GENERAL SUMMARY.
The Tipton slasher died on Christmas Ere. Disastrous floods in Derbyshire. The strike of miners causes a scarcity of coal. Great distress among the working classes is feared. The Army Estimates in the new Budget are twenty millions. The new Ballot Act, if passed, throws the cost of elections on the electors. Blanqui, the French Communist, is dead.
The students of Berlin on the new year mobbed the Jews. The feeling was high on both sides. The Government will take strong measures to prevent outrages.
The Porte is purchasing arms. War with Greece is deemed inevitable.
Great destruction has been caused in North Brabant, Holland, through the bursting of the dykes.
The Russians have whipped the Turcomans severely.
The Chinese treaty is generally satisfactory, leaving the manner of immigration to a Congress of fifteen.
The Passenger Bill will probably be passed this session.
The interests of the Nicaragua Canal are being pushed at Washington.
De Lesseps, preparatory to his expedition, has started for Panama.
CHILI AND PERU,
The Chilians, forty thousand strong, are marching on Lima. A Dumber of minor actions occurred. The Peruvians await their attack in their fortifications.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3781, 9 February 1881, Page 2
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192GENERAL SUMMARY. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3781, 9 February 1881, Page 2
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