CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3444, 8 January 1880, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

(Rkuteb v s Special to Pbbss A»enct).

London, January 7. j Bolivian Insurrection. j

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News has-been received that an insurrection has broken out in Bolivia,. President Beer has been overthrown, and has fled. ' , The insurrection is attributed to the ill success of Bolivia in the war with Chili. '* Cape Town, January 6. The secretary of the people's committee in the Transvaal, recently arrested for treason, and been committed for trial has been liberated on bail. , London, 'January 6. The Khan of Merve has sent an Embassy to Calcutta for mediation or assistance. , Afghanistan. The Government have grave anxiety in consequence of the flight of Abdul Rahman from Tasken to Balkh, with the connivance of the Russians, who supplied money. It is regarded as the beginning of an unofficial war, altering the aspect of the Afghan question. The Daily News' correspondent, who was with the Russian army in Asia, has been expelled, and is returning home. ! The Home Ruler in America. Reports state that Parnell's speeches in America are extremely;moderate. A collision occurred between the police and the people, owing to an election procession at Connemara, of 400 persons, the police were assailed with stones. Sixty constables were called out. The latter fired amongst the crowd and charged them with bayonets, wounding several severely. Many arrests have been made. Germany and Russia. Germany is becoming uneasy, as the Kussians are massing troops in Poland.