Show BY TELEGRAPH TEH PER UNION TELEGRAPH FOREIGN ra REIGN LONDON jan 11 the state line steamer stae atae of alabama captain canay yok I 1 lett t glasgow december 24 for new york a and nd which was reported d pat putting tinia b back c k disabled las has arrived at queenstown Queens town she bhe experienced terrific weather meather when eight hundred miles westward of queenstown Queens town and lost three blades of her propeller no defense w 11 be made by the marquis marqui s of in the suit his bis wife has brought for id divorce divorce PA jan ii 11 official dispatches from tonquin report that the french troops made an attack on a large laige rebel force entrenched at thanhha Than hoa but were twice repulsed during the fighting four french officers were wounded five european and eight tonquin soldiers werd kilien kilted and fifteen european and twenty seven Tonquin ese were wounded reinforcements of artillery and jn fantry will be sent to the french at thanhha Than hoa BERLIN jan 11 the reichstag was crowded today to day the occasion being the calling calfina up of the government military bill dinits in its amended form for the second reading herr von wedell president of the chamber read the committees report of the bill bil the committee said it was not authorized to advocate any of the proposals in I 1 n connection with the measure because none of them bad obtained the sanction of the majority of the committee general vod moltke opened the debate in favor of the second reading on behalf of the government he said he be did net believe that any state should assume the responsibility of increasing the supply of combustible material which at present existed in a greater or less degree everywhere STRONG governments he contended were the best guarantees of peace while danger lay in tile the ambition of party leaders and their influence on public opinion if any state said paid von moltke can work effectively to preserve peace it is ger many who aims solely on the defensive for this she bhe must be strong and prepared for war should we against pur our will he continued be involved la in war we shall ae atile to wage wag it if this bill is rejected we shall most certainly have hare war to days votes in the reichstag on this measure will not fall fail to have us its effect abroad the army alone renders possible protection to all other political institutions wh which ich must stand or fall with it A grant for a short time will not be accepted the E EYES YES OR OE EUROPE are fixed on this body I 1 appeal to your patriotism to adopt the bill and show the world your readiness to make any sacrifice even of your own adverse opinion if the of fatherland is at stake baron followed general von moltke and while he was speaking in prince bismarck entered catered the betram ber at the conclusion of baron bergs speech bismarck arose he said the desire of aril all the military kry authorities of the empire is only opposed by herr richter Eich tei herr win windhorst Wind deborst norst aud and herr Gr illenberger it vas difficult toc to ioa on elude clude peace at frankfort and it is still more moie difficult to maintain a de degree ree of intimacy MUTUAL confidence exists between germany and austria lucli as never existed at any period ot of the gerrain federation Wea rebound to maintain peace for this quaner quarter of the alobe but for this a strong army aimy is required our relations with all the po powers aers are of the best I 1 and our good relations wilh russia are beyo beyond d all doubt 11 BERLIN BEHLIN jan 11 bismarck contin linued aed as follows what is bulgaria to us it is all the same to us whoever governs there the friendship of russia is surely more important to us than that of bul garla gaila we have not allowed oar selves to be induced by any one to make an cuemy of russia tor for tife the bake of bulgaria to maintain good relations eions among the powers is more difficult than you ou t think hink Wei cannot allow iou our r efforts to be aul nullified lifted by journalistic or attacks our relations with france continue good to mai mamgam them is difficult because a long hist historical process must be accomplished complis hed lied before the le elings of the past are appeased appe used and the differences we have done everything to induce the french to for forget et and forgive we have no present ground to apprehend war with france neither nave we any reason fa fear it it it should happen there can be no question about abou tour our attacking france but we must protect ourselves against attacks under no ord ordinary iDary circumstances we ATTACK FRANCE but we shall always be compelled to arm oui ju elves in such a manner as to be 4 to tl contingency ot ol war T 1 iia i i ia i in the oba t of tile w amu 3 bill I 1 hudt a arm in 1110 elul tul position tilt ot tile the french Gov emment hao ano a portion of tue tle fionch people still abe 1 be past teaches us that j t caution caim 1 l count upon peace with franco as A govern ajl u i I 1 r lt ont bite dav y cowe e into pop al 01 palli u wil 1 ike df ar epou U jill Ahi suu OU bubl ake inlo it we wa do