Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-16
Talk About the Probability Of a
Contest.
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PEERS LIKELY TO YIELD CONSIDERABLY
Guarding Against OynamIters ir
| Paris.
PEERS LIKELY TOYIELD CONSIDERABLY
GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS

LONDON, Feb. 16.-The Times says:
1--WE do not undertake to anticipate the
action of the house of lords when the
parish councils bill is returned to them
from the house of commons but it is prob
able that they will offer important modtii-
cations Of the changes which they origin
ally insisted upon. We doubt very much
whether the amendments to which they
will adhere can be SO misrepresented as TO
furnish any plausible grounds for manu-
featuring an outcry against the upper
house."
The Daily News says that the worst
enemy of the lords can afford to pity them
after the treatment they received in the
house of commons, where they were de-
serted by their own friends, who refused
them any support. feebly apologized Cor any
blunders, and left them in miserable minor
tiles on all questions of real importance.
1t is significant that Mr.. Chamberlain an.
nounced he would not vote on the house OF
lords amendment, that the parliament
would approve every compulsory purchase:
The amendments made by the house OF
lords are virtually dead.
The Duke of Devonshire. Sir Henry James,
Mr.. Jesse Ceilings and Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain were the principal speakers at meet
ing held last night. Sir Henry James and
Mr.. Ceilings both insisted strongly against
any action which would provoke a co1!'lct
between the house of lords and the house
Of commons They said that Ii must hot
be taken for granted that the house CT
lords will acquiesce in the rejection OF their
amendments to the parish councils DILL
and added that as far as could be ascer-
tanned the bill would again be returned 10
the house of commons, or that conference
between representatives of the two houses
would be held to settle the terms Of COM
promise.
The Financial situation.
The Daily News says the financial situa-
ton has completely demoralized the markets
in India Rates of exchange in China have
fallen, following the decline in silver. The
paper says further that the Grand Trunk
railroad dividends have caused disappoint-
ment. 1t says that the proposal to charge
off the cost of the October accident is APP
proved, though 1t was entirely unexpected.
Guarding the Palace Of the Elysee.
A dispatch to the Chronicle from Paris
says: The palace Of the Elysee was well
guarded last night. The guests who attend
ed the presidents ball had to show their
tickets twice before they could gain admit
lance. Examining Magistrate Meyer has
ELECTED statements from Henry, the bomb
thrower, which will lead to serious raids
upon houses which anarchists are supposed
10 reside in and to many arrests, both in
Paris and the provinces.
The Gaulois says that a well-known and
desperate anarchist has left London for
Paris on mission which involves the perpe-
tration of another outrage.
A dispatch to the Standard from Paris
says: the Rothschilds' bank in this city
is guarded by an extra force of police, as a
result of anarchist placards, which were
posted upon the door of the bank, announc-
ing that a meeting of the society would be
held inside the building and requesting the
brethren who were skillfull in the locksmth
hstF N tnf1
crowbars in case of the safes being locked.
Admitted to the French Academy.
A dispatch to the Times from Paris says:
NJ. Ferdinand Brunetiere, the well-known
writer has been admitted to the academy.
In a long and interesting address last night
on French Journalism and the French pop
ulations he said that the returns issued on
January l. 1892. showed that the deaths
for that year aggregated $4,000 and the
births $4,000. He predicted that the effects
of the war of 1870 would now cease to OPP
crate.
The continued increase in the number OF
marriages would soon result in births W hich
would overbalance the number of deaths.
Forgiven by the Emperor.
A dispatch to the Daily News from Vi
emma says: Baron Siegfried, whose recent
marriage with princess who was the
granddaughter of the Emperor Francis
Joseph created a sensation, was accorded
an interview lasting twenty minutes with
the emperor yesterday, in which the baron
thanked the sovereign for mis- appointment
to lieutenancy in the Austrian army. The
emperor later received his granddaugh liter
the wife of Baron Siegfried, at a separate
audience. 1t was their first meeting since
the marriage.
Swine Fever in Ireland.
The Times says: There is serious out.
break of swine fever in several districts OF
Limerick. 1t is likely to injure seriously
the bacon-curing trade of the south Of Ire
land.