SIR JULIUS VOGEL AND THE COLONIES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3740, 11 July 1883, Page 3

SIR JULIUS VOGEL AND THE COLONIES.

CHINA REJECTS TERMS OF FRANCE

RE ANNAM

REPORT OF DEFEAT OF AMEER'S TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN CON-

TRADICTED

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE KING OF

SAXONY

THE CHANNEL SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED BY TAVO BALLOONISTS.

INQUEST ON FATAL CROAVDING ACCIDENT AT SUNDERLAND.

DENIAL OF ACCUSATIONS AGAINST QUEENSLAND PLANTERS OF SLAVERY.

THE HOME PRESS AND PACIFIC

ANNEXATION

PROFESSOR HUXLEY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ROYAL SOCIETY. LONDON. July 5. Sir Julius A r ogel, in a letter to the Times urges the colonies to contribute towards the cost of maintaining the national navy in return for England's occupation of the islands of the South Pacific. Tho Chinese Viceroy has rejected the terms offered by France in regard to Annum. News from Afghanistan contradicts the report that the rebel Shinwarris had captured a convoy of munitions belonging to the Ameer. The King of Saxony had a very narrow escape of his life while ascending a lift in a factory which he was visiting. _ The machinery broke, and a member of his suite was killed. Two balloonists have crossed the Channel safely from Belgium to Kent. Tho coroner's jury, at its inquest on the fatal crowding accident at the Sunderland Theatre, have been unable to decide who it was that bolted the door. They, however, censured the management for neglect.

Mr Thomas Archer, tlic Agent-General for Queensland, will entertain Sir Anthony Musgrave at a banquet on Friday night. Mr Archer has issued a pamphlet in which he denies tho accusations made against Queensland planters of slavery. July 0.

The Standard considers that tho indignant attitude of the Australasian colonies is fully justified by the conduct of tho Imperial Government in relation to New Guinea. It expresses doubts as to the probability of federation among the colonies being affected at an early date. The St. Petersburg Press is urging upon the Russian Government the necessity for the establishment of a naval station in the Pacific Professor Huxley has been elected President of the Royal Society. It is believed in official circles that consideration of tho New Guinea annexation question will very soon be re-opened by the Imperial Government. M. Paul de Cassagnac is urging, through the Press, that a Bourbon dynasty is preferable to a Republic. The Commission on Affairs in tho South Pacific delayed reporting while tlic annexation of New Guinea was in suspense.

The report published that the French flag had been hoisted over the New Hebrides created a great sensation hero. The authorities deny all knowledge on tho subject. The St. James' Gazette says it is impossible not to sympathise with the Australasian colonies in tho severe discomfort and insecurity they must experience while islands so near them arc open to foreign occupation or to become centres of crime. The Pall Mall Gazette says it is all moonshine to suppose that tho refusal to annex New Guinea or the islands will seriously estrange the colonies or shake their loyalty to the Empire. July 8. The Daily Telegraph trusts_ that Lord Derby's assertions, that France is not likely to take any steps for increasing her possessions in the Southern Pacific, are well founded. The Post considers that the Australian colonies have reason to viow with terror and alarm the prospect of a vast foreign convict establishment in tho New Hebrides, and realises that the risks incurred in refusing the annexation of New Guinea are immense. The Economist supports the progressive policy advocated by tho colonies on the condition that they sharo in tho expense caused by any increase of territory for their ocnefit. Tho Hovas Agency alleges that the repo.it of tho French flag having been hoisted over the New Hebrides is a story concocted in Australia to suit a purpose.

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