Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
FLOODS nr arRsrArr

h1a1S, April 5-The aIluviaI lands OF the
slsoala and Nogat are now single fields Of
@esTuction, affecting seVenty-nine villages
with about 1000 inhabitants The whole
81 this vast tract, from 800 to 400 square
miles, is under water There is no posi-
bllity, either, of a harvest this year or for
spring cultivation, as the submerged land
Hes below the river and the Baltic Experts
aay 1t VIII take months OF steam and labor
to pump the water. These aIluvial soils are
the best agricultural land for the most part
S9llVaUed by yeOman farmers, who were
d III the Hoods overwhelmed them In fair cir
substances The houses Of the labOrerg are
rendered uninhabitable. Appalling ac-
Soun5s come from seVenty-tWO villages and
I'VE towns submerged in the country of the
lower Elbe. The chief centers of misery are
DomlJz, In Mecklenburg, and Lengen In
russia The population affected is from
s,O0O TO 10000. Moreover in East Prussia
tHere is a fall of snow to depths in some
places or fifteen, eighteen, and twenty feet
- Une enormous masses dissolve suddenly
one danger that is still before the inhabi6-
ants OF those districts is even more serious
1nan what has already happened. Monied
relief comes in slowly, and 1t is said appeals
VIII be soon made to prosperous Germans in
she United States
NORFOLK RETURNS FROM ROME
LONDON, April 5.-The Duke of Norfolk has
arrived from Rome and called on Cardinal
4Rnn1ng. 1t is confidently said by the
knowing ones IN Catholic circles that the
80 called Norfolk mission may be regarded
as terminated and as having failed The
. pope, seemingly willing to advise the Irish
leaders and people to exercise moderation
mas refused 20 give any positive undertak-
ing 20 oppose the nationalist movement
AuElces from Rome show that SignOr
S84Apl conUemplates the dissolution of the
ohamber, and has requested some provin-
olai perfects to come to Rome to ascertain
uher views as to the probable result of a
general election He wants compact and
4alLhfuI majority in the chamber, but unless
ne feels morally sure of getting this he viii
net take the risk OF dissolution.
BOULANGER's CANVASS
LONDON, April 5.-The correspondent of
The Pail Mall Gazette had an interview with
Gen. BOulanger in Paris. In regard to his
candidacy for the chamber of deputies for
the department. OF kOrd and mis- reasons for
not going there to conduct his own canvass
ne said that he was not like ordinary candi-
dates he did not appeal to electors on
petty departmental questions but as a
representative or a great principle. The
principle he represented was the revision
OF the constitution,
MOROCCO WILL NOT ACCEDE
TAEGIER April 5.-W. Reed Lewis, the
American consul, has received reply from
the Moorish government declining to accede /
20 the demands Of the United States with
reference to prisoners under consular pro-
JecGlOn imprisoned at Rabat Fears are en-
JerCaIned that the American government
VIII adopt rigorous measures against Nor
COCO. The United States steamer Enter
prise has sailed from Tangier for Nice to
receive orders from the admiral of the
American squadron with reference to the
Rabat affair.
ROYAL MATCH MAKING.
LONDON, April For the moment Prince
Bismark wins in his contest against the
marriage of Prince Alexander to Princess
Victoria, but it is feared in Berlin that he
win lose in the end, with the result of trans
ferring the matter to the imperial house
hold to the foreign office. 1t is asserted
EhEb the late Emperor William promised
Prince Bismarck when the marriage was
hrst spoken Of as agreeable to the then !
crown prince and his wife as q matter of |
affection on the part of the Princess Victoria |
and her sutton, that the wedding should |
never take place. Now that the subject is
Drought up again with a view of carving
me matter through to The end Of making
the eX-ruler of Bulgaria part of the royal
and imperial households, Prince Bismarck
pledge with an object of testing 10 the full
esB extent his influence with the present
emperor in opposition to that of his wife
The emperor. moved by the Representations
{ 81 the empress, hesitates to forever blight
the hopes OF his daughter while vet he can
not bring himself to the point of disregard
ing the chancellOrs assurance that the mar
Elage would be direct insult and stand
ing menace to Russia. Queen Victoria, with
her prOverbial dOggedness and love of
matchmaking, viii probably persis in her
intention of going to Berling for the pur-
risk of offending Russia and disrupting the
relations between Prince Bismarck and En-
perOr Frederick