not maintain her ornaments, but
will gradually reduce them. Greece trusts,
the answer adds, that the ultimatum of the
powers Il be now regarded as having no
further object.
The Porte has thanked the powers for their
efforts to cause Greece to disarn. Prompt
and unconditional disarmng alone, says the
note Of thanks, could induce the Porte 10 dis
pense with demand for compensation for
the enormous sacrifices Turkey has be n COM
PEELED TO make in the maintenance of q war
footing to meet the threatened attaci; OF