CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Per Press Association.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1994, 12 May 1892, Page 34

CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Per Press Association.)

A deputation waited on the Chief of Police at Chicago and asked for a return of red flags which had been seized. He refused, saying the state of the city would become intolerable if Anarchism were encouraged, and he insisted on legal methods of reform being used. Ine deputation threatened to prosecute the police. Lcefier, a dentist, declares that the illness of the horse Orme is due to a decayed tooth, part of which he extracted. He predicts a return of the illness. .. Ten Jewesses are being tried at vilna, Russia, on a charge of murdering 65 new-born babies for the sake of profit. • It is reported that the mail tram on the Buda-Pesth line, Austria, was stopped by the explosion of a bomb, three persons being injured. . Twelve arrests have been made in connection with the explosion at Liege, Belgium. A majority of the Republic National Convention are in favour of nominating President Harrison again for the United States PresiSirF Griffith has withdrawn the language complained of by the Bank of England. The latter institution has resumed its relations with Queensland, The Otago and Southland Investment Company'have declared a dividend of 5 per cent, and carried forward LISOO, also decided to write L 35.000 off the reserve fund and apply L 4300 to the suspense account to meet bad debts. The directors in their report complain of the uncertainty as to the future taxation in New Zealand. # . Reports have been received from West Alrica that Consul Johnston has put down the hostile movement in the Nyassa district. The London County Council intends to ask Parliament to pass a measure enabling women to occupy seats on the council. Mr William Grey, a relative of Sir George Grey, has been successful in establishing his claim to the Earldom of Stamford. The Spanish Government proposes that judges should try dynamiters without a jury. Twenty thousand women have signed a petition to the Canadian Parliament asking for the suffrage. Mr Abbot, Premier of Canada, replying to a deputation, said he hoped female suffrage would become law in Canada. The Vossiche Zeitung thinks the Zollverein suggested by Canada will promote reprisals. The Russian paper Novosti says the Porte will not send an answer *to Bulgaria's complaint. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,904,000 quarters. The estimated visible supply of American wheat is 49,400,000 bushels. A cargo of South" Australian wheat sold at 36s 6d. New Zealand apples in sound condition are selling at 5s to 15s per case. Bishops Barry, Selwyn, and Coddrmgton have letters in the Guardian on the subject of coloured labour in Queensland. Bishop Barry, although confident that Sir S. Griffith will do his best to remedy abuses, has grave fears that he will noj; succeed. Bishop Selwyn describes the Queensland traffic in temperate language* and considers it an abuse of words to call such a system slavery or inhuman. Serious abuses exist, but they are capable of removal, and he believes the traffic may be made to benefit .both- the islands and Queensland. Bishop Coddrington is of opinion that no kind of treatment by Queensland plantation owners can compensate for the wrong done to the islanders. Mr Cunningham Graham accused Mr Asquith, Q.C., M.P., of making a swindling speech in support of public companies. He was named by tha Speaker and suspended. Mr Graham declared he was named because he was a supporter of Socialism, and left the House, saying he did not care a damn, and the House of Commons was a swindle on the Socialist question. The Investors' Review asserts that the entire fabric of Australasian civilisation is built upon debt, and another credit storm in London will possibly drive the colonies into bankruptcy. Fresh loans will be generally demanded, and they will be covered only on terms adverse to the balance of trade. The corporate and private debts of the colonies together are large enough for a population of 20 millions. Banks and rings of loamnongers are partly responsible for this state of things, and they are now loaded to an extent almost sufficient to destroy their credit were the facts disclosed. The Review urges that borrowing should be reduced to a minimum. This is only the beginning of bad times. The Globe says the colonies are hankering after fresh loans, and ridicules the idea of their being able to restore confidence. ■ A cable message has been received in London saying that Mr Dibbs, the New South Wales Premier, represents .Victoria and South Australia as well as New South Wales, and probably other colonies, on matters of great Australian interests. This intimation has caused some surprise in the city, and the Agentsgeneral are perplexed to know what it means. It is rumoured in the city that the reason Sir S. Griffith apologised is because Queensland desires to issue a loan shortly. May 5. It is rumoured that Mr Dibbs' mission is to secure the passing of a bill by the Imperial Parliament enabling trustees to invest in colonial securities, but it is regarded as doubtful