BRITISH AND FOREIGN

West Coast Times, Issue 10533, 17 July 1897, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

London, July 15. A hundred and seventy-two London firms have conceded the engineers demands for an eight hours day. At a mass meeting of Glasgow workers bitter complaints were made that they were locked out although they had not joined in the demands made by the Amalgamated Engineers Association. The Standard's correspondent at Constantinople states tho Porte hus agreed to reduce the Greek war indemnity by two million pounds. The Times' correspondent states Towfik Pasha has requested explicit terras, otherwise Turkey will refuse to negotiate on tho basis submitted by the Powers. The Times states foreign embasaadors have asked Tcwfik Pasha to definitely consent or re.'use to negotiate for. geafio with Greqce on the basis of terms (put forward by the Powers. Mr Reid is visiting Johnstono, his birthplace in Scotland. Ho had an enthusiastic reception. jTho residents dragged the carriage to the Town Hall. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has rejected J|rs. Qare>v,'s appeal for leave to appeal against the sentence passed upon her by the Court at Yokohama, Japan. Mrs Carew in February last was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband by poisoning at Yokohama. The sentence was afterwards commuted to penal servitude for Ufa. Archdeacqn Sinclair, q£ Lo.nd.Qn, jn a letter to the Times, suggests a conference of employers and engineers to discuss the difficulty. Lady Scctt, who in January last was sentenced to 8 month'sjimprisonment for criminally libelling her son-in-law, Lord Russell, Ms been released. Right Hon. A. J. Mundella., jM.p. for Sheffield, and President of the Board of Trade in Gladstone's last two ministries has had a stroke of paralysis The Standard states Turkey's demands have been considerably modified and there seems a chance of the Turks listening to reason. The Amalgamated Eugineers, Lo^oo iave expressed a willingness to confer ,»pon the points in disputes.

Ten days mutual truce has been a: ranged between Glasgbw and Clyde ci gineering firms and their employees. A mass meeting of the London Boilei makers {Society adopted resolutions aj ainst the strike! Members of the Junior Carlton Clv banqueited a large number of Colonial; The visitors included the Premiers o Queensland, Cape Colony and N& Fbunllaria and Sir John Hall. One Hundred and ninety bishops au< clergymen of the Church of England to day visited Windsor Castle and were en tertained at luncheon. The Bishops oi Sydney and Auckland were presented t( the Queen. Most Australian competitors at Bislej are suffering from slight colds. They also feel the disadvantage of unevenness in the wind owing to trees in the neighborhood' of the ranges, consequently the shooting is somewhat irregular. At the Newmarket Second July meeting the Australian bred racehorse Acmena won the High Weight Handicap. Capetown, July 16. The (Jape newspapers concur in the Transvaal Raid Committee's report. WASiiiNGrtfN, July 15. The Foreign Relations Committee of the SeWafe has recommended ratification of the treaty, for annexation of Hawaii by America without amendment Sherman has informed Colonel Johu Hay, th'e'new American Ambassador in London, that Great Britain is responible for the embarrassment cf relations between, the two countries, owing to the refusal to join tbe Behring Sea Fisheries Conference proposed by America with a view of. procuring an amended international agreement for the better protection of seals iv che Behring Sea. Sherman adds that the neglect to protect the fisheries is resulting in the commercial extermination of fur seals. Calcutta, July 15. A punitive military . expedition has been despatched, from India against the treacherous tribesmen in Tochi Valley, Afghanistan. They will destroy a'l fortified native positions between Maizar and Sheranni. Constantinople, July 15. A stormy interview has taken place between Kalli Refaat Pasha, Turkish Grand Vizier, and Nehdofi:, Russian" Ambassador. The course the Vizier declared was that the Turkish troops would evacbato Thessaly when Russia restored Kaii and Batoum to lurkey. Tewfik Pasha assumes peace negotiations to-morrow. The foreign ambassadors consider the prospects of a settlement have improved.