THE LATEST.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 33, 15 September 1891, Page 2

THE LATEST.

Received, September 15, 10.20 a.m. London, September 14. A force of the British troops has been landed on the Island of Lesbos, in the Northern Tegean, and taken possession of the place. ; Constantinople, September 14. The reported arrest of the late Vizier, i Kiainil Pasha, is untrue. j The Sultan assured Sir A. White, Brit- ! ish Ambassador, tbat no modification of i policy was intended and that he was i firmly bent on peace. j Further agression by brigands is rej ported from Palokioi, where the stations ~ were attacked and two Turkish gendar- \ rues killed. | Romp, September 14. The Marquis Rudini assured an inter- | viewer that the Dardanelles incident j would create no trouble. In his opinion I Europe was likely to enjoy peace for I many years. i Berlin, September 14. \ The entire German army are now ! armed with the new rifle. St. Petersburg, September 14. 'j Enormous sacks haye been placed in j tbe Cathedral of Kazan for the reception of scraps of food for the famine districts. Zanzibar, September 14. It is officially reported that Zalewski's ' expedition has been annihilated on the j Ruaho river. Nine officers and three ! hundred natives were killed, and the Krupp and Maximeguas were all captured. Four officers managed to escape. Lieut. Schuidt's expedition against the Mufitist also failed. It is reported that the British East African Company intend to abandon the Uganda country west of Victoria Nyanza. Hong Kong, September 14, A mob of twenty thousand Chinamen at Punchow, burned ten thousand tele graph poles and expelled the workmen who were erecting them. New York, September 14. Earthquake shocks continue in San Salyador. Valparaiso, September 14 Many of Balmaceda's leading officials were arresfced in thje passes of the Andes. The Junta intends to give a banquet to the Biitish fleet in recognition of the sympathy shown by tho majority of the officers and men to the insurgents. The Junta is searching the monasteries for Preside nt Balmaceda. Ottawa. September 14. The Com mifctee of Enquiry censure the officials in the Public Works Department and acquit Landevin of intentional dis honesty. Bombay. September 14. Fifteen d< laths have occurred on board the cruisers Blanche and Marathon from cholera.