Telegraphic.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 13, 29 June 1899, Page 1

Telegraphic.

The Queen R,egent has signed the t treaty ceding the Caroline Islands to , Germany> An immense meeting .which yd&. held in Madrid protested against the ill-treatment of imprisoned Anarchists. . . , , The Armenian, challenged by the Turkish delegate at the Peace Conference, on the ground that lie was a sympathiser with the Ypu'ng Turkish Party, has been expelled from Holland. , , The decision of the Commisr sion, to uphold Chief Justice Chambers' pronouncement in regard to the kingship has caused great disappointment in Ger* many. , • _ General Otis will not be reinforced in the Phillipines till October. , , '; The agricultural prospects of South -Bussfa,, Finland an.d, the Trans-Caspian districts are very bad. ' . The British Commodore ,in. Newfoundland protected ,Ameri^ can fisherman taking bait from,, the French shore, the commander of the French warship on the station employing obstructive measures. The New York Herald declares that British capitalists already control the chief industries of Cuba. t Placards have been ported at, Kienning, wl^eie a mission station « was, , recently , burned, offering, JLOUO dollars tor the missionaries'.. Heads. Fanaticism amongot the natives is sprea.diug. Her Majesty the Queen re» ; viewed 1,4,UU0 "troops at Alclershot. The Sydney Lancers were attached to tlie Firbt Cavalry Brigaae and acquitted themselves excellently. They received an! ovation. The Countess of Aberdeen opened the International Woiuen,'s Congress, in London. Most of the Aubualian colonies are represented. The Peace Conference read tlie arbitration bureau scheme for, the hi'fct lime, and reteried HtiSr,. bid's piopooais for .disaimament-i and reduction of military budgets, to a committee. The German - delegated protested, declaring that men country was not crushed by excessive armaments. The dificusbioii which took place indica,ieu tiia't the pioposals were not 1.ike.1,) 10 bo aaopted. Ti,e Czarina has given birth to a daitgiiter. , Lot u the Persian, and Russian a utiio lilies deny that negotiations.' t \YG takiLg place for the- cessionor lease of a port in the Persiart' I Gulf.