TELEGRAMS.

Samoa Weekly Herald, Volume 1, Issue 3, 10 December 1892, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

IN THE EVENT OF WAE. Bkri.in, December 2. . A movement is on foot in the Reichstag to bring about a conference between the Great Powers to secure neutrality of private vessels in the event of war. LONDON UNEMPLOYED. Losuin, December 1. One thousand unemployed assembled at Tower Hill at midnight, and marched to the West End, where speeches of a violent character were delivered. The procession was a harmless affair, the police having forbidden the men to carry torches. Mr. \V. li. Perceval, SirE. C. N. Brandon, and Sir 11. Fraser, have expressed their willingness to confer with Lord Mayor Knill with regard'to his immigration scheme, reserving any action in the matter until they have consulted their rcspcctivellovcrnmcnts. Sir J. C. Bray, Agent-General for South Australia, declares that in his interview with a press representative, he stated that there was no opening for labourers in the colony he represents, hut the interviewer reiterates that Sir John encouraged a certain class to immigrate. AMERICA AND FRANCE. Washington, December 2. Mr. Goudon Bennett will probably lie appointed United States Minister in Paris. THE PANAMA CANAL INQUIRY. Paris, December 1. In giving evidence before the Panama Canal Inquiry Committee, the accountant of the company mentioned the names of seven leading Parisian newspapers that had been bribed. LORD RIPON ON SELFGOVERNMENT. London, December 1. Mr. Harrison Moore, the new Professor of Law at the Melbourne University, presided atamcetillg of the Eighty Club, where the Marquis of Ripon eulogised the system of selfgovernment as the source of the loyalty of the colonics towards the mother country. MONETARY CONFERENCE. Brussels, December 2. It is believed that the committee of the Monetary Conference have rejected Rothschihl's proposal. New York, December 1. Senator Bland declares that Rothschild's scheme will virtually render useless' eighty millions worth of money now in circulation, the ra-coining of which will involve a loss of twenty millions, THE DRAPERY TRADE. London, Dccemlsji' 1. A demand is made that credit in the drapery trade shall be reduced to four months, and Australian bills to sixty days. JAY~GOULD. New York, December 2. Mr. Jay GOULD is in a critical condition, suffering from nervous dyspepsia. TIIE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. London, December 2. TIIK London County Council are urging the Government to introduce a Bill to form London into one municipality. THE DARTMOOR CRIME. London* December ii. Williams \\a.n baun committed for triiil for the murder of two lovers at Dartmoor. THE AFGHAN QUESTION. Calcutta, December 2, TilK Ameer of Afghanistan is making the Chitrul usurper the ruler of Kafirlstaik THE TRIPLE "ALLIANCE. Paris, December 1. AIVORDINO to the text of the Triple Alliance, published by the Journal de Paris, in ease of war the Italian forces will be directed against the French frontier. A RECONCILIATION. London, December I. Mr. Laiiocoiiehk has l>ecn formally reconciled to Mr. Gladstone, the difficulty rained by his exclusion from office having bean smoothed over. FROZEN MEAT TRADE, London, December I. Many quarters of lieof by tho Otarama, although of bright upjicarancc externally, were found to Ik- initio putrid near the bone. MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. Paris, December I. M. BrlSson has not yet succuudod in forming a new Ministry. Paris, December 2. It ia now considered doubtful whether M. Bristol! will lie able to form a Cabiiiut.