LATE CABLES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6265, 29 September 1891, Page 3

LATE CABLES.

|PEB BBKSB ASSOCIATION. —OOPYBIGHT.J

(Received September 29, 10.45 a.m.) EGYPTIAN HARVEST.

Oaieo, September 28. The Egyptian harvest reports give promise of the best yield on record.

EAST AFRICA,

Beblin, September 28. A number of German offioers'have embarked at Hamburg for Eaet Africa.

NOT DESIROUS OF WAR.

Chancellor Yon Caprivi states that the rapprochement between France and Russia has occasioned no alarm in Germany. His belief is that no Government in Europe is desirous of war.

RUSSIAN LOAN.

Vienna, September 28

Austrian diplomatists and financiers are annoyed at the bankers of Berlin supporting the Russian loan.

CONDOLENCE.

Paeis, September 2S.

President Oarnot has cent a message of condolence to the Czar upon the Grand Duchess Paul's death.

FRANCE AND RUSSIA,

At the ceremony of unveiling the statue of General Faidherbe, M. Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, affirmed the establishment of the entente cordiate between France and Rusßia, and declared that Franoe would use the new situation in Europe for the purpose of preserving peace. BRIGANDAGE. Constantinople, September 28.

The Sultan has ordered drastic measures to' bo taken to repress brigandage. Rewards are offered for the capture of robbers dead or alive. EGYPT. Said Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, deolares that if Lord Salisbury will consent to re-open the question of the evacuation of EjTYPt, care will be taken that the English now in occupation will not be succeeded by any other Power.

(Received September 29, 10.55 a.m.) CHINESE SITUATION. St. Petbbsbtjbo, September 28. The Grashdanin opposes tbe coercion of China as the Russo-Chinese alliance would be an effective weapon against England in oase of need in the far east. MASSING TROOPS. Ruesia is massing troops on the Afghan frontier.

RUSSIAN FAMINE. It is expected that the famine will reduce the Russian revenue by one hundrod million roubles.

DENIED. The announcement of the Eusso-Persian treaty is denied.

HEAVY FAILURE. Bkotseki, September 28. An Antwerp coffee firm has failed for two million francs. PLATFORM COLLAPSE. During a fete at Ghent, a platform collapssed. Two persons were killed, and many injured.

BISHOP SELWYN,

London, September 28

An operation on Bishop Selwyn has been successful, and the dootors anticipate his complete recovery, but it will be necessary for him to take rest for a year.

TERRIBLE FAMINE IN BURMAH, : Calcutta, Septeir.ber 27.

News from Burmah gives appalling accounts of the famine in that country. Two million people are reported be starving, and brigandage is rampant everywhere. (Received September 29, 11.20 a.m.) THE STRIKES.

London, September 28. The strikers at Carron wharf held a demonstration yesterday in London, at which the speaker foreshadowed a repetition of the London dock strikes. Mr Wilson, secretary of the Seamen's Union, and Messrs Shipton and T. Macarthy, all spoke in a style implying that Great Britain is on the eve of a gigantic labor rerolt, involving a strike of half a million workers. A demonstration of twenty thousand men belonging to the building trade was also held in Hyde Park. Resolutions were passed pledging the meeting to support the carpenters, and demanding the dismissal of Magistrate Earlin, on account of his severity to the strikers. SALVATION ARMY RIOTS. The Salvation Army riot's have been renewed at Eastbourn. Many people received i n juries.

SHIP ON FIRE

A fire broke out on the P. and 0. steamer Borne while in the dock at Greenock. Her staterooms were destroyed, and damage was done to the extent of many thousands of pounds. A NATIONAL CALAMITY.

The Times considers the withdrawal of the British, East African Company irom TJttanda as a national calamity, which must result in anarchy in Central Africa, and the maaßacre of missionaries. The Government must assiat to avert the catastrophe, which is due to the expense entailed on the Company by German rivalry.