The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-29
Fourth Edition.
FOREIGN.
Japan.

sntional Associated Press to the Star.
YOKOHAMA, April 29.-Japan has formal
y annexed the Loochoo Islands. The
Chinese Ambassador protests, and threat
ems the withdrawal Of the Mission.
The English Naval Mission has been dis
missed, and the French Military Mission
will shortly be dismissed.
Great Britain.
coMPLIMEsTING THE GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, April 20.-House of Commons
last night approved CT the financial policy
Of the government by majority of 49,
RAILROAD RECONSTRUCTION SCHEME,
LONDON, April 20.-Thc McHenry party
have issued a scheme for reconstructing the
Atlantic q Great Western r.. without fore
closure or lease to the Erie Company. The
circular embodes requisition to Sir Hen
ry Tyler. Sir Chas. Young and Capt. Doug
hs Galtnn to act as a committee for carry
ing out the scheme.
Germany.
HARPING ON THE TARIFF BILL
BERLIN, April GA majority OF the
Reichstag are endeavoring to induce gov
ernment to divide the tariff bill by separa-
ling the purely fiscal measures from other
provisions.
AFTER DEPUTY HAssELMANN.
BERLIN, April 29.-Prince Bismarck has
asked the Reichtas's assent to the prosccu-
ton of Deputy Hasselmann for contraven-
ing Socialist law.
SITTING DOWN ON AMERICAN PAPERS.
Three German newspapers published in
America have been forbidden circulation in
Germany.
Spain.
DEATH or PRINCESS CHRISTINA
MADRID, April 29.-Princess Christina
died at Seville yesterday. Princess Chris
tina was the second child of Due de Mont,
pensier, sixth son OF Louis Philippe and Of
the Princess Louise, sister of Queen Isa-
bella Second. Princess Christina was born
in Seville in 1852 and in her twentieth
year she was married to Prince Pierre OF
Orleans.
Spanish America.
CHILEAN COMMANDMENTS.
VALPARAISO. April 30, via Rio .Janeiro.-
Gillian men-of-war have bombarded Pabel-
lon De Plea and Huarillos, and have seized
all the launches and destroyed the plat,
forms at Iquique, which port is declared
blockaded.
Foreign Flashes.
Countess Fiorini Mazzanti, the celebrated
botanist is dead.
The troops have dispersed the insurrec-
tionary bands of Castoria in Macedonia.
The Powers have unanimously agreed
upon joint mediation between Turkey and
Greece.
A dispatch from Rome states that many
fresh developments have been made con
cerning widespread plots which doubtless
exist for the murder of all European soyer
20 bod Init hn ic olGr
marked out for q victim.
Africa.
LATEST FROM ZULULAND.
LONDON, April 29-Advioes from Cape
Town, under date of April 9th, report that
Captain Pearson had arrived at Tugula
A number of Zulus we're still in the vicln
ity of Ekowe, but King Cetywayo with
the main body of his army had returned
beyond the Umvolosi River.
British forces are preparing for a genera
advance into Iululand. Beers were reported
friendly and were awaiting the arrival o
Sir Bartle Frere TO ask consideration OF the
determination by the British to annex theil
territory.
Greece.
SETTING THE BOUNDARY.
LONDON. April ga dispatch from
Vienna says in reference to the Greel
Boundary Question, that Russia, France
and Germany support the demands o
Greece for the cession of Ganiua, while
England, Austria and Italy oppose them.
The question may possibly be submitted
to the arbitration OF the King Of Belgium.
Turkey.
CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY.
CoNsTANTINorLE, April 29.-The Turkisl
Minister of Finance has been dismissed
and Zugdi Effendi reappointed.