LATE CABLE NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3426, 21 September 1885, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

■ (By Telegraph.) ; (Per steamer at the Bluff.) ' X.OXDOX, Sept. 8. ! Mr Alexander Elder, member m London ' for tlie Adelaide shipping firm of Elder, ' Smith and Co., lias died at the age of 70. | Sept. 9. ' The German gunboat which conveyed to [ Yap the landing party who hoisted the ' German flag on that island has now left the Caroline Islands. Taj) has been left ungarrisoned, and it is expected that Spain will be allowed peaceably to retake possession of the whole group. The Times to-day publishes a statement to the effect that Emporor Wilhelm has made a promise to King Alfonso that Germany will withdraw all claim to the k Caroline Islands provided that tho Spanish 3 occupation is rendered effective. 1 Sept. 11. ' The prospects of a peaceable settlement of * tho dispute between Germany and Spain etill ■'" continues to exist. Tho Spanish Government r have agreed lo publish m the oflicial '• Gazette an acceptable apology for the in- ' dignity to which the German Embassy at c Madrid was recently subjected by a Bection of 0 tho populace, but express a hope that tho D claims of Spain to the Caroline Islands will '■' be recognised without relegating the question n to arbitration, as tho German Government have proposed to do. 8 Louis Heil has appealed ngainst the judg- " ment passed npon him. The appeal, howa ever, has been dismissed. v A reduction m the rates chargeable on Press messages by submarine cable ffom y Europe to India nnd Australia will probably 6 come into operation on the Ist January next. >• Sept. 14th. '' The Spanish squadron remains inert at 3 Tap. All the German vessels have departed. ' The status quo will be maintained now until " negotiations are completed.