Telegraphic Intelligence.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 21, 9 March 1889, Page 3

Telegraphic Intelligence.

g' ,; '"\Froniy LsMf t'ol<aii.:l I'.iikis. llheeuropjSan situation. | ft.FRANCE AND GERMYNY. Lojdox, Fob. 7. j EA colonel in the Ninetieth Regiment I Bi [luhTicly denounced Germany j H uncivilised, for refusing a French j army burgeon permission to cross tho I Brontii r in order to visit his dying pother. Tho press, in commenting flpon the incident, jnstiiies the rontarlcs of the colonel. ■BE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. ■ EMPATHY FROM TITE PEOPLE. London, Feb. 7. I The Emperor of Austria, in a letter lb Count Taafo, tiio ,'t.ustriiin Premier, thanks the people for their.sympathy in his late bereavement,and announces that he will devote his life to 'ho weir r faro of tho.Empiro.. ; . ~' THE BLACK REPUBLIC. FBiHTING. !,.'•■:' .» London, Feb. 7. Ne.vs.haa )*tU".\ recoived from Hayti i to tho effect 'b,:t tt battle hud I ecu ' ifouglu tlUrtt-hetween the troops of tin- | President (Qpueral Legitime) uud the | General Uypp-lite. j J.'ae forunr weio Touiul, Two linn-| wired men* who.were taken prisoners, j were butchered by ti;e iustjrgents. • - : : ''-kn."&i.. THE CHANNEL COLLISION'. ~f < London, Feb. 7. It ia feared that 100 lives have been -stearner- which sank aft- r In in. collisiiin'with tho-Lnrgi> name of the steamer lias n ascertained. iAMOAN 1 QUESTION. Hki:i.ix. Fob. 7. ive nf the recent n« cm rences vriiten by tlerr Sierich, of been published heio. or blames Mr. Klein, iho newspaper e>-rre.-p<uid< nt, -.'- .i into;! himsi It' with the urty. nnd accuse* him and •, of tho United States wars, with supplying arms to i. DYED RIOTS IN HOME. London, Fob. 9. riots took pbico in Rome as tho outcome of an tinugit itiin in that city. A Miod b tweon tho police and nd 70 of tho rioters were There were many casual■MANS IN EAST AFRICA. IiONDOX, Feb. 9. man Missionaries who were i East Africa by tho Aran its and natives have been R. MAX O'RELL. London, Fob. !). ted that Mr. Max O'Rell, r of "John Bull and his nd other popular works, who ging for a lecturing tour Lustralia, has now altered in. lie will not visit tho r.aoma time to come. . 3SION OF THE KRENTZ YIETUNG. London, Feb. 0. leontion and supprweion of Ti*t*mg, at Vienna, which the first sensational details ttrian Royal tragsdj hare I MINISTER OF WAR. ' t0M»», Feb. 9. meifceti tb. Frtdoh Minisr, has waroa* ottettt of Vh*

ni my nn.l members of the Public S. r\\e■> of France to docUt from meddling in jMiliii, s.

INTERNATIONAL Y.VHT HACK. CHALLENGE TO AUSTRALIA. Loxii.i.v. Fok lit. The San Francisco yachtsmen ara muking arrangi-mcHs for nu international yacht race, tho prize for which is to be £2OOO. Mr. Spreekcls, president of the Pacific Yacht CI üb, offers to mutoh tlio Lurlino against any Australian butter. AFGHAN AFFAIRS, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. London, F«b 10. Tho Russian journal I'irfhmatti usso. Is that tho Ame«r of Afghanistan has amassed 20,000 troops on the Russian frontier of Afghanistan, for iho pursuit of Ishak Khan, the rohel Governor of Afghnn-Turkostnn. The Emir of Bokhara, into whose territory Idiak Hod, his refused to eo operate in the nioveinent. Russia has warned England that she had better restrain tho Ameer. FRANCE AM) GERMANY, London, Feb. 10. M. do Freycinet, tho French Ministor of War, has severely censured Iho colonel of tho 90th Regiment oi iho French army, who publicly denounced Germany as uncivilised fur refusing a French army surgeon permission to rroN-t tho frontier to visit his dying mother. DEATH OF nil. PETER LA LOU. MeIboUIINE. Feb. 11. Mr. PeterLalor, ALL. A., ox-epoukor of the Legislative Assembly died on Saturday night, nt the residenco of his son, Dr. Lalor of Ch'treh Street, Richmond, agod 02. Ho will bo buried on Tuesday. A strong contingent from iSnllarnt will bo present at. tli.'funeral, which, it is expected will be tho largest ever known in Victoria.

