CABLE SUMMARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2581, 26 January 1889, Page 2

CABLE SUMMARY.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copykigbt.l London, January x'A. Loud Salisbury has warned Prince Bismarck that he cannot allow the Sultan of Zanzibar to be set aside in any measures Germany may adopt to rehabilitate its East African Coinany. There is a strong feeling in England and the continent against Bismarck's vindictive treatment of Professor Geflcken '! he Madhi's rival lias captured the capital of Darfour, and now threatens Khartoum. M. Treppel, in the Chamber of Deputies, complained of British annexations in Oceania and said the French Government were guilty of neglect in allowing British extension. Dr. J. Hughes, Bishop of St. Asaph, is dead. The Maize Ring hascollasped and is reported to have lost four million florins. The bank rate of discount has been reduced to three and half per cent. Orbituary : Francis ITneffer, a famous musical critic, and Pellithe Vanity Fair caricaturist. The Rev. Mr Spurgeon is recovering from the effects of his recent accident, and is now able to drive out daily. A widow and four children have been murdered by a man named Cousen, of Missouri. The crime is attributed to jealousy. Dinizulu's appeal for a new trial has been granted. The Arabs on the Zanzibar Coast have told the Germans they must evacuate the country. Bismarck, in reply to Lord Salisbury, says he does not intend to set the Sultan aside. The Foreign Relations Committee proposed that Congress should vote half a million dollars to protect American interests in Samoa, and forcibly intervene to maintain Samoan autonomy. The French army consists of three million men ready for active service, The Panama Canal Completion Company have invited the public to subscribe 30,0i)0,000 francs. Five American warships are now at the Isthmus of .Darien. Serious rioting is feared in Paris on Sunday in consequence of the election excitement. M. Floquet prophecies that the Boulanger candidate will be defeated by eighty thousand votes. The first emigrants sent out under the auspices of Mr W. L. liees's company sail for Gisborne in the Itorunji. It is reported that "Jack the ,'iipper " is now at Corunna in Spain trout which place menacing letters have been received. The statement is creating a panic in that city. The Comoro Islanders, between Africa and Madagascar, seek British protection against French designs. Mr Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, advocated the establishment of district councils, free schools, and State credit to create small landholders in England. The relations between France and he Vatican are strained. Tonquinese pirates attacked a French garrison, killing thirteen. Dr. McGlynn ridicules the Papal threats against his followers.