NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3115, 29 January 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

'' L ~ London, January 26., Lord 'Wolsley, speaking arßirniinghara, said that (lie war cloud of Europe whs.threatening to burst, a lid should it do so would oause > one of the greatest wars fiver known. Taking into consideration the critical condition ofaffuirs, the array and navy, of England . should .be af.orenssd. The | Bight Hon; John Chamberlain, . who i presided,- said • witlr jreftirenco vto Imperial Federation, that: if it were understood that any insult or attack on one member would be resentedby i all,; there would le greater security i for peace than csuld be guaranteed by jail thearms and forts now supporting the Empiie. 1

January 27. Right Hon J. Chamberlain, in speaking at.Birmingham, stated that England without her-colonies would only be aififth rate power, * Lord iWolsley: advocates conscript tion fle ft sanitaiybenetit: and a railii tary necessity in view of- the outlook. H : The>:Maorisv played a.game at i Somerset yesterday,' wirfningby foui goals andire tries to - one goal and a try. • • Obituary—Mr James, Howard, of Bedford,-one of? the founders of the wellrknown'- 'firm,'' of' '"implement makers. ■

. Paris, January 26. - Tho French journalists who-have received notice of the intention of the German Government to expel them from Berlin are making a final appeal.. - ' . , . General Boulanger denies that he aspires to the Dictatorship," and asserts thab ;hb. : will uphold tho Republic, ..V:

' January 27. A meeting of the Panama Canal Company shareholders, , aty which eight thousand were preseut, was held yesterday. M. l)o Lesseps stated that there was sufficient money in liapd to carry on the works another raonthl' 1

A resolution to place the existing company in liquidation and to form a now Company was carried. There was great- excitement over the proceedings. Washington, January 26. The American press is furious as regards the affairs in Samoa. The Secretary of State (Mr Bayard) proposes" an elective king, with a council of natives .nominated by the Germans, English, and Americans. Prince Bismarck favours the idea of Germany, which, he asserts, has the largest interests in the island, nominating the king, and others to veto, Cairo, January 26. El Senouissi, the new rebel leader, has denounced the Mahdi as an impostor, and has ordered him to withdraw from the Soudan, Bucharest, January 26. The Roumanian Government have been defeated, and it is expected they vrill resign.