CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 264, 26 March 1898, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

♦ In the House of Commons, Mr Cmzon denied the American Senate Committee's charges in reference to the British attitude in Hawaii.—Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambassador in Washington, btates that the Senate has entirely misapprehended Britain's attitude in regard to the Hawaiian Islands. The Chinese loan has been largely oversubscribed in Germany. The steamer Mataura, which went ashore in the Straits of Magellan, has now brokeu inlialves. The news of a rising in Uhehelaud, in German Africa, is confirmed. A German expedition was surprised. The leader, officers, and Askari porters were killed. In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr Chamberlain stated that the Government was awaiting the receipt of a despatch from Lord Lamington, the Governor of Queensland, containing the proposals of the Australian Premiers concerning British New Guinea before taking any steps in regard to the future of the colony. Reports from Odessa announce the arrest of 120 persons on a charge of being implicated in extensive frauds in connection with the supply of coal to Russian warships in the Euxine. The fleet admiral has been dismissed from the. service in the same connection. Sir George Newnes, the proprietor of Tit Bits and other journals, is equipping an Antarctic expedition.