if he will succeed. Sir C. Tupper, the Agents-general, and members of a committee, prepared a measure dealing with the question, but Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, would not consent, and generally it is feared Parliament would be hostile to the proposal. Mr J. Morley ridicules the "labour quackeries" of Lord R. Churchill, and in a letter to The Times urges thac an Imperia Customs' Union, based on Freetrade all round, would undoubtedly be the best for the Empire. The House of Commons has rejected a bill embodying the principle that local councils should be empowered to confiscate the unearned increment. The Liberal leaders supported it. It is stated that a group of London houses has contracted to raise four millions for Portugal. The Archbishop of Paris has conveyed a message of consolation from the Pope to M. Very, who was seriously hurt in the explosion at his residence. The United States Congress has re-enacted the Chinese Exclusion Bill, adding enforced registration and a penalty of one year in prison for unlawfully entering the States, at the end of which time the detenuds are to be sent back to China. Mr Savill Kent at a conversazione of the Royal Society exhibited a splendid pearl produced by artificial process The Manchester Chamber of Commerce, after a three days' debate, resolved to urge the Government to promote an international agree-

ment securing a stable par of exchange between gold and silver. The New Zealand team or amateur athletes has arrived. Mr Molloy, M.P. for Birr, in the course of an interview with the Pall Mall Gazette, said the Randt, at Johannesburg, was the biggest and most permanent goldfield in the world. The output of the various mines for March was 92,0000z. The Pope has wired to the Duke of Norfolk that he is pleased with the proposal to erect a memorial to the late Cardinal Manning. It is again announced that Mr Blame has withdrawn from candidature for the United States Presidency. The Paris paper Le Temps, commenting on the revival of kanaka labour in Queensland, taunts England with permitting the committal of one of the most serious scandals sullying the reputation of mankind in modern times. In the House of Lords to-day Earl Kimberley questioned the Secretary for the Colonies with regard to the employment of coloured labour by the Queensland Government, and asked what safeguard there was to prevent old abuses being repeated. Lord Knutsford, in reply, said he was unaware what precautions would be taken to protect kanakas, but he was satisfied the Queensland Government would make adequate arrangements to that end. He had instructed the admiral on the Australian station to watch the importation and suggest how abuses could be avoided. Referring to employment of coolies, he considered it the duty of the Indian Government to see their safe return was secured in the event of dissatisfaction. May 6. Mr Cunningham Graham avers that he secured his suspension because violence and not argument was the only thing which would compel attention to social questions in the House of Commons. He stated he intended to terrorise the House. Ravachol is now undergoing trial in Paris for the murder of a hermit. His confederate, Matchein, is believed to be in London. Sentence has been passed on him in the Paris courts of five years for theft. The Council of State has condemned the letter issued by French bishops. It is stated that the Pope has sent a letter to the French cardinals enjoining Catholics to be loyal to the Republic. He claims the right to direct them on political matters when united to religious conduct. City financiers resent the statement attributed to Mr Ballance, that it is necessary to wean New Zealand from servile dependence on the London money market. The Marquis of Salisbury and the Hons. Messrs Goschen and Balfour will receive the deputation who desire to urge the establishment of a staple par exchange between countries using gold and silver. In the House of Lords Lord Knutsford mentioned that the admiral of the South Pacific station and Captain Davies had reported on the state of the labour traffic, stating that there was no fault to be found in regard to the treatment the kanaka labourers received in Queensland. The abuses of recruiting had taken place prior to 1884, and they were such as deserved censure by the civilised world ; but it was hardly fair to condemn the whole system of recruiting upon the seven voyages which the commission had investigated. The Imperial Government, Lord Knutsford went on to say, would support any precaution, however stringent, that Premier Griffith thought necessary to ensure the proper engagement and employment of kanaka labour. In the House of Commons Baron De Worms replied in a similar strain. Mr Samuel Smith, M.P., who will renew the question in the House, asserts that Lord Kimberley advised the employment of coolies. The Times asserts that the delegates in favour of the separation of the northern part of Queensland at present have made out a very strong prima facie case ; but Lord Knutsford will proceed cautiously, as Queensland colonists are not "the steadiest in their loyalty to the mother country, and are also most suspicious of Imperial interference. They will