Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-07
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

John Dillon. replying to an address presented
to him by 155 liberal members Of the house Of
commons, said that the sympathy of the lib
erals would do more than all the hanemen to
abolish agrarian crime in Ireland
Lord Randolph Churchill's trip to South
America is undertaken on the order of his
physician, who recommended long sea vow
age to restore his health. Lord Randolph may
visit California before returning home.
The British steamer Hartlepools has been
wrecked at Egersund, Norway. Only four of
her crew OF twenty-one were saved.
In the house of Lords, yesterday, the Ash
bourne bill passed its third reading.
1t is reported from France that the Hugue-
nots are very actively engaged in evangelical
work there, having established 600 stations or
headquarters. In the American chapel in Paris
one OF their leaders recently said in the course
OF an address that the Huguenots could not be
crushed out, but would live and work until
France was spiritually free, if it required an
othor st. Bartholomew.
The Parnell commission YESTERDAY decided
to adjourn from the l4th instant for one month";
instead of from December to January Is, as
was agreed upon Tuesday.
In the house Of commons last night, in reply
to Mr.. Edward Harrington, who asked whether
there was any guarantee that persons collecting
evidence in Ireland for the Parncll commission
would not be interfered with by the police, Mr.
Balfour guaranteed that no one would be pre-
vented from collecting evidence.
The emperor Of Austria fully appreciates the
misconduct of his son. the crown prince, and
does not blame Princess Stephanic for wanting
to leave him. But he opposes the idea OF
divorce, because the young couple have no
son-only daughter-and some of the states
of the empire are under the salic law should
this little princess succeed her father,
therefore, there would be a breaking up of the
empire.
The opera of 'The Mikado" was performed
in German in Berlin last night for the first
time. 1t proved great success.
The Monite,1 de Rome. in an article denying
the Cologne Gazette's statement that the inter-
view between Emperor William and the pope
was according to program, says that it is we'll
known that Prince Henry interrupted the con-
ference ten minutes before the time previously
fixed.
The French chamber of deputies yesterday
approved the report of the committee recon-
mending that NJ. Wilson be prosecuted for
libel. The members of the right did not vote
on the question.
Monsignor Deligni, the papal delegate to
China, will leave shortly for that country He
Is charged with the settlement of the diplo-
matte relations between the vatican and the
authorities at Pekin.
The strike movement is increasing in Bel
GUM and the strikers are everywhere becom-
ing reckless. An attempt was made yesterday
to wreck train on the Halouviore-Juste rail-
way: dynamite cartridges being placed On the
track. Fortunately the cartridges were dis
covered III time to prevent a disaster.
The new Servian constitution declares the
kingdom hereditary, with popular representa-
tion and the religion Greek, with the eastern
Servian church autocephalous. The electoral
franchise is granted to persons paying direct
taxes of Is dinars (the dinar being equal to a
French france yearly. The tribunals to be in
dependent, and the judges are to be irremova-
BILE. Military service is made compulsory
In the French chamber of deputies last even
ing Premier Floquet announced that the min
istry were engaged in drafting a bill of the
highest Importance. which would soon be intro
duced. This statement created anxiety in the
Boulangist ranks The Boulangsts believe
that the proposed bill is a measure for their
suppression