CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 12, 12 July 1890, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright 1 [PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. [ London, July 9 Mr Parnell, in giving evidence before the Colonising Committee, advocated cmi- i gration and the subsidising of the fisheries r in Ireland. i Potatoe blight has made its appearance in Ireland. ( The Agents-General are urging the i Chancellor of the Exchequer to give an early answer to the request of the colonies 1 that the Imperial Government should 1 contribute to the cable subsidies and share c the guarantee. • t Sofia, July 9. It is reported that Prince Ferdinand < was desirous of abdicating after the dis- j covery of the Panitla conspiracy, but i Starnboulofl dissuaded him. ' July 10. A girl fired a shot at M. Stambonloff, tbe Premier, to-day, but fortunately with- < out hitting him. Buenos Atres, July 9. ] The Urugay States has decreed a forced currency of the notes of the National Bank for six months. The financial crisis continues here and ', also at Monteyideo. Dr Celman, Presi- ] dent of the Argentine Republic, will ask the House of Deputies to authorise the issue of 100,000,000 dollars worth of notes. Buda Prsth, July 10. A severe storm has destroyed the ciops, covering two thousand square miles, in Galicia, and two million people are threatened with famine. Brussels, July 9. The advance of one million sterling by the Belgian Government for the purposes of the Congo Free State is made conditionally that after the expiration of ten years Belgium shall be at liberty to annex the Congo, aud that King Leopold 11. , under whose sovereignty and individuality the Congo Free State was placed by the vote of the Belgian Legislature, bequeaths his rights to Belgium unless it is decided during his lifetime to annex the State.