MORE BRITISH ANNEXATIONS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8141, 18 April 1888, Page 3

MORE BRITISH ANNEXATIONS.

London, April 17. The warship Caroline has arrived from Honolulu, and reports the planting of the British flag on Fanin, Christmas, and Penhoyn Islands, recently annexed by Great Britain. RESIGNATION OF COMMANDER OF EGYPTIAN ABMY. Major Kitohener will shortly resign his commission in the Egyptian army. WOOL fALES. At the wool sales to-day prices were tmohanged. Crossbred s are very firm at last quotations. FRENCH CONSTITUTION. Pabis, April 16. General Bonlanger's victory in the election for Norde is regarded in many quarters as presaging violent changes in the Constitution. FERRY DENOUNCES BOULANGER. Paws, April 17. M. Ferry, in the course of an address delivered yesterday, called General Boulanger a mutinous soldier. He urged that M. Floquet should assume a militant attitude, against a Cresaren movement, otherwise France would be plunged into a foreign war. BOULANGER ON THE CONSTITUTION. General Boulanger, in addressing the electors of Norde, said that France demands a constituted Assembly which should give to the people rights which had hitherto been denied them, and make the Republic respected and render it indestruotible. RF.OPENING OF FRENCH PARLIAMENT, The Chamber of Deputies will reopen on Thursday. A disturbance arising out of the recent orisis is feared. General Boulanger has an insignificant following in the Chamber, but he is the rallying point of all the discontented in the country. BOULANGEL'S VICTORY, The French Press agree unanimously that it is impossible to deny that Boulanger's was a complete victory at the Norde eleotion. DISSOLUTION WANTED. General Boulanger threatens to perpetuate the present agitation until he has secured a dissolution of the Chamber. FORTIFYING BBLGIAN FRONTIER. Bbussels, April 16. The Government propose to spend 26 million francs on the Belgian frontier defence. EMPEROR IN A DYING STATE. Berlin, April 16. The condition of the Emperor's health is causing much alarm, and his illness is expected to reaoh a serious orisis within six weeks. Berlin, April 17. All the members of the Royal Family have assembled at Charlottenburg, owing to the serious condition of the Emperor. An official bulletin states that the Emperor is experiencing bad nights, with high fever and shortness of breath. It is stated unofficially that ihe disease is extending down the windpipe, and that the growth is threatening to block the passage altogether. The Emperor is much worse, inflammation of the lungs having set in. He is thought to be in a very critical condition, and Prince William has been appointed to act for him in the transaction of State business, TURKEY PREPARING FOR WAB. Constantinople, April 16. The Porte is increasing its garrison on the Macedonian frontier, and fears of a rising are being entertained. RUSSIA MASSING TROOPS. St. Pjtebsbubg, April 17. Another division of Russian infantry have been ordered to the Austrian frontier. F.XPOLSICN OB JEWS FROM ODESSA. Two thousand Jews have been expelled from Odessa. REVOLUTION IN ROUMELIA. BuonABEST, April 17. The agrarian revolt which has recently broken out is increasing, and several mayors and priests have been killed. The Roumanian territorial army is fraternising with the rebels, and Bucharest is threatened. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF Q.OVERNOR CF OANDAIIAR. Candahab, April IG. An attempt to murder the Governor of this city haß proved unsuccessful, though he only managed to save his life by flight. DREADFUL BTOBM IN CHINA. Honcj Kong, April 10. Cacto, the capital of Tonquin, has been devastated by a wind storm. Over a hundred people were killed, and there are a thousand injured persons in the hospitals. ANOTHI R NATIVE DISTUBBANOE IN AFRICA. Capetown, April 16. Owing to the threatening attitude of the Dartmra tribes in South Western Africa, a body of British troops has been despatched to Walvisoh Bay for the proteotioa of the Europeans there,