probably decide to await the fate of the Decentralisation Bill before moving in the matter. Lord Knutsford, replying to the Queensland deputation, said he did not consider that the separation question was ripe for interference on the part of the Imperial Government, but he thought that Sir Samuel Griffith's proposal for three provincial legislatures, with a central Parliament, was a reasonable solution of the difficulty. May 7. The Daily Telegraph considers that the present demand for Australian securities will probably be followed by new loans. The Pall Mall Gazette considers that Mr Dibbs, Premier of New South Wales, who is en route to England, will have his work cut out to reassure investors in colonial stock, especially after the letter published by Mr Wilson, of the Standard, in the "Investors' Review." Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, personally favours a solution of the Queensland question by federation and states, if Sir Samuel Griffith's bill is again rejected by the colonial legislature, doubtless the Imperial Government and Parliament will be prepared to consider the question. The Times announces that experts pronounce Joshua Brothers' Australian brandy to be palatable, of a high quality, and possessing all the genuine characteristics of cognac. The paper lauds Messrs Joshua for developing the industry. The Hon. A. J. Balfour, leader of the House of Commons, has virtually promised that the Government will legislate against the admission of destitute aliens to the United Kingdom. Colonial stocks are very firm. Prices are advancing, and there is a better feeling all round. The recently established Blackball Colliery Company, of Greymouth, New Zealand, is arranging to supply coal to the steamers belonging to the. New Zealand Shipping Company and Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company. A train carrying the outward Australian mails was derailed at Amiens. Five vans were smashed, but the mails were not injured. His Holiness the Pope has issued another encyclical to the French cardinals, in which he urges unity and harmony and accepting with? out reserve the constituted Government, but retaining the right to combat legislation in opposition to the good of the church. Mowbray, publisher of the Anarchist paper Commonwealth, has been acquitted of the charge of inciting to murder. Nicholl, the editor, who admitted the authorship of the article in question, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. May 8. The issue of a Portuguese loan is confirmed. Several French bishops have been deprived of State emoluments. The. British Women's Temperance Union have declared iv favour of woman's suffrage. Three thousand dynamite cartridges have been Btolen from a private store in Corfu. The President of the United States has signed the Chinese Exclusion Bill. The rumours that Russia will shortly Bhip a

large quantity of cereals has unsettled the market.

Queenslanders at Home are gratified at the attitude taken up by Lord Knutsford on the subject of kanaka labour. The Times thinks that shrinkage of the European brandy supply will form the foundation of a new Australian industry. A Canadian commission is inquiring into the chargesagainst Sir A. P. Caron of appropriating public money to his own use. A Canadian company are inquiring into the prasticability of utilising the Niagara Falls for the production of electricity. Spain has refused Great Britain most favoured nation treatment, and in consequence parleying between the two countries has ceased. The Royal Commission on Vaccination has condemned the repeated infliction of penalties for resistance and treatmont of offenders as criminals. It has been calculated that during the past two years the securities admitted to quotation on the Stock Exchange havo fallen 250 millions in value. Seven thousand refugees from the villages in Kazan, Russia, are dependent on charity. They are begging for subsistence, and sleeping in public shelters. It is believed that the recovery of colonial stocks is assured, provided that loans are kept down to a minimum and transactions confined to large business, and not to driblets. The London press are assuming a more friendly tone. The Economist, in an article on the Queensland mines, states that of 26 companies floated in London since August and October 1886, only four are at present paying dividends. It advises merchants to be cautious in supplying companies with limited liability. Mr S. Smith commenting on Baron de Worms' reply respecting the employment of coloured labour in Queensland, said that the Government had virtually sanctioned the renewal of the slave trade. His notice to bring up the matter again was received by the Liberals with cheers. May 9. It is reported that Bulgaria intends to close the Danube to Russian steamers. Archbishop Vaughan will be enthroned .in tho Catholic See of Westminster. Great damage and some loss of life have been caused in Peoria, Illinois, by floods breaking an embankment. It is reported that a movement to induce all the Chinese in America to return to China causes uneasiness. It was the Protectionists in Spain who induced Senor Canovas to stop the negotiations over the renewal of the Anglo-Spanish