ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2193, 25 April 1891, Page 1

ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

Capetown, April 21. Five thousand armed men convoy the IBoer’s expediuan to Mashonaland. April 22. The Republic which the Boers are • :formiog in Manioatand hag beon under , way for four years, . and will be pro- i claimed rn-Jane Brd. , J 'I he Boer expedition includes 1000 1 ;Cap« Colonists, snd retiresf-nts the Afn- j oaner baud which’ new , distrusts Mr , Rhodes’s Imperial ecbemp. The expedition, will cross the Limpopo on Jane < 2nd, and the Republic will be declared ' on Ihe following day. The, Repoblio will be established on the basis of the treaty , granted to the Boer farm ps ten years s i ago, ! There is great excitement at the Cape owing to a report that the Marquis of Salisbury 'will, only remonstrate with Poflogal for the action ip Mashonaland, and the Capetown limes hints ’hat it would be,advisable to lower the British Btsndard in South Africa. 1 April 23. ’ Sir Henry Loch has warned President Kruger that the Boer expedition was ._reg.ard_od. .ts . an act of hostility towards the Queen. London, April 21. The members of the Willoughby expedition,state that they offered to pay duty to the Portuguese, and waited two . , day* without reply. They then proceeded 1

up the Pungwe, but the Poringu se opened fire and seized tbs steamers Agnes and Shark, which were towing the lighters with the provisions for . the -garrison at Port Salisbury. The Portaguese allege that a breach of the fi cai {rules Was-committed* and also state that they intend to prevent any one ifrcm entering the Pungwe until Massikee is evacnated, | April-22. The BhgHsb : Press is nnenimons in its opinion that a lesson sbonld bn taught Portugal for its action in Mashonaland, ihe lelegraph ineiats that it- is ‘the duty of M»rqais of Salisbury loaend ia British ,flset to Lisbon to> demand I satisfaction, >. > : ' Tub Government of Capetown has forwarded a protest against the inactiWof Ihe Imperial Government with regard, to ■ the Portuguese action in Mashonaland. The Marquis of Salisbury has demanded, from the Portuguese Government an,.explanation of the event, and. shonld.ifc be unsatisfactory, will insist on reparation, April 28. It is reported that Ihe Portngiiissp Minister has informed tbh Marquis of Salisbni'y'thßt extreme action with regard to the Mashonaland dispute is unnecessary ! , ~ ~ Lisbon. April 22, Portugal agrees to riapeqt the modus vivendi,Rod to open the Pungwe river for British, vessels. Pretoria,'April 22, Mr P*nl Kroger, Pre.-ident of ttie ’Transvaal, bas pm a damper on the Boer expedition and arrested several of i s I a ■

LABOR QUESTIONS.

London, April 22. .The London County uConncil have granted the request of the ir«mw>*y mployeesfor ten hours per day. New Yobn, April 22. Italians are b ing engaged in place of the-men on strike in.. Pennsylvania,,and it is feared that serious disturbances will result, Melbourne, April 23. The Labor Congress at Ballarat has unanimously affirmed the necessity ot the federation of. labor. A committee,is to be appointed to formulate a scheme. Brisbane, April 28. The Riot Act has been read At Cbarlevilla owing Vo the continued disturbances; outside the courthouse, and several arrests, have been made. Heavy rain is falling throngont the country, and it will .impede tbs movements of both parties./ . The trial of the Clermont rioters'began ! atßockhamp'on • today. 808' jurors* were summohed and of 150 called, 188 were challenged. . ; . W ksxport, April 28.. . At the Conference, of mining delogates to-day a.now* departure 1 was* taken in the direotidn of the organisation of a Labor Association on the lines recently laid down, r by th« Miners’ Association of Australasia, at Stawell, Victoria, A supreme cooncilie. <p i bs, established by eieoltoQ from the various districts of the Association. Under the new arrangement New Zealand becomes ■ a fall colonial district oi the Amalgamated Miners’ Association,, including ,in /'addition to the,miners and labourers of the, Wt“ t> Coast, Shag Point, Green .Island, Handy, and other unions* and several large unions at the Thames aod> Coromandel not previously identified with th* southern unions, ,Tha new combination has a, membership of 28,000. Resolutions w«r« pspeed, affirming that no serious atepabe- taken to,, involve ,large bodies-of men in disputes wi> hoot the consultation of the whole membership of branches of the Association, thus preventing the intemperate action of irresponsible leaders, ;