HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10139, 12 September 1898, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LEASE OF A PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENT. LONDON, September 9. Reports from the Cape state that the British Government have leased Lorenzo Marquez, a Portuguese settlement, on the east coast of Africa. [Lorenzo Marques is the capital of the province of that name in Portuguese East Africa, the other province being Mozambique. The two principal railways of this , region are the Delagoa Bay and the Beira, the latter of which is now in course of construction. The line runs from the river Pungwe, on the east coast, and it is hoped will eventually reach Fort Salisbury, the capital of Rhodesia, and join a line from Bulawayo.] ' THE HEAT IN ENGLAND. Greatj heat continues ithroughout England. The thermometer yesterday registered 91deg., and it is the hottest September for thirty years. THE WRECKED STEAMER CHINA. T*he water in the holds of the wrecked steamer China liaa , beeii greatly reduced, Ihe cargo is being lightered, and the prospects of floating her are hopeful. THE LATE PRINCE BISMARCK. BERLIN, September 8. The Court has granted an injunction against the sale of photographs, which were secretly taken by means of a magnesium light of, Prince Bismarck's body. THE AMERICAN WAR DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON, September 10. Yielding to public pressure, President Mclvinley will appoint a Commission to enquire into the alleged mismanagement of the War Department by the Secretary for Wax, General Alger. THE PROPOSED STRIKE LAW IN GERMANY. BERLIN, September 10. The Emperor's premature disclosures relative to the new law dealing with strikes has embarrassed the Government. The Socialist party are furious at the proposal.