commercial treaty. The Chinese military students at Chun King, in the province of Le CLuen, are, with the Viceroy's connivance, expelling the British missionaries. A serious drought is being experienced in Mexico. Many people are reduced to destitution, and the Government are issuing grain to keep them from starving.. It is alleged that the Hawaiian Government "suggested annexation of that country to the Foreign Committee of , the United States House of Representatives, fearing that Great Britain would forestall the United States. The Standard prophecies that there will be a long period of stagnation unless the outburst of speculation causes an abundance of money. It is reported in Chicago that the story that Patrick O'Sullivan, convicted of the murder of Cronin, died recently is merely a concoction to facilitate his escape by the substitution of. a bogus body for him. The Rev. Mr Woods, who is a candidate for the secretaryship of the Congregational Church, has* been accused of plagiarism. The Revs. Rogers and Hall, both of them eminent Congregational ministers, deny that the charge has been proved, but the Rev. J. Parker hopes that under the circumstances Mr Woods will withdraw his nomination. The Chinese Minister to the United States declares that the Chinese Exclusion Bill just passed will reduce the Chinese in America to the status of semi-convicts, and compel their exodus. He states that the Chinese merchants in the United States and HoDgkong have jointly sent a petition to the Emperor against the disabilities to which they are subject. The Baptist paper has abandoned Home Rule, on the ground that it is convinced that an Irish Parliament means a priest-ridden Parliament. Mr Gladstone declined the editor's request to express his views upon the anti-Home Rule appeal to 1000 Nonconformist ministers in Ireland. May 10. In the House of Commons to-day Baron de Worms stated that Lord Knutsford had cabled to the Governor of Queensland asking if he has given his assent to the Polynesian Labour Bill, which provides for the employment of kanaka labour in Queensland, and, if the measure was in operation, hoping Sir S. Griffith would delay issuing licenses until he (Lord Knutsford) had seen the act. Lord Knutsford considered that the safeguards aud regulations with regard to employment of such labour would probably suffice, if steadily enforced by England and Queensland. At the Colonial Institute to-day Mr W. B. Perceval, Agent-general for New Zealand, declared that the colony he represented offered a safe field for investment, and was rapidly developing its wealth. He defended the financial legislation of the Government, and denied that the Labour party in tho House of Representatives had advocated confiscation or repudiation. He thought statesmen had exhibited timidity in preparing Imperial federation. It is expected that 60,000 gal of Australian brandy will be placed on the English market before Christmas, and it is hoped that a large trade with New York will also be developed. New Zealand apples ex Kaikoura are selling at from 8s to 15s per case. The consignment of grapes ex the same steamer arrived in good condition, having been well packed, and are selling at 9d per lb. The death is announced of Baron Bramwell at the age of 84. Bramwell (Lord), The Right Hon. George William Wilshere, son of a banker, born m London, in 1808, was in early youth placed in his fathers counting-house, where he acquired a practical knowledge of the business of banking, which in after years proved of great value to him. Haying resolved to try the legal profession, he practised for some time as a pleader, and was, in 1838, called to the bar, and went the Home Circuit. He gradually obtained a large business as a lawyer and pleader ; in 1851 became a Queen s Counsel, and in 1852 was a member, with Sir J. Jervis, Sir A. Cockburn, Mr Willes, and Mr Baron Martin, of the Common Law Procedure Commission, which resulted in the Common Law Procedure Act of 1852. He was also, a member of the commission for inquiring into the law of partnership. Differing from the majority of the commission he recommended the adoption of a law of limited liability and suggested the distinguishing addition to the.name of "such companies of " limited." This gave great satisfaction, and Mr Bramwell was, in 1858, made a baron of the Exchequer, and received the honour of knighthood. In October 1876 he was made a judge of the intermediate Court of Appeal and ■worn of the Privy Council. He retired from the bench in 1881, and in February 1882 was raised to

