LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 18 April 1901, Page 4

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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Japan and China. London, April 16.' The Court in reply to Japan's representations said that it was impossible to rsturn to Pekin until the country's guests had departed. Strike in Italy. . Some, April 16. Owing to the seaman's and engineers' strikes in Italy, torpedo boats are carrying mails and the warships passengers to Sardinia, where the foreign mails are transferred to foreign liners. A Bulgarian Protest. Sofia, April 16. A meeting of 10,000 at Sofia protested against the recent arrest of members of the Central Macedonian Committee, condemned the interference o! Russia, and asked for European intervention against the prosecution of the Bulgarians byTurkey. Similar meetings were held in the principal towns of Bulgaria. The Defence of Gibraltar. London, April 16. The Daily Express states that the committee appointed by tbo British Government to inquire into the New naval works at Gibraltar, owing to tho possibilities of long-range guns which might be U3ed from Spain, has recommended tho construction of a sheltered dock on the eastern side of tho rock of Gibraltar. The Plague at the Capa.. The matron of the plague hospital at Capetown has succumbed to the diaoase. A native has been attacked with plague at Port Elizabeth. New Hebrides Question. The newspapers emphasise tho danger of pursuing a policy of drift in respect to the Now Hebrides.