The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-02
FOREIGN NEWS.

By the arrival oFttc 2. ". : = Z.alaaas4 on
Monday sc have dates from New Zealand to the
l4th inst. AMI tccsraphic from London to the
lIth.
Trouble Is again brewing IN Eastern Europe.
Russia has stayed tue process Of evacuation. and
has re-occupied tie line Of Qualifications near
C~onst2RtinoIle from which her troops had been
withdrawn She now claims the right to sub
st:uie conditions o. lie Treaty Of =. S,elauo for
those Of Berlin. The reason alleged for this
gross breach Of good faith and trcaty-obIiga,ions
is the comni.,aI CT outrases in districts from
which troops have been withdrawn. England
has protested, and il is hardly credible that other
European Powers viii consent to the teaTing-up
Of the international agreement which has been 50
recently signed.
RoNE, October THE Pon;fcal Secretary Of
State explain the policy Of the Papacy. The
Italian Press considers the programme means i'm
placable war towards the Italian Government.
LONDON, October i.-Smith and Fleming,
East India merchants Of LeadeDhall-street have
suspended payment for several millions.
The Glasgow Bank liabilities are ten millions
acceptances, three millions. The failure Is partly
attributable to advances made On wool 10 Austria
Ian and New Zealand Companies. The failure
NN~-~ - ENN@-~~ $50 - '@~-@A~ 80 @Nt@NH
but further commercial failures are impending.
LONDON, October The Cabinet was dis
Tersed 10 the country, after the meeting Of the
9TH. Ii was understood that DO definite coDclu-
sion had been arrived at on the Afghan question,
but they will support the Governor General Of
India, and probably Kandahar and JelaIabad
Will be occupied before the winter.
LONDON, October S.-The resignation Of the
Canadian Ministry is announced.
\ clerk in the Bank of England has absconded
with notes to the value of Els 900.
The negro revolt at Santa Cruz is suppressed.
Large achievements leave England imme-
diately to augment the batteries and regiments
selected for service in Aighanistan.
Obituary Mr.. Whalley, NIP.
LONDON, October S.-Russia claims to ad-
minister Roumelia according to the San Stefano
Treaty. England refuses permission.
The Afghans are IN active h~ostilities along the
frontier. They attack the friendly Kybers, but
the engagement is undecided.
LONDON, October War has commenced.
The British troops moved a strong force against
the fortress of Alimusjid on the frontier. After
q severe conflict it capitulated.
[AlimIsjid is 4 fort in the Kyber Pass, Afghan
istan, about s miles from its f.. entrance. The
width of the Pass here is about $50 yards, the
elevation above the sea 2433 feet. The fort is
built on a rock about 600 feet high, nearly
isolated, and with almost perpendicular sides.
1t was taken by the British in July, 1889, and,
in 1871, was uHsuccessfully assailed by the
Afghans. In january following, it was eyacuat-
ed by the British, with a loss of 80 men killed,
and las wounded and, in 1912, it was again
garrisoned by General Pollock, and, on the final
evacuation of the country, in November of the
same year, it was entirely destroyed by General
Mott.
The Ameer continues warlike.
The British Commissiart is defective.
Lord Chelmsford is dead.
VIENNA, October Bosnia and Herzegovina
are completely subjugated. The total Austrian
loss in the undertaking was four thousand.
ST. PETERSBURG, October 9.-The Russian
Government announces its intention to administer
Roumelia from San Stefano.
LONDON, October l0.-The Turkish ~cruelties
to Christians have caused a suspension of the
Russian retirement to Adrianople.
LONDON, October l1.-Russia is urging
Roumania to sign a Convention contrary to the
treaty of Berlin, granting Russians a passage
for the next two years.
LONDON, October ll.-Thc Gar replies to
the Emperor of Germany's entreaty that he
should prevent the conflict from spreading, APP
pricing him of the situation in Roumelia.
Alumusjid was captured by the British troops
when the Kybers in occupation had been driven
out by Afghans.
Russia insists on occupying Roumelia till
the indemnity is paid. Also upon occupying
all the principal forts. The Roumanian agree
ment for two years passage through the country
excites opposition in Europe.
ST. PETERSBURG, October l1.-The Press
throughout Russia has assumed an aggressive
tone.
The Government has announced its intention
not to evacuate Dargoss or Kirk Kilisseh in
Roumelia.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, October 9.-The Russian
Ambassador has informed the Porte that the
withdrawal of the Russian troops from San
Stefano has been stopped, in consequence of
murders which have occurred in the evacuated
districts.
LONDON, October 1l.-Great surprise is felt
here at the action of the Russian Government in
re-occupying Tcheckmedji. England demands
explanation.