What the Cables Say.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 4, 26 January 1899, Page 15

What the Cables Say.

Madrid, January 21.— The funeral of Christopher Columbus's remains was an imposing ceremony. There wag an immense con- °? vu arße.° a rBe .°, f P e ?P le > who were deeply affected, and recognised the end or bpam s colonial empire. Rome, January 22.— The Pope has recovered from his illness, but he is still very weak. THE BAMOAX TROUBLE. The Samoan trouble is still engaging the attention of the three powers— fcntdand, Germany, and the United States— inujrebted. Germany declares that she is satisfied with the treaty, and denies having encouraged the rebellion. Un the other hand, the authorities at Washington iear there will be trouble before Dr. Raffel, prepident of the provisional Government, is restrained. German residents m Sydney, however, maintain that only one side of the question has been told in the cables, and that when fuller information is received a different complexion will be put on ihe matter. The < erman Ambassador at Washington has assured Colonel Hay that if the action attributed to the German Consul at Apia and Dr. Raffel is confirmed it will be disavowed and the offenders will be punished. Later advices say that the German Press adopts a moderate tone, and. suggests that the ambassadors of Great Britain and America at Berlin should settle the dispute with Baron von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs