HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 146, 17 December 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

THE LATE SIR J. S.D. THOMPSON. THE PATE OP DEBS, THE LABOR LEADER. MR MUNDELLA IN EXPLANATION. SPAIN AS AN IMPORTER OF WOOL. MR GLADSTONE. THE MADAGASCAR CAMPAIGN. THE NEWFOUNDLAND CRISIS. (Per Press Association.) Ottawa, Deceinbpr 15. The despatch of the cruiser Blenheim from London with the remain* of the late J, S. D. Thompson, and the Queen's message of sympathy, have evoked immense enthusiasm throughout Canada. Mr A, J. Mundella. formerly president of the board of Trade, in addressing his constituents, explained his connection with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency and his reasons for resigning his portfolio after Judge Williams' remarks on his action as n director. He declared that the reason why his explanation had not been given earlier was that the case was still sub judice. He had, be said, done his duty, and feared no man a censure. Washington, December 15. Debs, leader of the late strike, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for defying the Judge's injunction in connection with that strike. London, December lfl. Victorian stocks have recovered 1^ per cent. London, December 14. The National Agricultural Union has resolved to promote a strong party in the House of Commons to claim the appointment of a Royal Commissioner to enquire as to the best means of lessening the bur den of taxation on the agricultural coinniunitv. Letten received from Armenian mis Bionaries show that the previous estimates of the recent massacres bj the Turks fell short of the mark. Mr Gladstone will spend the winter in Cannes and Biarritz. Pabis, December 16. The French marines have occupied Tamatave, the Hovas fleeing after three shells had been |fired from the warships. Madrid, Dscember 15. Despite the opposition of the Government, a motion has been carried in the Cortes reducing the import duty on wool. St. Johns, December 14. Mr D. J. Greene succeeds Mr A. T. Goodbridge as Premier. Owing to the recent corruption and bribery disclosures, it was impossible for Sir William Whiteway (ex Premier) to fill the vacancy. The Newfoundland Government has arranged to pay the interest on the public debt falling due in January. Operatives are in a state of semi-starvation, being without money to purchase bread, and employers have no money to pay wages. Constantinople, Dec. 19. The Porte consents to the British, Bus sian and French Consuls in Erzeroum, the capital of Turkish Armenia, being appointed to hold an enquiry into the recent outrages in Armenia by Turkish soldiers.