the peerage as Btiron Bramwell, of Hever, County of Kent. Lord Bramwell's frequent letters to the Times, whether in his own name or signed B, have generally attracted attention. Paris, May 6. A case containing a million francs (L 40,000) has been stolen from the parcels department of the Eastern Railway Company. May 6. Hammond, who was injured by the Anarchist outrage in M. Very's restaurant, has succumbed to . his injuries. M. Very is reported to be sinking. b ■ May 7. Harmless explosions of infernal machines continue in various parts of France and Belgium* A man fired at and missed a sentry posted at the residence of the Minister for Justice, but the bullet wounded a hall porter. May 9. M. JLoubet, Premier and Minister of the Interior, has issued a circular to firms using dynamite in carrying on their business entreating them to use the utmost care to see that none is stolen. He threatens to inflict penalties on those convicted of any carelessness in the matter. The Prefecture of Troyes, the chief town or the department of Aube and the old capital of Champagne, on the bank of the Seine, 103 miles E.S.B. of Paris, has been burnt by Anarchists. In consequence of the growth ot the Anarchist, movement the . French Government' are proposing additions .to the' police force; 1 at an annual cost of L 120.000. ' The Socialists of France declare that England is invading the whole world. The majority of Anarchists arrested previous to May 1 are to be released. J May 10. M. Very, who was seriously injured in the Anarchist outrage on his restaurant, has succumbed. Berlin, May 3. The German Minister of War has resigned. May 6. Jaefer, who absconded from Rothschilds' bank in Frankfort, is reported to have arrived afc Colombo. May 9. An anti- Jewish crusade under the leadership of extreme Conservatives is being fomented in Germany. One Jewish firm is openly charged with selling to the army authorities half a million useless rifles by means of hoodwinking the inspectors of munitions of war. Despite the general clamour, Count yon Caprivi remains silent in the matter. Vienna, May 6. Dynamite cartridges have been found on the Vienna tram' lines. Anarchist literature is being freely distributed throughout Austria. May 9. At Veresviz the house of a notary and the local bank were dynamited. St. PETEnsuuRG, May 3. The police offer a reward of 100,000 roubles for the discovery of the printing office in which the Anarchist literature is printed. May 4. The Jewesses on trial at Vilna for infanticide were sentenced" to various terms from six to 20 years. May 5. It is reported that the Czar and Czarina will leava on a visit; to the Emperor of Germany on the 21sb inst., and that their Majesties will stay several days in Berlin. May 6. A fierce conflict has taken place on the Polish frontier owing to Russian gendarmes preventing a large body of peasants leaving the country. Many were wounded. May 8. The free export of cereals from Russia is imminent. May 10. The Nihilists have poisoned M. Grosseu, Prefect of Police in St. Petersburg, and hiß recovery is considered hopeless. Twenty thousand Russians in Lody, near Warsaw, attacked' the Jewish quarters, killing many. , Rome, May 6. The Marquis Rudini (Premier^ has been defeated on a vote of confidence arising out of dissatisfaction with the Government's financial proposals. The King will accept his resignation, and Signor Saracca will probably become Premier. May 7. Signor Giolletti, to whom the overthrow of Rudiui's Government was mainly due, approves of the latter's foreign and military policy, but dissents from the financial proposals. The Parisian press declare that the King of Italy is confronted with disarmament or bankruptcy. . ' • May 9. At the Savoy Club, in Leghorn, a bomb was exploded, but no harm was done. Brussels, May 4. A man arrested afc Mons confessed that, with the help of four others, he intended to dynamite the residences of leading citizens. Arrests continue in Liege. The police believe they possess a clue to a widespread plot for terrorising citizens. Much dy»amite has been seized, but the recent explosions were caused by the help of forcite, of which large quantities have been stolen. More outrages are feared. May 5. One of those taken into custody in connection with the outrage iv Liege has confessed to the crime. Zanzibar, May 3. Information has been received from Captain Lugard declaring himself to be in immediate danger at Uganda. May 4 Emm Pasha is suffering from smallpox. May 8. It is reported here that Emm Pasha is dead. Singapore, May 7. • The Pahang rebels are showing a bolder front, and have killed several Chinese, besides attacking a Sikh escort. Owing to outrages the -.coolies are deserting the mines. Public opinion in Singapore censures the Governor for refusing to employ the military and the navy in suppressing the revolt. Washington, May 3. Congress has grauted permission to the Inman line of steamers to carry the American flag on condition that any further additions to the fleet are built in America. May 8. Mr J. G. Blame is seeking to secure a Silver Convention in London in July. May 9. The Chinese Minister has officially protested against the Chinese Exclusion Bill as a violation of treaty rights. A majority of the Foreign Committee of the House of Representatives is in favour of the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. Mr Blame, Secretary of State, is pushing the movement. May 10. The Senate has endorsed the arrangement with the Inman line of steamers for securing the City of New York and City of Paris as war cruisers, besides five other fast steamers, in the event of war. San Francisco, May 4. A house at Los Angelo*, crowded with.

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people, was dynamited, and the occupants badly shaken. May 6. The Californian express train fell over tho Dcs Moines bridge. Seven persons were killed and 15 injured.