Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-25
AROUND THE WORLD.
EITROPE.

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Russians.
The treaty between China an,
Spain with regard to the immigra
ton of Chinese to Cuba provide
particularly for the appointment @
of Chinese consular officers il
Cuba, and the treatment to be &C
cordiDg to subjects resident in tina
island. They can leave the islan(
OF travel within it at pleasure, ant
are entitled to the most favorable
treatment according to the sub
ject of the same class Of otheI
higher powers. These entitled b,
contract to send back to China are
to claim the enforcement of theil
contracts, but contracts not full
filled must be carried out. The
Chinese detained in labor depot:
will be released. The court of the
island are open to them, as to the
subjects or citizens of other powers,
Prince Kung sent a copy of the
treaty to Minister Steward, asking
him to request our government to
instruct its consular officers in
Cuba to assist the consular officers
which the Chinese Government will
send to reside in that island, in
case questions affecting Chinese
laborers shall arise, to the end that
there may be no failure to carry
out the provisions of the conven-
ton.
Madrid, Dec. 16.-Congress has
passed the bill authorizing loan
of 250,O0O,OOO pesetas.
Pesth, Dec. 16.-The Austrian
Delegation has voted the common
estimates for 1879, amounting to
Jos, 100000 forms, and passed
through its third reading a bill for
the occupation for 100000 for
ms.
Darmstadt, Dec. 1.-THE Grand
Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt,
Princes Alice of England, died at
7:30 this morning of diththeria.
The Grand Duchess was the third
child and second daughter Of
Apr. rs, 1913. Her father the the the
late Prince Albert, died Saturday,
Dec. IA. 1861. The Princess was
In q state of unsciousness from 2:30
q. m, until the hour of her death.
London, Dec. ia communi-
cation from the Admiralty declares
that there is no truth in the report
of the interview with the Duke of
Edinburgh while at Halifax, pub
lished recently in a New York
journal, in which his Royal High
ness was made to say that he look
ed upon the author of England's
new "peace with honor" policy
with feeling Of the utmost disgust;
that the acquisition of Cyprus was
in no sense a gain, and that the
One Hundred and First Regiment
was nearly all sick since it went
there and had lost great many men
in consequence.
Pesth, Dec. 1.-THE Hungarian
Delegation have agreed to the
Austrian Delegations amendments
to the estimates striking out grants
for iron-clads and for increasing
the number of army officers.
London, Dec. ia correspond
ent at Pesth says Romer, the alleged
American citizen, imprisoned in
Constantinople, was arrested in
Server Paha's house. Various
weapons we're found 10 his possess
sion. 1t is alleged that they are
models which he intended to SUBJ
NIT to the government. He was
previously concerned in conspira-
cy in Syria and is variously desig-
mated as Meyer, Maurer and
Moweger.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-THE
Chinese are continually numbering
and pillaging the inhabitants on
the Russian frontier.
Madrid, Dec. 1.-THE new
Copyright act protects, among
other things, telegraphic dispatches,
newspaper articles, parliamentary
and other speeches, legal docu-
ments and musical and anonymous
posthumous works and literary
collections.
Berne, Dec. lin consequence
4 the increase of atrocious muir.
lers In Switzerland the Council of
tate agreed to discuss the
estorstion of capital punishment,
,hich would require the revision !
the Federal Constitution.
London, Dec. ia dispatch