VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1904, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

fracas association.] (Received Juno 27, 10.13 a.m.) LORD It OHIO UTS TO VISIT AMERICA. LONDON, 26th June. Lord Roberts hue accepted tho invitation to visit America. THE URUGUAYAN INSURRECTION. MONTK VIDKO, 26Mi June. Colonel Uul.iz.-i, defeated tho Uruguayan insurgents, killing and wounding 600. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. LONDON, 26th Juue. The Archbishop of Canterbury (tho Most Rev. R. T. Davidson), will visit tho United State*) in tins .'uilunin, ;it tho invitntion of tho Amerkau Church. NEW ZEALAND VJSITOHS IN ENGLAND. LONDON. 26th June. Tlio Prince and Princuss of Waios received My. and Mrs. O. P. Dounclly, of Napior, "at Marlbnrough Hou*n>. , UNITED STATES .GOVERNMENT. JJKW YORK, 26th June. Mr. W. L. Moody hns (succeeded Mr. P. C. Knox ns Attorney-Geiifml, and Mr. V. JT. Mctcalfo, n member of the ITowso of Repre.sont<ilives for Hie third district of California, has hwn jippointed >Secretnrj ! of Commerce, repairing Mr. G. 'B. Cortelyou, who hns Ijoen appointed Chairman of tho National Republican Committoo. Mr. Paul Morgan replaces Mr. Moody as Secretary of tho Navy. EGYPT. LONDON, 26th Juno. Germany hns notified her approval of the Khcdival decree annexed to tlio Anglo - French Convention respecting Egypt* [For some timo it Mfs beon manifest I thnt it was desirable to intioduco considerable modiJicatioiw in tlie internal arraiigemonts c&tablishcd in Egypt for tln> pratectjou of foreign bondholders. 'lHw I new Khediyal deci'i'o will lmvo tho effect of giving to tho Egyptian Government a frco hand iv the disposal of it« o\m reftourcca so long as ffio punctuul payment on tho debt is ussored. The Ciisa> do la Dotle will still renuiin, but its functions will be strictly limited to receiving oeitain a.ssigned revenut^ on behalf of the bondholder*, and onsuritiß tlio duo payment of tho coupon. The Ca«w> will, an hooh as the decree has co-mo into operation, have no right and no- opportunity of interfering in tho general administration of,the cuunlry. The branches of rcvenuo asfrigned to the service of tl»o dfbt have oho been changed, and Uie land tax has boen suiwtiluted for ttw Customs duties and railway receipts. Tirie an-aitgoment will, according to the despatch forwarded by the ibniuis of La«sdowno to Sir E. .Mowwi, giv« tho bondhmden) the advantage of having their rights scoured on tlio tnoKt .stub'fo 'tm<l certain branch of tho Egyptiau rovemie. On tho other hand tlio Egyptian Govewiniont will no longer be hampered in Mmj admuiiatration of tho Customs nnd rail•way, and, as a corollary, tho inix«d admmi.ftrntion which hns hitherto controlled tho railways, telegraphs, and Port of Alexandria will disappear.] A ROUGH VOYAGE. (Received Juno 27, 10.50 a.m.) HOBART, This Day. iho steamer Monowai lund a temijcstuoiw voyago from tho Bluff. Four valuable horses died during the voyage. PLAGUE IN AUSTRALIA. PERTH. This Day. A cuso of pltiguo haa occurred in tho City.