TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 8 February 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

(per united press association.) This Day. Hews from Europe. (Age .Specials.) Austria’s Little War. Strictures have been passed by Vienna newspapers on tho manner in which troops engaged in Herzegovina have been handled. Trade with Colonies. At a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce, there was a long and important discussion on trade between England and the Australian colonies. High eulogies wore passed on the latter by several speakers, who dwelt on the magnitude and importance of colonial trade, and the probability of its indefinite increase. Dynamite Fiends. Crowe, an Irish-American, who has taken a prominent part in advising the use of dynamite for the destruction of British shipping and other property, has arrived in Paris. Russia in Asia. Russian military authorities in Turkestan consider there is no immediate danger of hostilities with the Turcomans of Merv. They therefore decided to reduce the number of troops at present occupying the fortress at Askhabad. Garibaldi’s Illness. General Garibaldi, who has been in a bad state of health for some time, is now lying at Naples in a critical state, and his medical advisers have no hope of his recovery. Fall of a Bridge. A train passing over a bridge on the Midland railway near Manchester had a narrow escape from total destruction. The bridge collapsed just after the train had passed over. Gagging the Press. A few days ago, the Austrian Government issued an order forbidding publication in the press of movements of troops engaged in Herzegovina. Several papers in Vienna having, however, continued to do so, they were summarily seized and their machinery confiscated. Outrages on Jews. Murderous outrages against Jews in Russia and Germany are still occurring. The house of a Jewish family at Linnowitz was attacked, and three members of the family were brutally murdered.

Mr Gladstone, in answer to several petitions that have been sent to him by British sympathisers, has announced that it is not his intention to take action on behalf of Jews at present undergoing severe persecution in Russia and Germany. Plot against a King. A plot has been discovered to assassinate King George of Greece, brother of the Princess of Wales, during his visit to Corfu. The chief conspirators and several suspected persons have been arrested. Land League Newspaper. The United Ireland, newspaper, which was recently suppressed by Government, has been transferred to Paris, where it will henceforth be published. Conspiracy at Cabul. The movement recently discovered at Cabul to dethrone Ameer Abdul Rahman, and place Ayonb Khan on the throne, has been vigorously suppressed by the Ameer, who has dealt severely with all persons suspected of being concerned in the conspiracy. Commercial Treaty •_ With a view of allowing further negotiations respecting the commercial treaty between England and France, it has been agreed to prolong the treaty for a further period of two months. Gambetta and Bismarck. Great rejoicings were manifested at Berlin when news arrived of the downfall of Gambetta and his Government His hostile attitude towards Germany since the war of 1870-71 has caused him to be regarded as a dangerous enemy fo the empire. Arms in Ireland, During the last few days, 120 houses in Ireland have been searched for concealed arms; and in Galway alone twenty arrests of suspected persons have been made. Tramway Strike. Serious inconvenience is being felt throughout the suburbs of London, owing to all the men connected with tramways having struck for higher wages.