Thiers reception noted amid Left presence. trade league formed
Reports from Versailles describe M Thiers hosting a soirée with extreme Left figures and Gambetta backing a Republican government. A free trade league led by M Donsay presses that treaties stay intact without National Assembly consent. Paris sewer disinfection improves city health while Rochefort lies ill in a military hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Pouyer-Quertier
Germany
M. Thiers
Versailles
Daily News
M. Louis Blanc
Madame Thiers
Gambetta
Bordeaux
League For the Maintenance of Free Trade
M. Donsay
Seine
M. Flottard
Rhône
League
National Assembly
Paris
Commune
M. Rochefort
Charette
M. de Choiseul
Florence
Rome
M. Lemercier
Charente-Inférieure
M. Lemervier
King Victor Emmanuel’s Rome Welcome Draws Wide World
Italy’s Victor Emmanuel arrived in Naples to a festive reception and reached Rome amid enormous public delight. Crowded streets, flags, flowers, and bands marked his Quirinal procession as ministers, mayors, and deputations saluted the king. Banquet and Apollo Theatre reception followed, with international figures arriving and Rome decorated spontaneously in celebration. The Pope’s stance and foreign ministers' responses framed the unfolding drama, as Belgium discussed Rome as a capital for legations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Wadr Emmanuel
Naples
Agriculture
War
Signor Lanza
Lanza
Pallavicini
Prince Humbert
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Germany
Russia
Austria
England
Bavaria
Turkey
Holland
Spain
United States
Brazil
Switzerland
Baron d’Anethan
Igium
Victor Emanuel
Cardinal Antonelli
Foreign Miscellany with War News and Juggernaut Festival
The Emperor of Germany may arrive at Ostend in August for a month. Reports cite Breda and Montmartre arrests, Russian war vessels passage permissions, a hunger stricken captive surrendering from catacombs, and Commune fallout on mental illness. American expedition to Korea claims a lopsided victory with forts stormed and many casualties. Chicago debates Sunday liquor laws amid German voting sensitivity. Juggernath festival in Calcutta described with mass crowds and a Baptist minister critique. German war aftermath critiqued for disrupted industry and unpaid bills, noting indemnity effects and broader economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ostend
Liberté
Breda
Montmartre
Constantinople
Porte
America
Huncgeer
Hotel de Cluny
Galignani
Shanghai
Chicago
Common Council
West
New York
Calcutta
Times
Juggernath
Volkszeitung
Guarantees for Church Independence Stir International Debate
The prelate warns there is little hope amid a perceived Italy Germany alliance and broad reluctance among major powers to oppose guarantees that protect Church independence while curbing territorial sovereignty. France signals possible action after July elections as Count dHarcourt reports Thiers letter to the Holy Father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Germany
England
Austria
Russia
France
Holy Father
Count d'Harcourt
M. Thiers
Uly
The Slave Trade in the Pacific Exposed by Missionary Letters
A 1870 report from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland recounts the slave trade in the Pacific islands. Eye witnesses describe Santo youths seized on Faté, captains claiming them as property, and violent rescues by missionaries aboard the Dayspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Fiji
Foreign Missions Committee
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
John G. Paton
Aniwa
New Hebrides
Paton
Wild Duck
Fille Harbour
Faté
Will Duck
Mr. Goodwill
Iqquire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Landwehr and
Reserve
Pacific
Page
API
la Maria
Morgan
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