NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 608, 16 May 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[By Electric Telegraph.] [Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. THE EXPOSED CAPTAIN. Captain Verney, who was recently imprisoned, has been expelled from the House of Commons and has resigned his seat on the London County Council. OUR GUNBOATS. The Australian torpedo gunboat Karrakarrata has completed a ten days’ cruise, which was a thorough success. WHEAT TRADE BRISK. A remarkable revival has taken place in the wheat trade. THE CZAR’S GALLANTRY. Owing to the desire of the Czar, Servia Is using conciliatory measures towards ex-Queen Natalie, who had been ordered to leave the country. THE INFLUENZA. Mr Gladstone has been feverish, but his condition is improving. Mr B. B. Barbour, M.P. for Paisley, has died of influenza. Seventy members of the House of Commons, including Lord Hartington and Mr Chamberlain, have been attacked by the influenza epidemic. It appears to be becoming milder. COLONIAL FRUIT. Three hundred cases of apples by the Mamari realised from ios to i6s each. LABOR COMMISSION. The Labor Commission begins its sittings on May 26th. EXPENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT. The German Emperor proposed to bring a retinue of seventy with him on his visit to England in July, but the Queen requested him to reduce the number. A SON’S FOLLIES. Truth states that the Queen is advancing a sum of money running into six figures to redeem the mortage on the Sandringham estates. AN OLD HUMBUG. General Boulanger has been warned that he will be expelled from Belgium if he continues his political agitation. The separation of the property of Madame and General Boulanger has been granted. GOVERNMENT AUDITING. A new bank law has been passed by the Cape -Parliament, giving greater security to depositors, by means of the State’s supervision. A LABOR VICTORY. Sixty thousand Welsh miners have secured an advance of 2Ji per cent in wages. AN OLD SORE AGAIN PROBED. The Emperor William still feels angry at the treatment received by the Empress Frederick during her recent visit to the French capital, and has expressed indignation at the attitude the Parisians assumed towards her. In order to show the Emperor’s feeling in the matter, General Von Caprivi, the Imperial Chancellor, has ordered the mobilisation of three of the German army corps, on the French frontier, MONEY MARKET DEPRESSED. Stocks have collapsed in Portugal, London, and Paris, the Bank refusing to cash notes issued by the Portuguese Banks. A revolution is looked for as the probable outcome of the crisis, but the financial situation is now improving.

THE POOR JEWS.

TWO THOUSAND JEWS IN A STARVING CONDITION. RACE HATRED. Information has been received in London that two thousand Jews are starving at Corfu, one of the lonian Islands, off the coast of Greece. The Rothschilds and Baron Hirsch have sent a relief committee to the islands, A French cruiser (has been ordered to Corfu, in view of trouble with the Jews. An anti-Jewish outbreak has occurred at Corfu, and two persons have been killed. Thousands are hurrying away horn the island, fearing their lives to be in danger. A British warship has been ordered to the island to protect British residents.