"Special to Star."

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 90, 13 January 1885, Page 2

" Special to Star."

[beuteb's TELEGBAMS. I London, January 10. Arrived, at Plymouth, steamship Orient, from Melbourne, November 28th, with a cargo of frozen meat. Lord Derby is not injfavor of annexing the Samoa island as proposed by the New Zealand Government. A telegram from Berlin states Ihat in well informed circles there it is generally believed that both Germany and the United States would strongly protest agatnst the annexation of Samoa by Britain. News from the West African Coast states that the war vessels Olga and Bismarck recently landed Marines on Cameron's Coast, and severely punished the natives who have rebelled against the German rule. In commenting on the present position of the Kecidiviste BilK the Times to-day believes that the measure will ultimately pass, but that it will remain practically a dead letter. Beblin, January 10. A lengthy and animated debate oo* curred in the Reichstag in Committee on the bill for subsidizing a certain line ot mail steamships to Australia and the East, and, despite the efforts of the Government, a sub-commission was appointed to consider the question. Pabis, January 10. In a supplementary report on the Becidivisite Bill, the Committee of the Senate admits that New Caledonia is glutted with convicts, and considers the transportation of further shipments to Noumea undesirable. Received January 13, noon. London, January 12. A re- examination of the cargo of frozen meat ex Dorunda shows a portion to be bad owing to premature freezing. The Standard publishes an article today stating that negotiations are proceeding between the British and German Governments regarding the Navigator Islands, with a view to arrange the matter on such a basis that neither Power shall assume a protectorate over Samoa. The Standard to-day pnblishes a telegram from Egypt announcing that Mustapha Pasha Fehmi demands the services of a small force of Turkish troops to Garrison Carry (query Cairo) in conjunction with the Baitish troops now doing duty there.