The Daily bulletin., 1890-06-25
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pressed himself as strongly Of the
belief that great punishment was
impending on society for It's disre.
gard of and indifference to the
church. "Tho Lord" he said,
twill come no longer with sweet,
peaceful face, bnt with an angry one
to strike and purify his church. l
ain neither prophet nor the son of
prophet; but l feel in my heart
sorrowful presentilnent. 4 sea OF
evil is about to beat against the
rock upon which the Church is
founded, aud will leave nothing to
be seen Of the horizon but the threat
OF the angry God. Prayer vii! not
suffice to appease the Almighty"
The Committee of the German
Reichstag on the Army Bill passed
the paragraph in the measure pre-
scribing the basis for the military
foundation. Wndthorst, the leader
of the Clerical party, declared he
would vote for the bill, as he did
not consider the moment oppOrtune
to attempt any tests of party
strength. He announced at the
same time that he would lay on the
table in the Reichstag the motion
suggesting that the Government
should desist from its intention to
compel all men capable Of bearing
arms to perform military services.
He should move TO abolish the Sept.
ennale, should fix the strength Of
the army annually at the time the
Budget was submitted and TO have
| the term OF service for infantry fixed
at two years. Rickert proposed that
the peac. footing be fixed annually.
The Minister OF War replied that
| the Constitution implied the right of
the Emperor TO fix The effective
army. A yearly fixa,iou could not
be conceded.
Silva Porto committed suicide from
| jealousy because certain information
concerning the African exploration
was withheld. lie gathered about
him fourteen barrels Of gunpowder
| for funeral pyrc. These he mount
ed, wrapped in the Portuguese flag.
An explosion Immediately followed.
Por,o's body was terribly disfgured,
In The Commons Ferguson, Under
Foreign Secretary, stated that Por-
tugal had accepted in principle the
arbitration on the Deagoa Bay rail-
way question, proposed by England
and the United States.
During the sitting of tue Foreign
Committee Of the Hungarian Dele.
CATION, June II, Herr Falk declared
that the delegates joyfully Endorsed
the respectful references to the En-.
peror of Germany by Count Kal.
noky, Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
for the whole monarchy, in his Re.
cent speech to tie delegation. Falk
spoke in high terms of the position,
occupied by Italy in the triple alli'
ancc, which differed from thyt OF th'
other powers. lie also asked whether
Count kalnoky weuld eudcayor &c
secure recognition by the yariou!
powers o. Prince Ferdinand as the
lawful ruler Of Bulgaria. Count
Kainoky said the recognition Of
Prince Ferdinand. although Of great
wOs yet Of secondary Importance
Austria, he said, sought to strength,
en- and develop the independence Of
the Balkan States as far as possible
She would not cOuntenance sharper
measures against Segvia. He de-
clared that Austria was completed,
in accord with England, especially
IN regard to affairs IN the East.
aSGLo.GERsiAs AGREEMENT.
The st. James Gazette, in an arti
Gle on the negotiations now being
carried on by England and German,
relative to the territory in Africa
says probable settlement will b.
reached. by the terms OF whicl
the Germans viii! eyacuate ant
abandon their claims to the ter
ritory. The Gazette further says
line will be drawn across FictOris
Nyanza one degree south of ,h'
equator to the eastern boundary o.
the Congo State. All the disputed
territory north Of this line will bt
British and all south Of it German
The action OF DR.. Peters and til,
treaties he has made with the native
chiefs, the Gazette says, will be ex
prcssly disayowed at Berlin.
The Chronicle, commenting or
the proposed settlement of the East
African question, as announced b,
the St. James Gazette, says this is The
most abject and ignominious surren
der oi British interests that has beer
made since England abandoned hel
American colonies. IL adds; Lit
tie is left to surrender now eXcep
Egypt. The restoration of AIsace
Lorraine 10 France, which wou!c
have given Europe some hope o
peace, would have been chcaI
price to demand from Germany TO
such concession
The Daily News thinks the an
nouncement in tho ST. James Ga
zettc Is a fee!er to ascertain pubic
opinion on the question. Ger
MANY" it says, comedies twt
minor points for one main point
The British Government is likely L
be in the ridiculous position of tn,