Show EUROPEAN ECHOES reducing the rates Ba badaines fl book the phoenix land laria league te leaders aders by W U to the ller sid ll I VIENNA feb 22 the bank of ans tro reduced the rate of discount to four per cent PARIS feb 22 the hank bank of franco france reduced the rate of discount from front 31 to per cent the weekly statement of tho the bank of france shows allows an increase of francs in gold and in silver it ia is stated the french admiral in the madagascar station has been ordered to suppress BUp presa rigorously any attempts to resist tho the rights of france on the island in the tile chamber of deputies today to day prime minister ferry explained the program of the ministry and ant asked the lila confidence c of the country he lie aid wouida would first to satisfy its wish by applying the law of 1834 under which the princea princes would be deprived ef of their military posta posts the government thought nothing more present inthe if the republic pu i c were endangered and in the event jofs of a conspiracy it would have ample power to protect itself by the all governments without infringing ong upon the essential liberties libert iea of the tile people the government demanded that measures be taken a against ainest the utterance of seditious cries and against authorized thor zed izod seditious placards initiating questions and fruitless discussions which he lie said wd must be set aside leaving earin to the tile government the initiative which ich belongs to it as a right ite re forms were required in fit the magistracy A military bill and a habitual criminals bill must be introduced the budget for 1684 1884 would shortly bo be presented ted the tile government prop proposes oges to facilitate the execution of public works and to introduce measures looking to tle the organization of ft a protectorate in tunis and the reduction of the expenses of the occupation of till that country the foreign policy woul be peaceful but not necessarily one of inaction whenever our interests and honor lionor are engaged we must maintain france in the rank rink to which she is entitled it is essential to give eu rope substantial government ties in the future Joli jolibois bols gave notice he lie would submit an re mr ding ferrys ferlys statement the new ministry were gazetted today to day BERLIS BERLIN feb 22 the usual wash inston birthday festivities were observed b today to day HAMBURG feb 22 I the house of burgesses by a vote of to 13 adopted a compromise scheme for uniting hamburg with the german customs union 16 feb 22 lowell amera annerl can an minister held a reception toay today in in honor of washington B birthday Birt liday Dallant ballantine lue koven roven sugar definers re finera finers of greenock failed their liabilities are marshal Baza Baz inon alnes book is entitled Filis episodes odes of the war of 1870 and the siege of metz it is dedicated to ex queen isabella of spain among the documents which app appear e in n the work are badaines Ba aut autograph ph reports to emperor napoleon wb while the latter was at and lie file letter to empress eugenic eugenie dated september hill 1870 advising her to ake take a horse and assume the command of the metz division the Mars marshll list considers the defensive ties of lorraine were not utilized in their fullest extent feb 22 the steamer niger sailed for senegal with several members of de brazzdas Braz zas african mission draby feb 22 it is stated the government is in possession of documents connected with the land league which afford a clue where the funds of f th the e league went an abundance is forthcoming forthe for the defense defenso of the prisoners charged with the tile phenix park murders freemanb freemans Fre Pre emans owns journal says the polle now consider it futile to continue to guard judges and other officers cers bonit feb 22 John obrien and and Gilhooly whose sentences are imprisonment fur for using intimidating language a against the landlords were confirmed recently have been a arrested to undergo their punishment YORK feb 22 A special cl iri london cable today to day to R TP paths veel says the acceptance of carcy carey a testimony on I i cc condition of giving him his life is a crowning crow ting disgrace for the tile government t and reveals the utter rottenness of alie english system in fit ireland it is known that there was a sharp struggle at the castle before it was finally decided to bring him forward as a witness there were three different meetings of the privy council in dublin at which the question was discussed and crown prosecutor Murp hys ap paggy shows how keenly the humiliation milia tion of their position is felt by the castle officials the reward ex peeled by the government for this infamy is an implication of the land lana league leaders and carels evidence is carefully directed o that end the fact that he ha is swearing awa arine to order stands stand dout out clearly in almost every sentence bo be utters the probable result will be a far greater injury to the ministry than to tile Parnel flies carels statement that the ibe murder waa as engages suggested ted by an article in lit the freeman ia Is due to an all ol 01 old I and bitter hatred to gray who opposed several swindling schemes which the tile informer had concocted against the dublin corporation shortly before the trial iti it ia known carey uttered threats of trill murder rd er against Gray ray and he be now ebels vengeance the tory spee speeches Aies in the house of commons are singularly singular if bitter ieter in tone and the party feeling fee i ina is running high the irish party is thus enabled to maintain an attitude of reserve many attempts have been made e vodraw to draw parnell into an expression of his opinion of the dublin trial and a speech of apology the irish leader ll 11 having abing nothing to confess or boncea conceal I mal witalus dignified re to bum sum up the result of this infamous plot ia is that the tile a caused by the trials is passing away as the case against the land league vanishes and the government will lose pres tige first for the failure to discover the plot earlier and secondly for their attempt to morally assassinate the Parnel lites |