THE CIVIL WAR IN SAMOA. THE BERLIN CONFERENCE AMERICA AND GERMANY EoyixSr, Folii 11. Tlio sitting of ilia Berths Conference 0118:111101111 affairs will prnbaldy 110 delayed until u special American envoy arrives. Mr (r. H. Pendleton, the American ohvoy at Berlin will, it is stated, preside at the forthcoming conforaiiC'' in eon.'iu* iion with''the't&WM7u£'djfli.'u!iy. It is stilted that the American |ji>v.>riimeiit insists uponthe absolute iii;ic; ion of Germany at Ramon pending th.decision of the forthcoming conference "' The (r •nnans are susprisod that Mr. Bayard, the American Secretary of State, has proposed a truce ill the affairs of .Samoa, p 'tiding the evacuation iif tlir German lands by Mataafn. Tlio conference at Berlin will probably meet at the cud of April. THE PROPOSED AUSTRALCANADIAN CABLE. Melbouusk, Feb. I 1. The Premier, Mr. Gillies, it is stated, hj in telegraphic communication with the Premiers of tho adjacent eel. nies 011 the question of hilling a conference between thoj Governments of Canada and Australia to discuss the subject of ; laying a submarine cahlo via Vancouver Island and establishing a direct mail somen between England, Canada and tho Australian colonies. Overtures hftvo already been made by tho Government of Canada for tho Australian colonics to send delegates to a couforonue to bo held in tho Dominion ; but it has boon suggested by tho Pre- ■ mier of Queensland that a meeting bo held at Mi'lbourno, and that Canada ba invited to send delegates. Mr. Gillies concurs in this view and is hopeful that within a few days all tho colonies will have agreed to a conference. THE PANAMA CANAL. AMERICAN INTERESTS. Lotroou, Feb. 12. The I'nit I'd States Senate hold a secret sifting at which tho Senators voted a $250,000 to protect American interests at Panama. TIIE EUROPEAN SITUATION. • THE GERMAN ARMY. London, Fob. 12. The German Reichstag has voted 12,000,000 marks for artillery purposes. THE AUBTBIANTBAGEDY. EMPEROR AND EMPRESS. London, Feb. 12. Th* Bnperor and Empress of Austria hat* visited Buda-Pesth. Tho city wasdrsped } D mounijbg. The Em-

THE BRITISH NAVY. l.oNixoi, Fob. 12. Public subscrptions to the auieuut <if ri ?,00fl have been raised toward* the <l«feuo>> of the l.iiiir;i-liii«> toast, England. Sir Jolm durst, Under-Sec-retary nt Mate, has uitnoun.ed thut K igliiu i i- now I'tMily ■ ngoged increasing thn strength uf the Biitish navy, so us to put it on u footing equal to tho strength of the navies of any other two European powers." MB. CHAMBERLAIN ON SAMuA. A SENSIBLE DELIVERANCE. London, Feb. 12. Mr. Chuuiberhjin, spanking at Glu«gow, said it was impossible for Auturica to recognise the cluims of other nationalities in Samoa, uml Eughml was iu tho sumo position as America. Whatever might be tho form of local novirumentj neither England nor America could allow outside people to usurp tho government of the island. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. Loxdox, Feb 13. It is officially stated that tho Canadian Government will, in nil probability, consent to tho proposed conference for tho establishment of n direct lino of stearners from Canada, ncr'-ss the Pacific to the colonies, being held in Australia ; but it is pointed out thnt the success of such a lino would be dependent upon the British Government subbidUing a connecting line of steamers to carry the mails across tho Atlantic The-terminus of-tW-line Mould havo to ho established nt Brisbane, with branches lo Fiji and Now Zealand. It would ho impossible to make tho route direct to New Zealand. THE GERMAN ARMY. NEW REPEATING RIFLE IjOSDON, Feb. 13.' The Qoruian military authorities have adopted tho Austrian Mannliclier repenting rillo for uso in the army.

