THE INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2263, 6 October 1891, Page 1

THE INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK.

New York, Oct. 3. Mr Poultney Bigelow, an American who has just returned from a tour through Europe, declares that Russia is prepared and anxious for war, and that people believe that the vast movements of troops are not simply manoeuvres. He asserts that the anti-Jewish crusade is only a part of a huge movement against foreigners, with the object of Russianising the whole country, and that Germans and Poles are the chief victims. The United States cruiser Mohican has seized the British sealer Otto, carrying out her calling in Behring Sea. Ten negroes have been lynched in Arkansas for murdering a policeman. Ottawa, Oct. 3. A Continental Unity Club has been established in the Province of Ontario, its principal object being to advocate annexation to the United States. Rome, Oct. 3. Three French pilgrims were arrested for displaying disrespect to King Victor Emanuel's tomb. They spat on the register on the tomb, and shouted " Long live the Pope." The Guards expelled the populace from the temple, and nearly killed the offending pilgrims. Vienna, Oct. 3. The Austro-Hungarian Ministers have drawn an Act, nominating the Archduke Francis, eldest nephew of the Emperor, heir to the Imperial Throne. GENERAL BOULANGER. Brussels, Oct. 3. The funeral of General Boulanger took place to- day without much ceremony. By his will, Miss Griffiths, his cousin, becomes heiress to his fortune. It is alleged that Madame Bonnemain left the late General Boulanger £125,000 at her death. Hundreds of wreaths were placed on General Boulanger's coffin, and earth taken from French soil was sprinkled over the remains as they were lowered into the grave. ♦ THE UPPER-TEN RUFFIANS. London, Oct. 4. One of the chorus girls engaged at the Gaiety Theatre has committed suicide under circumstances which are alleged to be some what suspicious. The nature of the evidence adduced at, and the result of the inquest, have been kept quiet, but it is rumoured that a very exalted persouage is implicated. Paris, Oct. 4. Seventeen persons have been arrested in this city on charges of entrapping or enticing domestic servants in France, or from Belgium, England, and the United States, for immoral purposes. • LABOUR. London, Oct. 2. Owing to the capenters' strike, iron, concrete, and asphalt, are apparently replacing wood in construction of buildings} to the extent of at least 40 per cent. Ten thousand miners and railway men have struck at Pittsburg for an advance in wages. It is reported that a federation of thirty-eight unions, embrasing 450,000 members, has been completed, and is likely to force the masters to a universal lockout so far as the river-side is conncerned. The Carron strike is very acute, but the Shipping Federation are determined to make a good stand against the strikers. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Bank of Australasia, Mr McArthur, the chairman, said that he did not fear serious damage from the success of the labour party in New South Wales and New Zealand. He did. not believe that the dominance of this section would lead to the expulsion of capital or the paralysis of trade. The income of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union, is £74,000.