TO-DAYS CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 58, 6 September 1893, Page 2

TO-DAYS CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. SAD FATE OF EMIN PASHA. HE AND HIS ESCORT EATEN BY NATIVES. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. NEW VICEROY FOR INDIA. MASHONALAND AFFAIRS. [Per Press Association.] London, September 5. Arrived — Mamari from Lyttelton. The details of the death of Emm Pasha, upon the Ituri. River, show that he was eaten, along with 30 of his escort, by Manuyemas. Francis Adams, the Australian writer, has died of consumption. Mr Gladstone has left London for a holiday in Scotland. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that the Socialists form a compact party of 187 in the now Chamber. M. Goblet will prove a powerful leader, upright and austere. Replying to a further question, the Premier said he did not betieve that King Lobengula, of Matabeleland, bad killed 10,000 people. It was not he added, the intention of the Government to restrict the aggressive powers of the British South Atrica Chartered Company. The Pall Mall Gazette considers that Mr Bowell, the Canadian Commissioner to the Australian Conference, will return to Ganada painfully convinced of the necessary of Federation. Lord Lansdowne's term as Viceroy of India expires in December. The Times says Sir H. Norman's appointment conies as a great surprise. The Daily News thinks fow men could be found who would fill tbe post better. The Orient Steamer " Oroya " which grounded in Suez Caual has been floated off. The appointment of Sir Henry Norman as Viceroy of India has astonished the highest circles in India. The Marquis of Lansdown was not informed of the appointment. Fears are expressed in India that the new Governor-General will not follow the Afghan and vigorous frontier policy of Lord Roberts and the Marquis of Lansdown. Berlin, September 5. j The military manoeuvres in Metz are being carried out on a scale unequalled in German history. The value of balloons iv time of war is being tested.