CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 10149, 30 October 1896, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

There is still no prospect of rain falling in India, and a famine throughout the country is inevitable.

The Marquis of Dufferin, speaking at Belfast, said that people in England had no conception of the haunting anxiety experienced by those in high positions on the Continent. The war cloud was ever impending, and Continental statesmen were terrified lest Great Britain's policy should hasten a conflict; hence the feeling of hostility which was prevalent towards Great Britain.

The ' Temps' declares that the FrancoRussian alliance would not be hostile to Great Britain, and that all disputes between these nations can be adjusted by diplomacy. The Vfenna newspapers are now calmer in their references to Prince Bismarck's revelations, which leads to the conclusion that they have been inspired. They now coutend that Prince Bismarck's duplicity will not affect the stability of the Triple Alliance. Emperor William is stated to be furious at Bismarck's revelations.

A conspiracy against the Spanish authorities has been discovered in the Dooloo Islands, and reinforcements have been sent from Manila, in the Philippines. Late tiles by mail steamer from the East show that the revolt in the Philippine Islands continues, and some hard fighting has taken place. A great many rebels have been killed and hundreds arrested, including many leading men. Numbers were shot in the public squares as a warning to others. A body of 8,000 rebels hold a fort, bub are gradually being surrounded by the Spanish troops, and tne worst is considered to be over.