FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2443, 8 March 1888, Page 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Constantinople, March 5. Tub rebels in Roiunelia have again broken out in rebellion, and forty of the leading officers have been a-rested. Fot'iA, March 5. Bulgaria has notified the Powers that she will reject any Turkish demand which might, if it were acceded to, have the effect of disturbing the condition of the country. London, March 5. It is feared that the intensity of the financial crisis in Russia will force the C/.nr's hand in European politics. Count Kalnoky proposes that an immediate increase be made in the Austrian regular troops, bringing the strength up to"l,000,000. Two hundred people were killed in the avalanches which have taken place on the Alps. Signor Crispi, the Italian Premier, demands that fifteen French infantry be punished, for compelling, at the point of tho bayonet, Italian railway officials to kneel on the ground. The Tariff war between France and Italy is being conducted very bitterly. in view of the determination expressed by the House of Commons that no proposal can be entertained bearing on the right of the public to hold meetings at Trafalgar Square, a monster meeting is being organised for the purpose of asserting the right of the public to meet there. Anglican Bishops are making a strong protest against tho practice which is growing up among the aristocracy of devoting the Sabbath almost entirely to amusement. Among the richer class theatrical entertainments, jugglery, exhibitions of boxing, tennis matches, and even dancing, occupy the greater part of the day. The Bishops aro appealing to the clergy throughout the kingdom to use their influence to remedy the growing evil, and secure and maintain the proper observance of the Sabbath day. The German Emperor is confined to bed, suffering from a severe cold. In compliance with a wish expressed by the Emperor, Prince William has been empowered to sign the royal decrees. The Crown Prince returns here from San Remo at the end of this month. Information has been received here that an avalanche has engulfed the hospice at Grut, Saint Bernard, a mountain pass of the Apennine A.!ps, between Piedmont in Italy and Valois in Switzerland. No loss of life is reported. March 6. The betting on the University boat race is !) to 4 on the Cambridge crew. Rome, March i. The Pope, in an address to the Sacred College on the relations existing between the Vatican and Quirinal, said that his position had become unbearable.