LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 40, 1 October 1891, Page 2

L ATE TELEGRAMS.

[per united press association. ) Received October 1, 10.50 a.m. London, September 30. Mr Childers intends to apply for the Chiliern Hundreds on the ground of ill health. Professor Huxley asserts the Salvation Army, at Eastbourne, have wilfully broken the law by the deliberate command of General Booth. The Standard thinks Imperial Federation a matter of immediace urgency for Canada, though not for Australia or Africa. Probability is that if the Colonies had representatives in the Cabinet the disputes, and rivalry between them would prevent unanimity. The Standard considers Tupper's defence proposals weak, and as to a differential tariff, it is certain England will not consent to increase the price of food. Bombay, September 30. Persistent reports are afloat that Russians now exploring Pumir Plateau, in Central Asia, have killed Captain Young, husband a British political agent. Hong Kong, September 30. Severe conflicts occurred between the French and Tonkinese pirates at Haiphong, and forty- seven of the latter were killed. Berlin; September 30. The German Bankers have withdrawn from the Russian loan in deference to the public outcry at their unpatriotic behaviour. The prevailing Russophile enthusiasm in France, however, ensures the success of the loan. The German Government have replied to China, that it is awaiting evidence of the Imperial Governments ability to suppress the riots. Brusseks, September 30. A report is current that General Boulanger shot himself with a revolver at tomb of Madame Bonnemain in this city. St. Petersburg, September 30. It has been ascertained that numbers of the Russian nobility were guilty of embezzling thousands of roubles intended for the relief of the sufferers by famine. New York, September 30. The American expedition, now exploring Labrador, have discovered a wonderful waterfall three hundred feet high, and two hundred broad. The revolt in Guatemala was suppressed after three days fighting. President Barillas has declared himself dictator. Owing to the arrest of three Americans at Santiago, Mr Egan, United States Minister to Chili, has been sharply directed to see that Americans citizens are protected. Ottawa, September 30. Thomas McCireevy has been expelled from the Dominion Parliament in consequence of acts of corruption proved against him. Strenuous efforts are being made in the trial of O' Brien the reporter, to show that Prince Ge >rge of Waiee was larking in the low quarters of Montreal when assailed by the roughs, but the evidence is very conflicting.