CABLEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9234, 29 December 1898, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS

Press AssocmUtm- Electric Telegraph-Copyright Bombay, Decomber 27. ( The officers stationed in India, who c show aptitude for learning the Chinese c language, will be allowed a year's t leave to visit Pekin for tho purpose of ( studying, will be given 1000 i rupees if they pass a satisfactory ( examination.. '' _ 1 FRANCE AND AMERICA. 1 Shanghai, December 24, _ j The American Ambassador at Pekin j has protested to the Chinese Govern- . ment that the proposed extension of ] French concessions in Shanghai would trespass on riparian property. THE ANTI-ANARCHIST CON- ! FERENCE ; Rome, December 25, , The Anti-Anarchist Conference's , report includes a recommendation for ( the establishment of a bureau linkiug \ the police of the different countries independently,,of. diplomacy. The idea is likely.to be^dopted. anmemitic riots in '^ALGIERS. Paris, December 24. In the French Chamber of Deputies, M. Drumont, the. leader of the autiSomitic party, attacked the Government for dismissing Ji, Regis, Mayor of Algiers. M. Dupuy, the Premier, replied, and deplored the anti-Semitic disturbance in Algiers. He said Regis was largely responsible. The Chamber ordered M, Dupuy's significant protest agaiust the anti-Semitic party to be placarded throughout the Republic. A PASHA MURDERED Constantinople, December £4. Hnfuz Bey, one of the Sultan's chamberlains, killed Chani Pasha, an Imperial' aide.de-camp, during a quarrel in a pastry-cook's shop in Constantinople. It is, stated that Chani was the leader of tlje Albanians in Constantinople, and extorted money by threats from- storekeepers. The foreign Embassies had frequently complained of his conduct. AMERICAN AOMVIT? IN THE . : PACIFIC. "Washington, December 24. The American Government have ordered, the gunboat Bennington to seize Wake Island, lying south from tho Anson Archipelago, in the Pacific. NORTH, GERMAN S,S. CO. » Berlin, December 27. The North- German Ljoyds Steamship Company has-renewed the Australian contract for 1.5 years and intend to run a branch service to Singapore and New Guinea. . AFGHANISTAN. Cabul, December 25. _ The Ameer has" written a letter in which he 'states he expeots tho Indian Government to check the incursions of the Wagiris into Afghanistan. Bombay, December 27, A hope is expressed that Hon, G. N. Curzon'sjpersonal acquaintance will allay the threatened difficulty in Afghanistan. CRETE. Oandia, Diwnbcr 27. The Admirals have left Crete. The foreign consuls at Crete will hereafter act as counsellors to Prince George, but it is feared the arrangement will not conduce to harmony in the Island, TEE SPANISH .CABINET, Madrid, ?Decomber,27. , General Campos and other marshals of the army aie strongly opposed to General Weyler being admitted to the Cabinet. . A DUEL POSTPONED. , , Vienna, December 27. The duel between Horinzki ,and Bauffy has been abandoned, the former refusing to discontinue ,the revelations and insisting that the secouds should iusert in the protocol the conditions which are insulting to Banffy'a honor., SHOOTING vAT A JOURNALIST. Paris, December 27. Deputy Paulmier has been fined £600" |or snooting at M. Olivier, the subeditor of La Lanterne. ITALY AND ABYSSINIA. Rome, December 27. The Italian-Abyssinian treaty has beeu concluded, Menelik recognises the present; frontiers of Erythrea and his right' to occupy it if Italy withdraws. AMERICA, AND«CAN ADA. Ottawa, December 27. It is admitted that American exports to Canada have increased largely despite the discrimination in favor of England. NUBAR PASHA DYING. Cairo, December 27. Nubar Pasha, the well-known Egyptian statesman, is dying, SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT. ; "London, December 27, A reilway . collision occured at Appledore in Kent, and 18 persons were injured.