SPECIALS.
London, August 13. The method in which the Kaiser goes grouse-sbooting is tbua described :— A hut was Bpecially buiit at the end of a ravine, and 80 beatera drove the birds past it. Three attendants were kept busy loading, gone, and tba Imperial Bpoitsman was thus enabled to keep up a continuous fueilade ; and secure an enormous bag. Kubarega'd army is praetioally annihilated and the troubles in Unyoro may be oonsidered finally settled. The • Daily Cnioniole'a ' Odessa oorree-. poudent says it is. reported that the Czar intends to withdraw from the active gaidanoe of affairs, a^d will entiUßt the reins of power to the Dowager-Empress P/ofessor Vauabery, the well-known authority ou the Eaßtern qutstion, deoL.rta that the reforms euggeß ed by the Powetß to Turkey in regard to Armenia will not sucoeed uulees they are carried out on a wide basia. 'I he reports of the outrages, he Bays, are largely sham, and do not reveal ihe trua state of affaita, He considers Turkey will not bear the humiliation of European supervision. Great Britain has protested against the cession by China of a portion of Kinhung, which extends the French territory La Further India to the Mekong, and prsctioally abolishes the buffer State intended to prevent the two European Powers ooming into oon~ tact. The Macedonians have appealed to Mr Gladstone to assist them in their struggle! against Turkish oppression. Zanzibiß, August 13. Four hundred. blae-jackdis and Soudanese, with 800 porters, have been sent to Mombasaa to punieh toe rebellious natives. The expedition iB supplied with Maxim guns. Eome, August 12. The Appeal Court acquitted both Signor Crispi and Signor Cavalotii of the ohargas of perjury and fraud.
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Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8328, 16 August 1895, Page 2
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279SPECIALS. Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8328, 16 August 1895, Page 2
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