BRITISH AND FOREIGN

West Coast Times, Issue 10530, 14 July 1897, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

London, July 12. The Times, commenting on the unconditional fjif t of a battleship by Cape Colony to the Empire, says that it promises to become an event of profound importance ii+ tfye world's history, and incHoat^s the : Colony 'taaltees %j only souud theory in naval warfare h that the central authority should be unfettered in its operations. ' The Standard states Turkey is preparing ten thousand reserves for active serThe Times states the Sultan.'s petsomd telegrams to five Sovereigns and'Presidenfc Faure was a signal failure, and that the Powers' decision remains unalterable. The Welsh choir serenaded 'the Pre- : miers, while visiting the Earl Cairingfcon. : Obituary— Lord Hindlip, aged 55. ] The British newspapers are specially I

enthusiasfac 6'vcr 'the lact ifeat the present by the Cape Government of a warship to the Empire is unfettored. Constantinople, July 12. Military officers and civil servants have been arrested at Constantinople. The Porte, on the pretext of repressing disorder, has proposed to reinforce Turkish troops in Crete. The Embassies , at Constantinople are endeavoring to dis- . suade the Porte from this course. | Capetown, July 10. t The railway to Buluwayo in Rhodesia 5 is to be formally opened in November. 1 Copenhagen, July 13. , A terrible railway collision occurred at ; Gcontoffe whore the Helsingfors express ; train came into collision with a passenger ' train. Forty persons were killed and - sixty injured, chiefly of tho artisan class. I New York, July 13. t Terrible heat is being experienced * throughout the United States. Over 2000 , cases of severe prostration have bceD rc- > ported and 35 deaths have occurred since 1 fyip beginning of the month, .