TELEGRAPHIC.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3625, 24 August 1901, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

BRITISH & FOREIGN, United Tress Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 8.56 a.m., August 23rd. THE KING AND THE KAISER. BERLIN, August 22. The Kaiser has presented King Edward with a magnificent epergne, of the Kaiser's own design, and which is the most elabor- ! ate produced since the 18th centuryReceived 8.56 a.m.,. August 23rd. THE MARTEN CASE. The whole of the German press is indignant at the condemnation of Marten on charges of mutiny and murder on what is described as the flimsiest evidence. The papers declare that unless the conviction is quashed there will be a gross miscarriage of justice. The prosecutor merely insisted that the case was one of manslaughter. PRINCE CHUN'S MISSION TO GERMANY. Prince Chun's mission to Germany being expiatory of the murder of Herr Ketteler, he will be escorted in procession through the chief thoroughfares. RECEPTION OF THE KAISER. The Kaiser was received with a great pageant at the palace at Berlin, in the presence of the Generals, Admirals, Count von Bulow, and Ministers of State. Received 9.8 a.m., August 23rd. FRANCE AND TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 22. M. Constans, French Ambassador at Constantinople, has severed relations with Turkey, owing to the Sultan not fulfilling a promise to purchase the French quays at Constantinople. Another point at issue is the settlement of two French bankers' claims for £BOO,OOO. There is a concensus of opinion in well informed circles that the Sultan will yield at the last moment. The price stipulated for the quays was 41,000,000 francs. PARIS, August 22. The cruiser Gassard has started for Constantinople, and a division is ready to follow. THE REIMS REVIEW. One hundred and twenty-five thousand troops will participate in the Reims review. August 24. The French Government are withholding full diplomatic rupture with Turkey, hoping that the Sultan will yield. A naval ' division is ready to proceed to Constantinople. VISIT OF THE CZAR. The Czar and Czaritza spend five days in France. A JAPANESE COMPLAINT. TOKIO, August 22. There is growing indignation in Japan owing to the insulting discrimination of Hawaiian medical inspectors against Japanese ladies travelling in steamships. EXPEDITION AGAINST A SLAVE RAIDER. LONDON, August 22. Colonel Morlani, Commandant of the Northern Nigeria forces,is proceeding with a strong force to Yola, 500 miles from Lokoja, to punish the slave-raiding Emir of Adamama, Central Africa. CRICKET. Yorkshire made 107 runs without the loss of a wicket in their second innings against Sussex. Brown and Tunnicliffe stonewalled for three hours. EARL RUSSELL. The petition for the release of Earl Russell has been rejected. NEW LINE OF STEAMERS. The syndicate which is constructing a pier at Berehaven for the accommodation of a new fast Tine of Atlantic steamers, proposes to use oil fuel, and run the vessels at the rate of 24 knots an hour. Dover has been offered as a port of call between Berehaven and Germany. TRADE PROSPECTS. The "Times" says that there is a more hopeful feeling in trade prospects; that the shrinkage in general business during 1901 was small, and that wool is slightly recovering. THE ROYAL TOUR, Reuter's correspondent says that the conduct of the students of the University of Capetown in connection with the Duke of Cornwall's visit was decorous, and in striking contrast to the uproarious behaviour of the undergraduates at the Melbourne and Sydney Universities. CAPETOWN, August 23. The Duke of Cornwall laid the buttressstone of the new Cathedral here, and her Royal Highness the Duchess, the cornerstone of the Queen Victoria Nurses' Home. The Royalties exchanged farewell messages with Lord Kitchener. DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD. HONGKONG, August 23. A flood breached both banks of the Yellow river, causing immense-destruction. THE REVOLUTION IN COLOMBIA. NEW YORK, August 24. Advices from Curacoa state that 1000 Government troops have left Venezuela in transports to invade Colombia via the seaport of Rio Qhico, in support of the revolution in progress in the latter Republic.