The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-30
FOREIGN NEWS.

on Monday last, bringing dates from Auckland tc
the I2,h inst. and kilograms from London &c the
10Th. The news, though brief, IS very important
By the previous mail we learned that Russia had de-
termined to increase her army in Turkey to the for
midable figure Of 10000 men 1. Is reasonable 70
suppose this determination could be for no other
purpose than q permanent occupation. This granted.
the notification Of England and Austria that they
have agreed on s treaty TO compel Der to evacuate
Turkey, in accordance With the Berlin Treaty, viii
render it impossible for Russia to retire in the face
Of a threat. The alternative is manifest
The winter season is st hand, and it is not proba-
bic that any important military operations viii be
undertaken during that period. All the parties will
occupy the time before q campaign can be opened in
the spring in gathering up their resources and max
ing preparations for the direful work Of devastation.
This seems to be the prospect, If Russia does not
reeede from her present attitude. We look anxiously
for the incoming mail, due next Monday
The following are the kilograms
LoxpoS, Nov. 7.-England and Austria have no
tilted Russia that they have agreed on a treaty TO
compel her TO evacuate Turkey, in accordance with
the Brrlin Treaty.
The treaty referred TO above, was made secretly at
the time of the Congress, and Contained q proviso
that in the event Of Russia claiming, on the ground
of humanity. to preserve order AMI 10 remain in
Turkey beyond the date that the Congress specified,
England and Austria were TO undertake the police
duties, and to compel Russia to eyacuate. This was
minated at the time TO Russia.
Russia is terrifying ShumlsI Shlstrla, and hIddin,
instead of removing the troops.
Nov. 9.-Four thousand Bulgarian militia have
msssacred q large portion of the Mussulman popula-
ton, and burnt several villages near Demotica.
The Times kilograms state that several thousand
of the former Russian officers and soldiers have been
permitted to volunteer their services TO the Afghans.
A Berlin despatch says it is expected in Russia
that if the English occupy the South OF Aighsnistan,
the Russians will occupy the north.
A st. Petersburg despatch says the Russian Gene
raj Staff has had printed several thousand copies of a
new Afghan-Russian dictionary for the use of army
officers.
Nov. 1O.-Count Schouvalof, successor to Gort-
schakoff as Chancellor of Russia, has left in the Liz
ada for London.
The Gar is in a precarious state of health. and is
not permitted to take part in the solution of the polit-
zeal difficulty. Probably a revision of the Berlin
Treaty will be proposed.
Some hope of a peaceful solution of affairs seems
to be entertained, on the rather slender ground that
Schouvalof is averse 10 q renewal Of the war.
MADRID, Oct. 3l.-At the request of the
Advocate of Moncasi, a medical examination of
the mental condition of the prisoner has been
ordered.
Later-The doctors who examined Moncasi
consider him perfectly sane.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-Tbe air is heavy with
rumors of the illness of Lord BeaconsfeId, and
the cabinet has been to consider what
should be done in case of his death. At the last
meeting of the cabinet he had a serious apoplec-
tic fit and the presence of his physician was
necessary.
LONDON, Oct. ga despatch from Berlin
says it has now transpired that a strong Russian
force was concentrated on the Bokhara frontier
until the close of the Berlin Congress, in readiness
to enter Afghanistan.
\ Vienna dispatch says it is reported that the
Russians, far from resumiDg their retreat upon
Adrianople, are re-occupying places which they
had evacuated, especially Keshan, near the Gulf
of Saros.
A Simla correspondent denies the reports of
backwardness in the preparations for war. He
states that a valuable contingent OF five thousand
men has been obtained from native Princes.
New YORK, Oct. 31st.-Pope Leo y has APP
pointed DIR. Gilooly; for nineteen years Bishop
of Elphin, to the position of Apostolic Delegate
from the Holy See TO the United States and
Canada. The statement that the Pontifcal
of State will consult the British Govern
ment before appointing Cardinal Cullen's sue
cessor, recalls former reports that an understand
ing has already been arrived at between Great
Britain and the Vatican, with a view to pacify-
ing Irish disaffection. The appointment, there
fore, is expected to have an important political
significance.
The Times Washington special says; In a
conversation with Key, to-day, Nov. LIST, on the
of the Chinese in California, he gave
the following as the result of his observations
during the recent visit to the Pacific Coast
80 The politicians are almost to a man against the
Chinese, and antagonize them bitterly. Mer-
chants, manufacturers, farmers, and nearly the
entire employing class are very fond of Chinese,
and prefer them to any other laborers. They
speak in the highest terms of the Chinese.
They say they are docile, O~bedient, o%bliging,
p~unctual, Woodworking and faithful. They are
exceedingly thrifty and economical. They are
in their habits, do not drink liquors
of any kind, eat very little meat, and live almost
entirely on rice. 1t is wonderful to see how
little q Chinaman can live or. Their economy
struck me as something marvellous. Large
of them sleep in a single, in-ventilated
room. They constantly violate the fundamental
laws of health, and yet they are seemingly very
| was astonished to learn that they
had 10 hospital. L was shown through the
Chinese Quarter of San Francisco by the Mayor,
and saw everything in that locality, but there
are q number of places here in Washington
fully as bad, if not worse, than anything l saw
in Chinatown. | also observed that the Railroad
Companies employed a large number of China
men, and found them excellent workmen.
The n. Y. Herald's Madrid special, Oct. %,
says The excitement occasioned by the attempt
on King Alfonso life, has not, by any means, died
out. The criminal, whose name is Moncasi, fred
from the sidewalk, in front Of house No. o.,
Gale Mayor. lie aimed too low, however, and
the ball passed through the hand of a soldier
standing guard on the opposite side of the street.
King saw the fash and, with an involuntary
movement of his hand, checked his horse momen-
tarily. He then rode TRANQUILITY around toward
the palace. Several women who were standing
near the man who fired, pointed him out with
loud cries, and he was at once arrested. He did
not make the slightest attempt to escape. Ter
rible Indignation was manifested among the peO-
pie. Attempts were made 10 wreak vengeance
the assassin when he was on his way TO the
Civil. Hence he was soon removed to
the Captain Generally. The prisoner displayed
great GOODNESS during his commitment. He inso-
lently drew a cigar from his pocket, which he
coOIly lit and began to smoke. lie is a very thin
man, of medium height, wears a light moustache,
and has his hair closely cropped. He admitted
the crime, and triumpbantIy declared himself
Socialist and Internationalist, but when inteTro-
gated as to who his accomplices were, denied that
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