THE RECIDIVISTE QUESTION.
SURVIVORS OF ARCTIC EXPEDITION CANNIBALS.
PROBABILITIES OF WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND CHINA.
SPREAD OF CHOLERA IN ITALY,
SCULLING CHALLENGE,
ENGLISH HARVEST ABUNDANT
DESERTIONS FROM RANKS OF
OSMAN DIGNA,
LONDON
August 18. OAving to the heavy expense which Avould be attached to the recidivistes scheme, the French Senate has referred the report on the subject to tho Finance Committee. The reports that those of Greeley's expedition Avho Avcrc rescued had resorted to cannibalism arc hoav confirmed.
Speaking at Whitby, the Marcjuis of Normanby regretted that"Victoria still had the protection system in force. The French Chamber of Deputies is discussing the probdbililios of Avar with China. In consequence of tho threatened outbreak of hostilities, Canton harbor has been blocked with torpedoes. The spread of cholera in the south of Italy is increasing, and numerous deaths arc reported. Wallace Ross has issued a challenge to i'oav Beach on the Thames for £500 a siele. Tho Times suggests that Hanlan, Beach, Ross, and Turner should toav a sculling race on tho Thames in the autumn.
Tho English harvest is abundant. Throe thousand soldiers have deserted from the ranks of the rebel Osinan Digna.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4081, 20 August 1884, Page 3
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192THE RECIDIVISTE QUESTION. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4081, 20 August 1884, Page 3
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