War Probable

Firedatip in a mine at M iroinelle, Franca, killad 18 miners. Fiaiz Abt, the tmimut Gtrman corcpojB and niuttician, ia deftd. -M. De Breycinct ia hard at working to form a iieiv m nietry in-F. anee. Rassia ia ectively etgaged inplacingher n&vy on a betttr war iooting than ever befcre. Rnsdia secepts Eng'.and's propoeal regirdinz fche outpists of the Rasso-Alghan trontier. Biemarck'a 70. h birlhdsy oecurred April 1, asd was the occation of great re joicing tnroaghoat Qermany. Achicas reoeived ia Fdtis state that Fencli troopi are bciiix continually henaseei ty the Cninese. A nnmber of cffi.ers in the Germaay army are nndtr arret lor disolosing important military, secret. A plot to atsassinate int; Alfoneo o Spain, was disoovtied f n the 3d. Fiveper sons havo been ain sttd for comjjiioity in the piot Tne Bitish ite&mn Oreftts, from Liverpool tor Ptnang, colluied wiiti and snek a Cüiüete s'.eamer. Sevenvy pertois were drowned. Tht Indian irocps now in the field expresa disöometit ut the protpeet of ptacelnl tettlement oí the dis; ots betweec Sutsia ana Eogland. 3 President Barrios, the w-nld-bc-ralsr oí Central America, ïnvadea th&t ooantry at the hrad ot a torce o.' 11,000 men. He wís routed wita great slaught8r. The Pall Malí Gazeïte taya that Kuasia ao36itf Eoglsui'n prtposals on the Afghaa questiun, and concedes os deatabia terr tory the zate laid out as sach by Kagland. Natnbïrs of Jrish orjrabiziiijus are setkin m sliiancw w.th tb Kisiian governmejt hy which thiy poposa tu tomen! a rising in I. eland whilt England is bay with Rasmia. Ttie cntire French niinistrf redgned after Ihe defea'. o? a motion to appoiut a comoiitte on the goveramect rcquest fot e, credit ol $40,000,000 on account of the war in Cnina. Au official of Ii dia, thorongh'y potited, is of the epinioa thtt the A.fghan questicn ttill not be settled withoat war, and thal tb sooner it comer, ihs better or Euglaud. Snak:m dispitchei of lh 31 iabt. s.tate that Gen. Graham's forcea had tttn Tamai early i n tke morn ng ut the. 2 l irst. Toe towa was burned. Tbe Britian losa ras one killed tni six wounded . A Ec'umft )s aow bwiore the legit-latarö of Ontario whioli nropjsfs to give oyer the Canadian side of Nianttra Falls to a 'er ra 1ruad men Great Opposition to the aoheuie ii ma i 'ent throaghout Oaca'a. At Matare, belo i imonaki, a cauuibal mmed Fontas liitrilly tore tie body ol hig wi e to pierna w ta lúa naila and teth, dul thea fl3d. He is a brother oí Porteas, who a fe w ytñrn ego ent up two of his ctildren to bait tox trap. The Vcx dj Mexicn, iha lsadiog Catholio daüy tf Mrxiio. a-eustM the govinment ol persicution nd deaes frtmdent Ditz sayDg tho Cathojic pirty U cotaposed of men withoat fettr, and that pársscuüon will awttken them Irem their hthargj. A ojubter movement agaiaít Barrios to overthrjw the Hondnraggovernmeot aod alJy ÍN pccp'.e wWh Nicarangua is on foot. 8oln, th formr president of ïlondnras, no in Ne Yoik city, ttarted the écheme. Panama has had ita iourtb president tinj January. A d.spatca was rgecired in París a few days agu ttatiüg that tbe Chinese governmtnt had accepmd M . Ferry 's proposals for peace aad wished to fix a date iorthe evaouation of the position now held by theiChinese. The dÍ9iatch was dated sabeeqaent to the defeat of the French forcea at Langson. April 1 was pension day in Toronto. On me door ot tae pension office was posted a ntice thatali peuaionein under 60 years of ajje mast holl thimselves in readiuess for active service in the advent of war between Kngland and Kasaia. As eaeh man reeeived bis money te was re uirtd to give his age. A Lojdon special to Üio New York Times Bys: 'The tempoary relie! cansad by the pacifio talk of the Marqals of Hartington ia ftlmost wholly dissipated by the stitement tfcat Rassia concedes no vital point at issue. The war rs pi rationa are goinjï ahead as ever, anl there is absolutely no reasen to ouiit on a peactljl solaiion." The Birmirjgbam oojipany, which the Eoglibh (zovoruoient has purchssed, is the argMt ri3d f Accory in Europe. It potsesaas pattnts on the Martini-Henry rifle. The compauy collapsed on the conclusión ot the Fianco-Garinan war. Th? parchase inolades a fctocfc of riflis valued at $"5,000. It is oxpeeted tfiat several thousand workmen will be starie.t at ctce. The ü.aiid chtreef of Mecca has issued a proclaniation deelaring El Mahdi an outUw and notilying a!l trae Mohammedivns that tbe English hava the right to treac him as a coa man murdtrtrr. Tii s proclamation gaes on to de-ilare that El Mahai has massacred humlreds of irae believera and causea the marder o! Gen. Gordon, for whom prayers hid bsen oflered up at Mece as a friend of Mohammedaiif. The F"iench on Maich 30, began au attaofc opiu (Re Paong Hoo, er Fisher'n Islands, -uuatel iu aiií omuaulUK the ohannel b - tweíJ lrmosa and tae (Juina niainiaa . Theeogngenitnt lasted until late the ne t day, wlieu ihe íreuoh sacceeded in Beoaria g the ooüupdiion. Ta Fitnch losses are rported tö hiv bwu but triaing, oaly three kiV.ed i.nd iweive ronndeJ; while it ia said that the Chinese lost GOH. Qaite a teouatioQ was oreated in Constantuvpt-, al( days a,o by the announoenitot 01 ttheavj enibizsleaient of ianda by oueo.'íhti strvauts of tha altan, lnquiry amoDi! the paJaoa offloiils revealed the faot ilint ''.e rnlprit waa the ohief eunuch and iheuliu's mast trustfd ssrvant, wko hai hnttofor-i nj -yed ns fulltst oonfidenoe and had fea aceeaM o the tnnds of the palace. The smonnt moca i $85 000, and not th tl sh'eet trai oí th ".oury hisae ïet bten ku 1. Töe tuouoh ttohdly declines io sijr what h. did w.tn u It ■.i.)i-iOit.a iu Loi i'on u tl e btn mst. i.Bt (ie j. 'JratiAai wuh bil Dis forets had reirtated odaakiui I ï (.osssd over u strat-gicel wiihdriVttl, bot it mtanB that ihe eiitlrt) camoi'ga is ?ailure and a disRstr Gen. WolsoUy haj writttn a letter to (a u tffloe, givíng it as his opinión that Kumpeau troops are unfit to rematn in Cntial Aüica through tho sumraer. It is a hint aiohwlll iinely be made the faouse tor a compele withdrawal trota ihs Sondan until tt?tBB. it noly..r. Tbe Rustan oitS uliy ia not entirtly rtmoved trom the horizon, and this gives the withdrawal anotber aspsot.