Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-14
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
influenza Among Troops-A Consi-torY ia
lee FieId-Fpidemic- Items.

lee Heidi pidcmic-Other Ateihs'
Anglo-American cable to the Dispaichl
Avrwrrp. December 13.-The influenza
endemic has made its appearance IN TINS
citr. There are q largc number OF cases
of She disease among the troops III the
garrison. ~,
Ko,oe. December ia consistory VIII be
h,ldat lie Vatican on the 30th instant.
An influenza epidemic in very mild
form is prevalent here.
Dr Canab.s. director Of the Board of
Health has started for St. Petersburg To
study the disease there and to determine II
possible why il assumed eventually "a ma
hsuaat form. I'm order that hemay dowhat
s., nus necessary 10 prevent such a result
an Rome.
A VIOLATION OF TIfE TREATY.
81. PETERSBURG, December 13.-The Jol0-
nal i. 81. Y,f7.>Itrq considers the fact that
Austria permitted the recent Bulgarian
Joan 10 he affected in Vienna violation Of
tine Berlin treaty. II says that the loan
was negotiated in defiance OF anterior
claims upon Bulgaria and that the carry
ing out of its provisions viii bee tantamount
TO o seizure of national property.
The Government Is about 10 appoint
special attaches 10 each of the leading
I,ussian einhas. ics abroad, whose duty II
will be 10 study the railway and telegraph
systems OF the country IN which they ARE
located.
TIMING TUE PLACEs OF sTGIEERs.
IoNpov. December 13.-1he strike ot the
men employed i'm the gas-hOuSe OF the
South Metropolitan Company was effected
ueaccahlv. Twelve hundred men who
were engaged to take the strikers places
entered the works under escort of the pc
lice. 4 crowd outside the works groaned
40 them. The plckrts posted by "a" strheI,
10 intercept these men were outWitted ana
Were unable 10 obstruct their entrance.
TO VISIT IRELAND.
IoNpoy. December 13-Mr. Bafour.
Chief Secretary for Ireland. VIII shortly
start Oh a VISIT TO that country, where he
will remain several weeks. The object Of
his visit is to ascertain the feeling IN Ire
land i'm regard o. an ext ansion oil the scope
of the land-purchase bill.
ALL OVER EUROPE.
IoNpoN. December l3.-lnflucnza pre-
/ walls iu most Of the capitals of Europe II
Us generally mild IN type. The lectures III
| Vienna attended 10y many American STU
| dents are suspended on account OF II.
The NnrSS Vienna corr esuondcnt ~ con
| f3ent that Arch0ukc John has been de-
privel of his position.
The Clr.nic's Rome corr .pOndent says
/ II is rrpoltrl there that strickland, score
tarv 90 the former Governor ot Maa. Gen
/ eral sir John Iintom simmons viii be APP
pointed British Minister to the Vatican
! upon the conclusion Of General Simmons's
mi son.
AppTALTvG FOR FUNDS.
ToxDoN. December 13.-1he Coal-Por-
tors Gasmen's Liehtermen's. Watermen's,
I Sailors and Tuemcn's Union have all
! Joined IN the issue of "a common manifesto
/ appealing 20 the public for funds 10 sup
! port the gas-houso strikers pending the
strike.
! CHANCELLOR or TIE EXcHFCQUfR.
I.ovpoN. December 13.-Sr Charles Rus
| sen in a speech delivered at M0lyerhanp-
ton. referred TO Henry Fowler, member
of the House Of Commons, as the Oman,
collor of the Exchequcr IN thenoGt Liberal
ministry.
SILENCE INVOKED.
PARIS, December 13.-M. de. Precinct,
Minister of War. in Il note TO the french
uress appeals TO editors and writers 10 alb
| Stain from any descriptive or other articles
which may reveal the progress OF works IN
preparation for the national defence.
HANDS OFF.
BrryP. December 13.--lhe Federal Coun-
eli has declined 20 grant the request Of the
striking printers TO mediate between them
and their employers.