HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 7476, 21 March 1888, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

ißv Elbotrio Tblkobaph—OopiniioHT.] [PfeE Press Association.) Another colonial <s6m- - PANY. London, March 20. (Received Maroh 21,1883, at 10 80 a.m.) The prospectus of the Loridon Storage Company, whose object is the storage of colonial produce, has been issued with a capital of LIOO,OOO.

THE BRITISH OOCUPaTION OF

EGYPT.

London, March 20.

The ' Daily News' correspondent at Stainboul states parleying is proceeding between the Porte and England with a view to getting the latter to evacuate Egypt before April, 1889; the Porte, in the event of this being done, consenting to open the Dardanelles to British ironclads;

FALL OF A POPULAR IDOL. Paris, March 20.

(Received March 21,1888, at 1 p.m.)

At a Communist meeting General Boulanger was strongly denounced. A number of the deputies belonging to the Left have issued a manifesto protesting against General Boulanger's pretensions. Boulanger will probably be relegated to the retired list.

BISMARCK'S TRIBUTE TO THE

COLONIES,

Berlin, March 20,

Prince Bismarck, on moving that the thanks of the Reichstag be given to the friendly Powers for their expressions of sympathy on the occasion of the Kaiser Wilhelm's death, referred in a marked manner to the touching signs of sorrow displayed at the Antipodes, which he declared was unprecedented in the annals of .history. The people of the Antipodes, he continued, desired to lay wreaths and palms on the dead monarch's tomb.

THE CONQUERED PROVINCES, Berlin, March 20.

The Emperor Frederick proclaims that he is detsrmined to preserve Alsace and Lorraine, and to cultivate German ideas and opinions there.

THE QUEEN. London, March 20. Her Majesty starts for Florence tomorrow. THE DEFENCE OF INDIA. Calcutta, March 19. (Received Maroh 21,1888, at 1.50 p.m.) Holkar Maharajah, of Indore, has offered the resources of that State to the Indian Government for the defence of the Empire. [Special to Press Association.] THE PANAMA CANAL. London, March 19. Intelligence has been received from Panama that fifteen miles of the canal is navigable.

A DISGRACEFUL CANARD. New York, March 19.

A despatch has been received here from Berlin of a sensational nature. It slates that Sir Morell Mackenzie has frustrated a plot to prevent the Emperor Frederick from succeeding to the throne. The other medical men intended to excise the larynx, and thus render the Prince ineligible to assume the monarchy.

THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR London, March 19. Prince Bismarck is now convalescent. INTER-UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. London, March 19. The Cambridge crew are favorites for the boat-race on Saturday. THE EMPEROR'S FEALTY. Berlin, March 19. The Emperor Frederick, in a Message to the Diet, solemnly undertakes to adhere to the Constitution. March 20. The Emperor's Messages to the Land stag and Reichstag, in which he solemnly promises to adhere to the Constitution, were received with applause.

IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION. Berlin, March 20.

(Received March 21,1888, at 1.10 p.m.)

The Emperor, in his Message to the Reichstag, said he would follow his father's example, foster the welfare of his people, guard the honor of the Empire, and maintain peace. He thanked the deputies for their unanimity in providing for an increase of the defensive power of the country.