TELEGRAPHIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4574, 20 February 1893, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

•"• . — ■ [Special to JfßEss association/} FOOTBALL. LONDON, Feb. 19. The annual football match between" the Oxford and Cambridge Universities was won by the former. AREESTED. Mr Edward S. W. de Cobain, formerly member for Belfast East, who in April, 1891, was accused of a grave criminal offence, and who fled to Spain, has been arrested in Belfast and will be placed on trial. HAWAII. WASHINGTON, Feb. If. The Committee of the Senate has ; reported in favour of the Hawaiian Treaty. Fra. 18. Secretary Foster, in a despatch to Mr J. L. Stevens, the American Minister at Honolulu, approves of his co-operating with the de facto Government for the protection of life and property in the islands, bat disavows his action in setting the authority of America above the Government of Hawaii, in the capacity of Protector, or impairing the independent sovereignty of Hawaii A SCENE' IN THE CONGBBSS. In the Congress to-day, Mr "Witagh, the member for the State of Indiana/ in a speech said he would not believe Mr L. W. Turpin, the member for Alabama, on his oath. Uproar resulted, and Mr Turpin struck Mr Waugh a heavy blow in the face; As order could not be maintained, Congress adjourned. ECUADOR AND COLUMBIA. VENEZUELA, Feb. 19. Ecuador and Columbia have entered into an alliance to resist British encroachment.