TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2415, 22 October 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, Oct, 13

Mr Grant Duff’ ridicules the Imperial Federation scheme, saying that Australia will not submit to being outvoted by Canada and Africa, and will not consent to play second fiddle to any British colony. During his tour through Ireland Lord Houghton, Lord Lieutenant, on two occasions refused to receive addresses which contained subject matter of a debateable character.

Pleuro-pneumonia has made its appearance among a shipment of cattle landed in London from the United States.

Addressing a meeting of the National Federation, Mr John Dillon said that the worst clouds in connection with Irish affairs have passed over, and the granting of an impartial Commission was the best service that could have been rendered to the evicted tenants. Personally he was convinced that those tenants who had just claims would be sure to be reinstated. The late Mr'George Fowler, of Liverpool, merchant, bequeathed £IOO,OOO to charities, Oct. 20.

Lord Onslow in the course of an interview with a representative of the Pall Mall Gazette, said that New Zealand offered the best advantanges for the establishment of a Salvation Army colony, the homestead law in that colony being favourable. The Salford Borough Council will advance £1,000,000 to the Manchester Ship Canal Company on condition that members of the Council are placed on the directorate of the company.

Mr William O’Brien denounces the Evicted Tenants’ Commission as a bogus affair, and says that it has been formed to embarrass Mr John Morley, the Secretary for Ireland, Lord Onslow is organising a committee to make full enquiry into General Booth’s scheme. Lord Onslow himself will be a member of the committee.

Dr Scott Sanders, a retired army officer, who was recently committed for trial on a charge of forgery, has been declared bankrupt. His liabilities amount to £IOO,OOO.

An Australian lady, a resident of Melbourne, has presented the Prince of Wales, on behalf of the Imperial Institute, with a peal of ten bells as a memento of the Queen’s jubilee. The peal will be second only to that of St. Paul’s,

Paris, Oct. 18. Phylloxera is spreading in the Aube district.

There is some uneasiness in Paris at the report that the Dahomey expedition has been overwhelmed and massacred by twenty thousand natives at Couloupa. The report, however, is not confirmed, and at present is nothing but a rumour. It is believed that the allegations by French officers in Dahomey that Germons are assisting the natives will be the cause of a Franco-German difficulty. Oct. 19. The latest news from Dahomey does not mention the rumoured defeat, but represents the French troops aa marching on Cana. They have had many skirmishes with the enemy, but no loss has been incurred. Lisbon, Oct. 18. An extradition treaty between Great Britain and Portugal has been signed. Bucharest, Oct. 18, Owing to strained relations between Roumania and Greece, the Roumanian Minister in Athens has been recalled. Brussels, Oct. 20. IhfOl'ination has been received here to the effect that the natives of Katanga, in the Congo district, are rebelling and resisting the Belgians. The Brussels Courier advocates the annexation of the district. Vienna, Oct. 18. Count Kalnocky has informed the Delegations that Austria desires to preserve the best relations with Russia and the Government of the latter country has assured him that they intend no aggressive movement against Austria. It is proposed to insitute a military riding contest from Vienna to Rome, with prizes to be awarded according *“ the condition in which the v worses arrive, Oct. 20. Count Julius Szarpy, Minister of the Interior in the Hungarian Ministry, has resigned, because he was unable to carry his civil marriage proposals.

Twenty-seven persons are being tried at Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, on a charge of procuring young girls to be sent to Constantinople. Sr. PETERSBruo, Oct. IS.

llussia intends to settle 1000 Cossacks and their families in the Alac Valley to guard the Pamir frontier, and purpose forming a Cossack army there. Oct. 20. The Montenegrins are petitioning the Czar for the removal of Nicholas 1, the reigning Prince, owing to his eccentric and arbitrary behaviour. Constantinople, Oct. 19. The Sultan, replying to llussia, denies that his reception of M. Stambouloff was a violation of the Ireaty of Berlin. Athens, Oct. 20. Rioting is reported from Crete, and four Christians have been murdered by the mob.

Cabul, Oct. 20. The Turkestan Gazette says that Captain Younghusband has surrendered territory, carrying the Pamir frontier 100 miles southward. Zanzibau, Oct. 19. The Wahabis have revolted against German rule. They attacked a fort at Usuraara, and killed the Governor and officers. It is believed that the rising was instigated by Arabs. The rebels are now menacing other German stations in East Africa. Calcutta, Oct. 18. Reinforcements have reached Fort White. Afzul Mehtar, ruler of Chitral, has requested the presence of a British officer, in consequence of the threatened complications in his state. Oct 19. It is reported that the Ameer of Afghanistan will urge Lord Roberts to persuade the Indian Government to recognise his illegitimate son as his successor. The Ameer promises to carry out extensive reforms, Ottawa, Oct. 18. The Grand Jury threw out two of the strongest charges against M. Mercier. New York, Oct. 19.

Telephonic communication between New York and the Chicago World’s Fair has been successfully established. The instrument used is the Bell telephone. The distance is the longest on record for communication by telephone. The line will soon be extended to San Francisco.

An extensive fire occurred at Eaglewood, near Chicago. The damage is estimated at 500,000 dollars. Several persons were killed.