CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2878, 7 May 1878, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

THE WAR QUESTION.

LATEST.

(Special to Pbess Agency.)

Spread of the Stride in Lan-

cashire.

Employers reject Arbitration.?

The Some Secretary on the

Situation.

The Cimori's passengers.

Destined fox Pacific Cruisers.

London, April 30.

The area of the Lancashire strike is extending., A mill owner was mobbed at Preston. The weavers propose a mixed board of arbitrators under the presidency of the Bishop of Manchester. The employers refuse.

C-Rbuteb's Special to Pbess Agency.) London, May Ist. Mr Cross (Home Secretary), speaking at Preston, said the Government insisted on the maintenance of existing treaties. He denied theirs was a war policy. London, May 2nd. The captain of the Cimbri says he believes his men are destined to man Bussian cruisers in the Pacific. -+

London, April 23. A large meeting was held at Manchester, and adopted resolutions that the British Government were the obstacle to the maintenance of peace, and protesting against the employment of Indian troops in Europe. \ ■. • Pabis, April 24. The opening of the Exhibition was a most brilliant affair. London, May 1. The steamer Cimbri arrived iv Maine, U.S., from the Baltic with 60 officers and 600 men of the Bussian navy, under command of Count Grifenburg. It is believed they are destined for privateers. Vienna;, April 30. It is reported that an early Austrian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will take place. Constantinople^ April 30. An affray occurred between the Turkish and Bussian troops near Constantinople. Lou don, May 1. The Duke of Connaught is betrothed to Louise, daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Germany. St. Petebsbubgh, May 2. General Todleben failed to arrange for the withdrawal of the British ironclad squadron, and the Bussian army regard war as inevitable. The Mussulman rising continues. London, April 30. Mr Gathorne Hardy, Secretary for War, says the British Government takes

its stand on the treaty of 1870, and by that treaty San Stefano is without a single element of permanent peace. The interests of Mussulmans and Greeks must not be forgotten. England has resolved to adhere to the principles hitherto maintained. May 1. British warlike preparations are incessant and increasing. Russia is urging the Powers to agree upon a policy for the partition of the Turkish empire. London, April 30. Russia accepts Bismarck's mutual withdrawal of the scheme, leaving the details to be arranged between England and Russia directly. The Prince of Wales visited the Victoria Court at the Paris Exhibition, ami complimented the Hon. J. J. Casey, the Victorian Commissioner.