The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-23
FOREIGN NEWS.


day morning. We have dates from San Francisco n
the let inst. and from The Eastern states and
Europe 70 ibc Slsl ult The news, generally Is To-
.~crcsting.
Again are looking warlikc In Turkey. Ruaia,
h 10 stated by way - Berlin, intending 10 raise
Der army IN that couutry 10 200.0Oo men. The
London Telegraph, evidently IN view Of ibis report,
says;
The machiaad0ns which threaten M fuigllment
Of the European ciiemcnt are closely watched,
and will be hgartcd BY the resoiuie ~vigilance %
Lord Beaconsteld's government wiih The loyai
support Of France aud Austria. and The approval
o. Germany. The Treaty OF Bcrlla vii be sua-
taiued TO the letter.
The tone q The Russian press q asAia b~ccouing
very hostile to England The fact that Russian
journals are under a strict censorship. would iudl-
cate that this hostile attitude h shared by The
Government Thete Is no doubt OF the uarlike
feeling Of The country, and more particularly Of
The army. Neither have forgotten sebastopol.
The following extracts show the tenor Of The
papers
The Golos 81 oct. 81, ~rcJoiess over the delay
ia English operations against AfghaniEian. Ia says,
As long ~ peace continues Russia eau give arms
aud money 70 any one.
The Toiomssi says. The great Struggle with
England which has been preparing Zoe csntuHvs
will occnr in Aighanistan.
The Rusrimir declares The hour has cone
when England must be held responsible for pas'
delinqueneies.
Germany l. sun troubled with ne Socialistic
problem. A decree was issued at Berlin Oct. 81,
prohibiting a number Of Socialist pamphlets, In
addition to those previously prohibited. Ia exc.
cution Of The decree the police were obliged 10
make twenty Eve domieiliary visits.
Considerable interest has been awakened IN
England in reference 10 a speech delivered by Mr..
Gladstone, az Rhyl, on the 3lst ulL. lie declined
to give the Government the confidence they asked
on the Afghanisian question, and complains OF
their Withholding authoritative information from
The country.
lie showed that he relations With Aighanislan
were satisfactory during bis administration, and
justified the displeasure Of the Ameer at the British
occupation Of Quettah. He pointed out that n
weak Power, which a professedly chivalrona Gov
eminent threatened 10 punish Tor receiving q Rms.
sian Embassy, was less culpable than the sender
OF the Embassy. The sending Of The Embassy was
apparently "a breach Of RussiA's engagements 10
England, but he feared Russia would like Il A. n
justification Of the unirendly conduct OF the Brit
ish Government. Gladstone declared that 10
saddle India with the expenses OF n defence againSt
imaginary dangers would be an injustice As MOI
stfous as any recorded In the history OF the world.
He asked the people 20 compare the state OF
England in 1873 with that In 1873. lie emerge
ticaliy defended the Geneva afbitradoa. and
thought IL far better 60 make a nation OF forty
millions q friend than one OF eighty millions An
enemy. What they were now protesting against
Nho hok 'iNA - tAAa VI tnAa1 HNffrf " - " d.
system OF government by personal responsibility
Of the sovereign-whicl Is only likely 10 sep the
foundation OF the monarchy.
The following gives the situation In India up to
the latest date (oet. Sl):
A Bombay dispatch says: Intelligence has
been received here which jusules The confidence
OF the English people In the loyalty Of the Indian
Princes. Offers OF aid are coming from all direc.
tons. Native troops are eager 10 advance on
Afghlnistan. The tone OF the vernaeular Press IL
all that could be desired. INNUT Al
A Simla correspondent says II IL no secret
that the Indian Government has urgently and 70.
peatedly reconstructed against according tho
Ameer further delay. The Viceroy has used his
whole personal influence in favor Of immediate
action. The sending Of the ultimatum IL univer-
sally regarded as a cruel and bumiliating mistake.
A Simla correspondent says The ulumRtum
demands a full apology and reception Of the Brit.
ish Mission by the Ameer, with other conditions.
There is no expectation that Il will be accepted.
1t is hoped the Ameer will refuse 10 permit the
emissary, who started on Monday, 10 cross bis
frontier but IL Is believed be will temporiEe.
LONDON, Nov. la dispatch from Simla says
The ultimaium gives the Amer a very short time
to answer, al the expiration Of which ID IL believed
there will be a general advance.
Pirates in the Persian Cult have been severely
punished. Eighteen Of their boats have been
captured.
The eruption OF Mount Yesuyius has recon
menced with great activity. NA AW
A new development Of the coolie traffic at Havana
is not unlikely to occasion trouble. A DIR. Secchi
bad engaged to bring from Trinidad and Demcrsra
10000 coolies n year, they being contracted for At
one shilling 4 day, and for ave years. OF the forty
whom he had already brought. be had sold three
at Santiago de Cuba for $500 each. Il 10 stated
that the contracts were fraudulent in this They
were made out in English and Spanish, the English
not being n translation Of the Spanish, AZ the latter
gave Secchi full power Of transfer. whilst the former
did not mention this condition. Some Of the con.
tracts were for one year, and were signed by the
coolies, who cannot read. The remainder were for
FIVE years, signed with their marks by those who
could not read or did not understand the contracts.
The British Consul, therefore, seized the contracts,
aud after considerable trouble and resistance on the
part Of Secchi. who brought n civil action against
the coolies for breach OF contract. aud a criminal
action against the Consul himself The latter
succeeded in shipping the coolies back 10 Trinidad.
Some misunderstanding was reported 10 have arisen
between the British Consul aud the Government
here, and IL was reported the latter had Threatened
TO withdraw the COnsul's eIequatur. The audacity
Of the whole scheme will be appreciated when the
fact is known that these coolies were. without eKoep-
ton, British subjects.
There seems to be no doubt that specie resumption
by the American Government will take place on the
LIST Of next January. Secretary Sherman, In q
letter, states that there will be available for resump-
ton purposes on that date. In coin, the sum Of
Slo4, Z6I 300.
Low prices o~fstaplcs are now ruling 10 New York
(Oct. 3D. Wheat had not In twenty-seven years
been 20 low as last week. Cotton has not been 70
low in twenty-three years. nor corn since 1s46,
except in June, 1861 nor mess pork since 1914.
Prices generally are thirteen per cent lower than
May 1st, and over eighteen per cPt lower than
in 1860.
yellow fever lie rapidly disappearing At the
G,,sb Vbo CaTtIorpfa Ccusgftugforal nouwnuNo.
st sacramento is wrestling with the Chinese question,
and the committee in charge have proposed some
very stringent provisions, which we 40 not think
will be adopted without considerable Modification.
Yellow Fever SubsIdfnk.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3L-SOuthern cities generally re-
port but few cases o. yellow fever to-day, ard a grad
ual lesseniBg Of deaths.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 5l.-Deaths II, cases re-
ported AZ. E.MII
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