The Portland daily press., 1886-04-13

ject ought to be approached in q generous spirit
He would give Gladstone his heartest support
LONDON, April 12.The debate in the House ' !,i ct
Commons on Mr.. Gladstone's Home Rule Dlli WI, Wil
extend over tomorrow. 1t is thought that the Dill
will pass its first reading without DIVISION. lnS
budget which was to have been lntIoduee;9 is e;I
THURSDAY. Mr. Giadstone's bill for Irish land
purchase will be introduced Monday. Joseph
Cowen, Radical member of Parliament for New
castle-on- Tyne, in published letter. says THE
present Parliament Will soon be dissolved, ana
with it will end my parliamentary career"
the Liberals to cooperate with them in organizing
a great public meeting to denounce Mr.. Glad
stones Home Rule scheme.
Gladstone spent two hours this afternoon in a
private conference with Morley, the Chief Seere-
tary for Ireland, and Earl Spencer, ex-Irish Vice
roy 1t is reported that the Premier has decide
to subject his Home Rule scheme to several inn
portant notifications.
An editorial article in this mornings Daily
News, on Gladstone's scheme, has served to in
crease the uneasiness of the Liberals. Michael
Dayitt declares that II Gladstone's land purchase
bill does not natOnalize land in Ireland he will
stump the country against it, and says he is conf
dent he would succeed.
The Pail Mall Gazette advises Gladstone to
force a division on his request for leave to intro
duce his Home Rule bill during tonight's debate,
In order to avoid the Introduction OF the land
proposition The thing had better be faced and
Settled at once, argues the Pail Mall Gazette,
rather than have the land purchase olll u. "nangin
about the necks of his adnerents for several
weeks only to be finally settled in perhaps less
advantageous manner than Is pos ,ible now.
Tie Dublin Freeman's Journal says the relec-
tion of the Home Rule msasure would result in an
acute commercial crisis, and would provoke the
unemployed of Dublin to commit eXcesses simllar
London.
The report having been circulated today that
Michael Daytt had threatened 20 oppose Gie pio-
gramme of Gladstone, Mr.. Davitt has given a!l-
thority for denial of the report, which he says is
entirely untrue.
Discovery of Plot Against the Gar.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 12.--The Intended
journey of the Gar to Novotcherkask to present
his son to the Cossacks as their chief, has Deen
prevented by the discovery of dynamite plot TO
asSassnate the imperial party. C0SSack O1ncer
and his brother the latter being a student, have
been arrested in connection with the crime. They
are believed to be Nihilist agents.
The rumor is current at st. Petersburg that the
Gar and the Sultan of Turkey will meet some
day next week on board avessel in the Black sea.
Afghanistan's Boundary.
LONDON, April ia despatch received here
Saturday night from the Afghan frontier, via Te-
heran, states that a serious rupture has occurred
between the British and Russian members OF the
international commission, which is engaged in fix
ing to the agreement made between Lord Sails
bury and NJ. de GierS. The despatch states that
the disagreement is so serious as to have brought
the work of the commission to standstill until
the cause of the dispute shall have been passed
upon by the British and Russ an governments, to
which the subject has been reported by the re-
spective commissioners. Dispatches confirmatO-
ry Of this report are known to have been received
at both the Indian and foreign offices in London,
but the contents of these dispatches are at pres
ent withheld from the public.
Bayaria's Monarch Snubs the Em-
peror of Austria.
VIENNA, April 12.-During the Emperor Fran
els Joseph's stay in Munich. where he arrived on
Thursday last, his presence was entirely uhno-
ticed by King Ludwig. The Bavarian princes,
however, tried to make amends for the shortcom-
ings OF their eccentric sovereign, by royalty enter
tanning the visitors. The Austrian journals are
again filled with accounts of King Ludwig's oddi-
ties. The Emperor is travelling incognito.
Rumor of War.
LONDON, April 12.-The rumOr is current at
Manchester that Greece has declared war against
Turkey but the Greek embassy in London has
received no advices confirmatory of the rumor.
Foreign Notes.
Dr. Reichard, the African explorer, claims to
have acquired possession of territory equal in size
to half OF Germany, round Lake Tanganyika. 1t
is doubtful if Bismarck will confirm the annexa-
tOn.