ME. QLA DBTONE. London, Feb. 13. Mr. Gladstone has loft Italy, and is now At Cannes, on tho Mediterranean. GENERAL 130ULANGER. I.OSMX, l'Vli. 11. General Honlanger litis issued a manifesto tn tli»: electors", in which ho says tlio Ckuuihor should at onoe ilissolve and. remit tho question of Iho revision of the ruiutitutiuit to fhu CHiitsttloration anil judgment of ihu 01-ctors. FRENCH POLITICS. IXPECTEO MINISTERIAL DEFEAT. London, Fob. 1 1. Tho French Senate has votoil, tiy n largo majority, tho r>turn to t!iu systoin nf i-lection under tho system of xrrutin (Farrondinsemenl. It is expected, however, tint M. Floqurt will lio defeated on tho question of the revision of tho Constitution. AFGHAN AFFAIRS. RUSSIA'S INTERFERENCE. London, Fob. 11. Tho Russians on the Afghan frontier announce th.it tho Ameer Abdurrahman is beheading 300 af his sub- : joots duily In consequence of tho ! massing of Afghan troops, sixteen linttullinus will confront tho Auioor'un tint frontier. THE IRISH QUESTION. AIR. DILLON'S AUSTRALIAN VISIT. London, Feb. 14. | Mr. John Dillon. M.P. for East Ma).i, sails for Australia in tho R.M.S. Orient. ; THE AFGHAN DIFFICULTY. RUSSIA AT WORK. London, Fob. 15. It is feared in Russia that tho pros.Hiro of the Ameor of Afghanistan in Lokhitrn will incite the fanatical Molluha. The St. Petersburg press urgos the immediate mobilisation of the Russian army. NEWS FROM THE EAST. COREA TO 11EANNEXED TO CHINA. FRIGHTFUL DEBTITUriON THROUGH FLOODS. | A MILLION AND~A HALF PEOPLE STARVING. Thursday Island, Feb. 16. I Tho fed lowing summary of Eastern news has been culled from the files of (the Hongkong papers to January 23, whlah attired on Thuttdajr by the steamlr Cattertkun: It is coosfdertd probable that China will anas* Goes* after the Emperor's mainriitge. He will then probably

'depose tlio present reigning family, and appoint the Marquis Tseng as Viceroy uf tho whole < ouutry. The provinco of Chttfoo Rentlit lias been flooded, ami is in a disturbed state. The destitution is frightful, and tho missionaries repot t that over , ono million and a half of people are on tho verge of starvation. THE CAPE GOVERNORSHIP. l/i.vmiN, Feb. 15. Sir Hecules Robinson, Governor of I tiie Cape of Good Hope, will ret in- on a pension. It is understood th it he • will bo raised to the peerage. Sir 11. Loch, (lovernor of Victoria, is incii-tbut-d as being likely to succeed Kir . lleruules Robinson. CIVIL WAK IN SAMOA. BISMARCK'S AIM. Loxbox, Feb. 18. Tho Timu, in referring to tho White [ Book issued in Berlin dealing with the I Kit moon question, says that it shows i that Prince Bismarck's constant aim j has Jieoii to restrain the excessive zeal ■ of German agents in the Pacific. j . RUSSIA AND GERMANY. • CZAR ANIMEMPIfeROR. - London, Fob. 18. ' A meeting will bike place nt Kiel in June wxt between the Casnr of Russia and tho Emperor William of ; Germany. r tHe f.s. HonrawnruFFßN.* Lo.nuo.v, Feb. 18. Tho Xorth-Gfruian Lloyd's steamer : Iloheiistaufreo, which left Bremen on December 28 for Sydney has been j lowed into Colombo, in consequence of j her tunnel shaft having broken. HUNGARIAN ARMY BILL. London, Feb. 18. l'opnlur .opposition is manifesting itself strongly-against the Hiinga'iau Army Kill. One hundred thousand persons who assembled before the Palace in Perth cheered tho Kaiser with much enthusiasm, nt tho mrno timo crying' 1 ' Down with Ti»/a," the If mi Parian Premier. AFGHAN AFFAIRS. '.', Lokdo.v, Feb. 18. The Litest ndvifin from Afghsgi.srnn state that many thousand Ushers of AfghnQjvf?uxxssUt, fearing the ven(teauco of. tho Ameer, have entered Bukhara, where they have been allotod lands'. , • ; t . /._. AVAR PREPARATIONS." London, Feb 2(1. -The Bimiinghan factories are working night and day manufacturing n quick liriog shell and other ammunition. Sir Edward Clarke, Solicitor-General speaking at Deal, said Mr. Goschon was in a position to puy intorest on a defence loan of forty millions without imposing fresh taxation. Pitus, Feb. 20. It is rumored, ch. tho Continent thnt rt im Russian* load of 300,000,00b roubles is imminent.'

