Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30
FoREloN TOPICS OF INTEREST.
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Apropos Of the question Of the admission o.
American pork, n. siegfried, member Of thu
French chamber Of deputies. says that thu
United States viii be able TO introduce ELI
meats in France in spite of the French duty
but that If the United States Congress would
diminish the duties on French silks, woolens
and cottons reduction Of French duties 90
American imports would be readily granted.
treatment Of commerce with the United
States, he added, was most desirable.
Baroness Waldeck, morganstic wife Of Arch
duke Henry, has died of Inflammation Of the
lungs at Vienna. Archduke Henry 10 dying of
Tho pope has paid ESQ, 900 for certain manu-
scripts in the Borghere library which will ill
the gap in the Vatican archives due to the
burning Of the library Of Boniface Will
Richard Power, Parnellite member Of parlin-
ment for Waterford city, died yesterday. He
was married only n week ago.
Gen. F. Burd Grub, the United States
minister to Spain, had private audience with
the queen regent yesterday, at which he pre-
sented his wife to her majesty.
The Rome correspondent Of the London
Chronicle says that the pope disapproves the
anti-republican agitation by Catholics in
France, arising from the prosecution Of the arch
bishop OF AK, and has instructed the papal
nu INC In Paris to try to suppress the agtat,en
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has forwarded a
draft OF workmen's pension bill, prepared by
himself and Mr. Hunter, to Mr.. Morley for sub
mission to Mr.. Gladstone.
The English government, after consulting
with landlords, has decided to introduce bill
at the coming session Of parliament recasting
the whole law OF evidence, mainly with the OBJ
Ject OF allowing criminals to give evidence in
their Cwn behalf
The Post OF Berlin is authority for the state
ment that the Russian government is about to
Issue decree prohibiting the expectation Of
horses from Russia. In some quarters this in
tended action of the cars government is
looked upon as additional evidence that Russia
Is preparing for hostilities in the near future.
The illness OF Edmund Yates, the well-known
writer, Is tho result Of chill. There is moth
Ing wrong with his lungs
Emperor William of Germany met the King
Of Denmark on his arrival at the railway sta
ton at Potsdam yesterday. Cordial greetings
were exchanged. grand reception was
given to the king at the castle.
The Russian newspapers testify to the excel
lent impression produced by the German cham
ceilors speech in the reichstag. The Nouosti
OF ST. petersburg says that the speech deprives
the hostile articles in the German Eussophobe
papers OF all their importance. The visit of
a. de Giers. says the NOrosti, has had a valu-
able result in dispelling the clouds between
Germany and Russia and France.
Tho fact that NJ. de Gicrs, the Russian min
lister OF foreign affairs, was not especially feted
by the German court ON the occasion Of his
visit has elected much public comment in Ber-
lin The Post, referring to this apparent lack
OF proper attention to the Russian statesman,
explains that d. de Hers came to Berlin, not
III his official capacity, but a private individ-
ual and for this reason the government deemed
1t unnecessary to bestow special honors upon
the distinguished visitor.