Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-25
NEWS OF THE OLDWORLD.
Efforts of the British Ministry to
 Regain Lost Ground.
RESULT OF THE CRASH IN COPPER.

RESULT OF THE CRASH IN COPPER. The Proposed New German Socialist Law.
 Attorney General webster's NIisstate-
 ment-Mr. Gladlstone's Visit to Scotland.
 Duels in France and Italy.
 LONDON, March 25-In view of the severe badgering to which the ministry has recently been subjected by the opposition in the house of commons and the bitter complaints which many of the Conservative leaiers have made thereof, the speaker will hereafter rigidly en- force the rule requiring all questions coming before the house to be submitted in writing and to appear on the not.ce paper. This will at least give the ministerial party an oppor- tunity to prepare its defe ;ce inst,ai of hay ing question sprung Ui.on the government without sufficient warning to enable it to be properly met. The Conservatives them selves admit that the government has lost a great deal of ground in the discussion of the questions which were raised last week, but they are hopeful of regaining some of it in the discussion of the naval scheme. It is thought probable that only the extreme Radical wing will oppose the naval scheme seriously, and this opposition will scarcely be sufficient to compel any very material modi- heatlon of the plan now formulated.
 THE COPPER SYNDICATE.
 As result of the collapse of the copper syndicate it is expected that at least four of the leading English metal firms will be com pelled to assign for the benefit of their credit ors unless something totally unforeseen shall intervene to help them out Of their trouble. In spite of the cheerful face and buoyant manner of M Secretan, the president of the syndicate, it is asserted in Paris that he has been irretrievably ruined by the venture, having been compelled to sell his pictures and other valuable property to meet pressing demands. It is also stated that Alphonse Rothschilds losses through the same channel will aggregate S15, 100000
 THE PROPOSED SOCIALIST LAW IN GERMANY.
 It is now pretty we'll understood in Berlin that the government will not proceed with its prosecution of The Volks Zeitung, owing to the fact that the Dowagor Empress Augusta and the Duchess of Baden have declined to take the necessary initial steps. Nevertheless the new Socialist law to be proposed in the reichstag will pretty effectively prevent any objectionable publications in the future The law, which it is said has already been sub mitted to the Prussian landtag, provides that any journal, Socialist or otherwise, publish ing matter hostile to the government, its of ficials or members of the imperial, royal or ducal families shall be prosecuted under code laid down in the act. Some doubts are expressed as to the ability of the government to pass the bill in the shaIc indicated, but if it shall be passed the last vestige of freedom of the press in Germany will be gone
 THERE WILL BE NO BANQUET
 The Alsace- Lorraine societ, held meet ing in Paris on Saturday for the purpos of deciding whether the annual banquet of the society should be held this year. M An toine, the president of the society, protested against the banquet. One of the members asserted that Antoine did so because he sought political ends, and declared that he no longer represented Alsace. A tremen- dous row ensued, but the result of the meet ing was that the proposal to hold the ban quet was voted down.
 WHISPERS REINSTATEMENT.
 MT. George Lewis, MT. Parnells solicitor, hnS written @ letter to the press calling at tenticn to a misstatement made by Attorney General Webster ill Fridays debate in the house of commons The letter mentioned by Mir. Webster was from Mir. Soames, counsel for The Times, to Pigott. There were two other letters from Pigott to Soalnes, convey ing the forger's admission that he was afraid
 
 ters, MT. Lewis says. were withheld and neither counsel TOT solicitor for the defense had notice that such letters existed until after Pigott had deeamped. The letter to Pigott was a promise from Mir. Soames that no harm should come to Pigott through the latters testifying before the commission, and contained no allusion whatsoever to the evidence he was to give.
 CABLE FLASHES
 Mr. Gladstone left London for Scotland last night
 A Paris dispatch states that for having plagiarized some of the work of Duquet, Nj. Richard DeLonlay was few days ago say agely attacked by NJ. Gerault Richard in newspaper article. DeLonlay challenged Richard, and the two fought duel with swords yesterday. DeLonlay received three slight wounds
 A dispatch from Rome states that Sig Corveto under secretary for the war depart ment, fought duel with Sig. CavalIotti, a member of the chamber of deputies, yester- day. The duel was fought with swords and Corveto, who was the challenger, was slightly wounded
 Mr. John Bright had serious relapse yes. terday afternoon. His symptoms includs violent fits of ague, and his physicians are in constant attendance upon him.
 Still Another Denial.
 OTTAWA, March 25.-The story of the re- ported enaapement of Governor Hill of New