Evening journal., 1889-03-25
NEWS OF THE OLD WORLD.
Efforts OF the British Ministry to
Regain Lost Ground.
RESULT oF TnE cRAsMI N c0PPER.

The Proposed New German Socialist Law.
Attorney General wcnstcr's sIisstate-
mcnt-Mr. Giadstone's visit to scotland.
Duels In France and Italy.
LONDON March a5.-In view Of the severe
badgering to which the ministry has recently
been subjected by the opposition in the house
Of commons and tine bitter complaints which
many of the Conservative leaders have made
thereof the speaker will hereafter rigidly en-
force the rule requiring all questions coming
before the house TO he submitted IN writing
and to appear on the notice paper. This win
at least give the ministerial party an oppor-
tunity to prepare its dcie ce, inst lad Of hav-
ing question surung upon the government
without sufficient warlng TO enable il 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. II is
thought probable that only the extreme
Radical wing win oppose the naval scheme
seriously, and this opposition viii scarcely be
sufficient to compel any very material modl-
heation Of the plan now formulated.
THE COPPER SYNDICATE.
As result Of the COLLAPSE Of the copper
syndicate il 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 70 help them out of their trouble.
In spite Of the cheerful face and buoyant
manner Of NJ. Secretan, the president Of the
syndicate, Il is asserted in Paris that he has
been irretrievably ruined by the venture,
l.a@ N. 4.
and other valuable property TO meet pressing
demands. II is also stated that Alphonse
Rothschid's losses through the same channel
win aggregate Sl50O0,0OO
THE PROPOSED SOCIALIST LAW IN GERMANY.
1t is now pretty well understood in Berlin
that the government win not proceed with It's
prosecution Of The Volks zeitung, owing 10
the fact that the Dowager 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 10 the Pfussian landtag, provides that
any journal, Socialist or otherwise, publish
ing matter hostile 70 the government, its Of
iicials or members Of the imperial royal or
ducal families, shall be prosecuted under a
code laid down in the act Some doubts are
expressed as to the ability of the government
to pass the bin in the shape indicated but If
1t shall be passed the last vestige of freedom
Of the press IN Germany will be gone.
THERE WILL RE NO BANQUET
The Alsace Lorraine societ~ held meet
ing in Paris ON Saturday for the purpos Of
! deciding whether the annual banquet Of tho
/ society should be held this year H. An
tome, 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 tremen.
dous row ensued, but the result Of the meet
ing was that the proposal to hold the ban
quet was voted down
wEBsTER's MIssrArEMENr.
Mr.. George Lewis, Mr. Parneps solicitor,
has written letter to the press calling at
tention 70 a misstatement made by Attorney
General Webster in Fridays debate in the
house Of commons. The letter mentioned by
Mr. Webster was from Mr. Soames, counsel
for The Times, to Pigott There were two
other letters from Pigott TO Soames. convey
ing the forger's admission that he was afraid
to submit 20 cross examination These let
ters, Mr. Lewis says were withheld and
| neither counsel nor solicitor Tor the defense
had notice that such letters existed until
after Pigott had decamped. Tie letter to
! Pigott was promise from Mr. Soames that
no harm should come 70 Pgott through the
latter's 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 a few days ago sav-
agely attacked by NJ. Gerault Richard in a
newspaper article DeIonlay challenged
Richard, and the two fought a duel with
swords Yesterday. DeLonlay received three
/ slight wounds.
A dispatch from Rome states that Sig.
Corvette, under secretary for the war depart
ment, fought a duel with Sig. Cavalotti, a
member Of the chamber Of deputies. yester-
day. The duel was fought with swords and
Corvette, who was the challenger, was slightly
wounded.
Mr.. John Bright had q serious relapse yes.
terday afternoon. His symptoms include
violent fits Of ague, and his physicians are in
constant attendance upon him.