not prepared prepa rep or if you say today to day that when war comes we shall grant every everything thin we should be laugaud at Is there in france a single paper or a single public person who sayi says wo we renounce our rights to alscee lor rainel raine the possibility ot of french aggression gres sion is therefore a sufficient motive lor for the bill fiance is a strong and I 1 well vell armed power her army is brave I 1 aad ready to fight we must never sit idle with our bands in our laps kow ever peaceful france may took look for the moment suppose the FRENCH PROVED victorious what would we have to expect we should have the tame same french against us from whom we suffered buffered from froat 17 1780 to 1813 and we should again suck our blood so that we would be paralyzed for 30 years endeavors would be made to permanently weaken us such demands would be as to give u up p hanover I 1 am only the possibilities that might a arishin ari ri se sein it the alie event of our defeat the peace of 1870 is a more mere childs play in comp compari aribon ion with wilh what peace would be aller after a war in 1890 he who wishes to take responsibility for this let hinh ciak the federal government will not tike take the responsibility and they therefore submit this bin bill they wisa to have permanently sufficient trained soldiers in the empire we have chosen the seven year t term erm because this was the period of if the previous compromise and out constitutional life depends upon that com compromise r amise the federal council did a all I 1 aney aney could in consenting to the sep tennial period they had only thein the in and add SECURITY OF THE EMPIRE and the well being of the fatherland in view do you believe that if you oa refuse to adopt the term proposed in the dill bill the federal council will deviate from their original proposal if a similar demand were made in france fiance do you think flunk there is any possibility of its being refused cheers no ground exists forg for placing difficulties in the way y of the federal government in regard r to the duration of the e bill especially c I 1 I 1 y i in a view of the tact fact that we have kept t 1 strictly t to the text and spirit of ane constitution ion understand now that we resolutely adhere to bourde ourde our demand for the septennial we cannot give way even a hairs breadth applause from the light who can guarantee guar ancee alie same majority in this gouse house do you wish to make the rise and fall of the german army dependent on the majorities in the by doing so you change the imperial army into a parliamentary force in this carewe might have to appeal to the electors to discover whether that is really the I 1 WISH OP OF THE NATION we shall see whether the electors will permit ideas actively to exist according to which the strength of the arm army y is to be determined by the Retch reichstag st ag with without rout the consent of the federal council and the emperor you can call hardly expect the emperor in his ninetieth year will contribute to the destruction st of the work to which ne lie has devoted the last thirty years of his life the creation ot of germany and the army of the german empire if you believe that possible if you awaken the slightest suspicion that these are your aims and if you do not speedily satisfy the wishes of the federal government regarding the defensive powers of germany by a complete acce acceptance pt of the bill bili then we prefer to deal with another reichstag we will enter into no further negotiations with you the danger in which we might place the german nation by procrastination ti forces us to promptly obtain a decisive answer or to address ourselves to others who will give us such an answer THE QUESTION has been asked why has the government not waited wailed for the expiration ot of the existing the leadin leading 9 reason was that the government has been convinced that the system of frontier guarding requires immediate strengthening we didiot did not wish to endanger the empire by bill and we were not prepared dorany for any opposition to so moderate a demand had we known this beforehand we should have dope dolie petter better to arst first consult the elector as to whether or not they wish to preserve to the german empire in its present possessions posses ions As it is we must now insist upon our de demands at the conclusion of the speech prince bismarck was loudly cheer cheered BERLIN jan 11 madame graue Q odthe ane wallner Itne atre shot hersell herself to today day inflicting a severe wound BRUSSELS tan 11 the superior officers of vie army have been officially notified to be ready in the event of a rapid mobilization of the troops and the general inspect inspection i ion which is s usually held in the kulamer mer has been ordered for february PARIS paria jan 11 it Is stated that the ot france will ask a credit of francs to enable it to com ineice the manufacture ot of rifles and increase toe the de fences rumors are current that M boulanger will resign the war ar portfolio tolio because premier goblet refuses to countenance the iaea heavy y mil lutry