The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-11-28
FOkEIGN SUMMARY.

The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess
on the steamer Sarmatian.
CoNsCRIPTs and their friends have caused
serious disturbance at Riga, Russia, and
there have been many arrests.
A DISPATCH in the Journal des Debats,
of Paris, reports that Manuel Pardo, ex-
President OF Peru, has been assassinated.
The British column advancing into
Afghanistan by way of Quetta has occupied
without resistance Sibi, due east of Dazar.
AT an official banquet given-on the night
of the 18th November, at Copenhagen, the
betrothal of the Princess Thyra to the Duke
of Cumberland was formally announced.
The British troops advanced ON Khyber
Pass, in Afghanistan, on November 21, and
the skirmishing was very lively. A private
telegram received in London reports the
killed and wounded at three hundred.
THE London Tin, sees good reasons for
believing that the winter campaign in
Afghanistan will close soon. The scarcity
of fuel and forage in the mountainous dis
tricts would make effective winter operations
almost impossible. "Afghanistan," it has
been said by good authority, " is land of
rocks, sand, deserts, ice and snow. Take a
small force into the country and you are
beaten; take a large one and you are
starved"
THE British force advancing upon the
Ameer of Cabul is reported to be suffering
intensely from cold, one hundred men in
each regiment being disabled. The column
T.
ten miles distant from Quettah, and
proclamation was read advising the native
chiefs to remain at their homes, as the war
is against no one but the Ameer. The
news that hostilities have actually begun
produces little excitement in London. If
the Russians should decide to abandon their
position of neutrality and take a hand in
the struggle, affairs might wear a different
aspect.
A Naples special says that Siguor Melillo,
editor of the Censor newspaper, has been
arrested. He was formerly an associate Of
Passanante, the would-be assassin of King
Humbert, and was arrested with him in
| 1870 for posting revolutionary placards
A shopkeeper who sold Pa>sanante the
knife with which he attempted to kill the
King, has also been arrested. Passanante
| informed his examiners that his intention
was to finish King Humbert, and if he had
had money enough to buy revolver he
would have succeeded. He had no personal
feeling against the King or the Government.
He intended the assassination as means
| towards universal Republic.
THE Emperor William was deeply moved
at hearing of the attempted assassination
of King Humbert, following so shortly after
the attempt on his own person and King
Alfonso. He Immediately telegraphed King
Humbert, thanking God for his escape from
the assassin's knife, and expressing intense
gratitude to the Almighty for the wondrous
escape of the Queen and the Crown
Prince Victor Emmanuel. Prince Bis
marck likewise telegraphed the King of
Italy congratulating him upon his escape
from the assassin. A general belief prevails
at Berlin in the existence of widespread
international plot against the lives of the
leading sovereigns of Europe. Among the
people the feeling is almost that of terror.
Many distinguished men have urged upon
the Government the necessity of strengthen
ing the guards at the Royal Palace. The
Emperor William and Crown Prince Fred
erick William are implored to observe the
greatest precautions.