NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1572, 4 March 1879, Page 3

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

[Press Special Wire.] ("Via Wellington.] Undated. On leaving Oabul the Ameer released Yukeob Khan, and committed the reins of power into his hands. At the snme time he exacted a promise of allegiance from him. The following is the last communication received from the Viceroy, dated 6th January :—The Khohistanees tribe attempted to create a disturbance and plunder Cabul, but were induced to withdraw by Yakoob Ahmed Khan, half-brother to Azimidullah Khan, who has been urging Yakoob Khan to mike friends with the British. General Koberts continued his progress towards the western extremity of Khost. The people are friendly, and deserters from the Afghan army confirm the reports of desertions and disorganisation of the army. A band of marauders attacked a snull post in K'lojuk Pass, killing two, and carrying off one Sepoy. By a night march the village was surrounded, whioh gave them shelter and opportunity to recover much property. The marauders, however, escaped with slight loss. Eeports from Dergal now state that the border is quit J quiet and effectively guarded. The reports of the great distress existing in England are greatly exaggerated. Only in one place has destitution been such as to require extraneous assistance. The Lord Mayor of London refused to set on foot a Mansion House relief fund, on the ground that there was not, so far as he could learn, sufficient reason for taking such a step. At the same time, the intense depression of trade has caused great misery, which has been aggravated by the bitterly cold weather and per petually occurring strikes. A strike on the most extensive scale, which would affect sixty thousand workmen, threatened to break out in South Yorkshire and Lancashire, but both masters and men agreed to appeal to arbitration. Strikes have been prevalent in all parts of the country duri/ig the last few weeks, the most notable being that of the guards and shunters on the Midland Railway, who, having received notice of a reduction of one shilling in their wages, struck work en manse after obtaining a week's pay. The diffi •ulty has not yet entirely disappeared, as at some towns along the line the men still hold out. A terrible colliery accident occurred at Dinaß colliery in Rodder Valley by an explosion of gas. The catastrophe took place at night, while fifty-eight extra men, not miners, were engaged in the pit executing repairs. There is every reason to fear that not one of these unfortunates will survive, but up to the present no one has been able to descend into the mine.

Prince Bismarck has presented to the Federnl Council a Bill enabling the Reichstag to inflict penalties on its members, the lightest being reprimands, while the most serious are expulsion from the Reichstag with deprivation of the right of re-election. The Bill also enacts that if a member is expelled for unbecoming conduct, he is rendered amenable to criminal law, and is to be handed over to the judicial authorities. The Bill is obviously aimed at socialism, and has been vehemently condemned by the Q-erman liberal press, and a motion made in the Prussian Diet demandirg that Prussian representatives in the Federal Council be instructed to vote against it. A semi-official announcement states that the Bill was directly adby the Emperor himself. Prince Henry, brother to the King of the Netherlands, died of apoplexy. He was married about six months ago to Prince&s Marie, daughter of Prince Fred »ck of Prussia and sister to the future bride of the Duke of Connaught. The great obstacle to Turkey obtaining a new loan is that by the Berlin treaty the Russian indemnity has priority of every claim for loans contracted before the treaty of peace is signed. Russia has been considerably troubled by outbreaks on the part of students at every University. Town students demanded freedom from police supervision in the University buildings, and made demonstrations with the object of bringing about a modification of the regulations. Conflicts with the police and Cossacks ensued, and a large number of students were arrested and sent into Siberia.

Affairs in Turkey are so far satisfactory. Russia has throughout displayed a conciliatory spirit.