credits jan 12 the misshun mi saKip ot 01 off to Tui kriv it is ex e pecked will oe lie without result adil koff hoped to obtain the absent of the porte pone to his bis resumption of power in baig beam arii but it is unlike unlikely lylle he wll gain turkeys support as it is considered he should be re in office la in view of the biou to him of the bulgarian army and people LONDON jan 12 lord iddesleigh is dead thus far but meagre particulars artl ulars are known regarding the beath death ot ol lord laide iddesleigh it has been ascertained however that he was taker taken suddenly ill III this afeei noon while in conference with lord salisbury und that death ensued shortly alter i later it has bow been ascertained that iddesleigh was nor taken with his bis fatal illness while engaged in conversation convery with balls salisbury bui y but that he fainted while ascending the stairs of Salis burys residence in downing street he was taken into the prime ministers and almost instantly expired FURTHER DETAILS sir mortimer granvi Granv nic lle lord addes leighs physician has issued iss a bulletin in relation to his bis lordships lord ships loath death in it he says lord lor ir mau many years past has suffered WN with cardiac affections which while not placing hs his ute jfe ln in armedi ate peril revered rendered the prospect of Vs jifca stAid sudden den termination only too possible he died of syncope the melancholy event although startling to those around him has not been unforeseen by his ain mediate immediate friends and it has been anticipated by his medical attendants sir james ferguson under secre tary for foreign affairs in an interview said lord Icide iddesleigh a moment before leaving the foreign office spoke to my me ve very ry calmly about quitting the office he expressed the hope that our separation would not be permanent HENRY M STANLEY 4 the explorer explore er was waiting to see him about cabout the emin bey bev expedition and iddesleigh asked me lo 10 to see stanley and make another appointment for later in the evening J lord iddesleigh was looking well in fact better than usual he conversed with me pleasantly and when we parted he was in good spirits P 1 it I 1 I 1 the es body of lies in salis burys room the prime minister arrived shortly after Idd lesleigh was taken ill III and white while the doctors were ty agh t trying y ig to rally him he Is greatly affected t e d by th the e death of his former minister mint banters Man Salis burys private secretary says the mo ino ment lori lord Idd iddesleigh sleigh came inside the anteroom he be sank down upon a chair I 1 was in the next room hearing groans boans I 1 went into the anteroom and I 1 lifted him to a sofa the doctors were in immediate attendance and remedies were applied but lord Loi loidia dId id de sleigh never spoke he died 20 in minutes after he was taken ill his son henry stafford northcote was sent for but did not reach his bis father until ten minutes atter alter all was over he left later for in exeter the family seat to tell his mather of her husti hu ands death PARIS jan 12 the speech of bismarck in the german reichstag yesterday created a deep impi essien here and the general opinion is that it toes not increase the prospects of peace the matanin Matt nin its comments on the oer Chancellors man auces says the account opened in 1870 will never oe be settled as lodias long ds a german flag floats over metz and strasburg 77 LONDON jan 13 the sudden death of lord Idae iddesleigh sleigh has created sympathy e everywhere very where the newspapers extol him and some of them make very uncomplimentary comments on the treatment the dead IT roan an received at the hands ot the prime minister in this respect the st james gazette says I 1 it cannot be said that lord iddesleigh was murdered it is ab no crime to be a young man in a hurl hurry and it is no crime to push one from the stool on which you believe you would make a better figure perhaps some of hl his assailants will now feel remorse and especially those to whom he was a jake not one of whom was worthy to unloose his shoes PARIS jan 13 floquet on assuming ane chair of president in the chamber of deputies today to day said he hoped to see concord aad that a spirit of compromise would prevail among the members of the chamber who he 1 harped ed would all be animated te by the patriotic emula emulation tiou to work for the progress of national institutions in the first rank es chic which h the government placed the army this declara declaration Lion was received with ap continuing floquet said when without distinction of party we follow with equal solicitude the earnest efforts of toe valiant youth ol of france and when with unanimous impulse we accept every sacrifice to increase our oar count rys power we do not feel agitated by feverish impatience or desire sonly with a tranquil perseverance will we place ourselves in a position to fulfill all our duties and secured secure for france the respect of all the essential eisent ial condition of that is lyace which we prize as highly as any body in the world prolonged applause |