St. I'ktehsdl'ro, Fell. 20. JiutiMU is spending 5,0U0,0i)0 in dofonce works on tho souport town of Vladivostok. 'J ho object of Oonornl Koinnroff, tho lviiHsiim commander in Central Asia, in rm»viug atrt.i (Jttnrjui, a town of ludepeudent'lurkeutan.on tho road lo Persia, is to occupy ull the important points, nnd thus facilitate tho striking of 11 crushing blow if the Ameer moves ucross tho frontier. IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT. Losdon, Fob 22. Parliament was formally opened today. In tho House of Commons, the Right lion. John Morlcy gave notico of an amendmoQt to the Address- iu-Reply, to tho offect I hat tho harsh, oppressive, and unjust government of Ireland was viowod with avomion by the people of Great Britain, and urging that conciliatory measures should be adopted by the Government in that country. Mr. Gladstone, in the course of a speech, adverted to the danger of largely increasing the army and navy. The debate was adjourned. In the House of Lords tho Address-in-Reply to the Speech from tho Throne was adopted. Lord Salisbury, referring to the Sainoan Conference to be held in Berlin, said it would be a renewal of the Washington Conference. Theetfort to sustain a native government in that country by tripartite advice- of the. eowiual pswere bad boon a failure. Be* furring tit Irish affaire the Premier auid peace and order were steadily returning, and that agrarian outrages and boycotting hid greatly decreased. CRISIS IN FRANCE. . poßiuraojr Iw^umißfwx. Fabjs, Feb. 93. ; M. MeHae luseing finally failed to form a Ministry, M. Tirard, who waa

Premier in 1887, consented to under-' take the task, and has succeeded in forming a Cabinet as follows : M. Tirard, Premier and Minister of CAinmorce. * M. do Freycinet, Minister of War, , Customs, and the Interior. M. ( oiireel,-Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Rouvier, Minister of Finance, j M. Jamais, Minister of Marine. The new Ministry is of anri-Boulan- | gist tendencies. M. Tirard aims at! i allying tho Opportunists and extreme Radicals I'abis, Feb. 23. M Soulier replaces M. Onuroeel ns Minister of Foreign Affairs in the, Ministry. The new Cabinet has been received coldly. The Premier declared I he would he content to vote the budget. The Government, hesaid, would assume j a broad tolerant policy, and assure the success of the Paris exhibition. It : was the imperative duty of tho Government to maintain logo I order and j counteract, and. if necessary, suppress • factious enterprises. TJT E COSB ACKI EX PEDJTION. Aden. Feb. 22. It is reported that tho French admiral has bombarded Sagnllo, n French pos- \ session an the Red Sea, where the free j Cossack, Atchinoff, had hoisted his flag. J Five Cossacks were killed, and tho rest j departed for Obnk. . Pabis. Feb. 23M. Goblet explains that tho bombardment of Sng.tllo, by the French admiral wmmrdered becnusetho " f reoCoseuck " Atchinoff, hoisted the Russian flag, and refu: ed to leave tho country when requested by the French authorities. M. Goblet adds thnt tho Russian Government will not support the action of Atchinoff. Russia has accepted tho French do-! termination to send M. Atchinoffs expedition back to Suez. THE SAMOAN QUESTION. THE CONFERENCE. I LojfDoy, Feb. 23. Baron do Worms in reply toaquos- j tion in the House of Commons, stated that it nus quite uuuocesszry that tho Australian colonies should be specially represented on the Sainonn Conferonce to he held in Berlin. The Bri.ish Envoy would, be said, tuko tho necossary stops to insure Imperial interests being thoroughly protected. Prince Bismarck has privately com- | plained that the Samoan difficulty is a i personal trouble in which tho colonies are involved.