The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-12-09
Foreign Notes.


before the prosecuting commission. He con-
fessed to giving tho order to fire Alexandria after
having received a peremptory command from
Arab Pasha, and as the contta9ration did not at
first appear to be general, Arab sent orders
through Mahmoud to fire moro places. Sulei-
man also states that Arab Pasha on this 18th of
July ordered them to take soldiers to Adamleh
Palace and murder the Khedive. While on the
road to execute the order he met the President
of the Chamber of Notables, who prevailed on
him to return and demonstrate with Arab Pasha.
Nouri Bey, the officer who had charge of the
troops at Ramleh Palace, corroborates Sulei-
mans statements
New York, November Is. Prof. Brooks re-
ports the observation of a magnificent aurora at
the Red House Observatory. Phelps, n. Y.
early this morning. 1t was the grandest in
landscape, equal to the light of the moon in ats
first quarter, followed by immense streamers and
waves of light, was projected with startling We
locity from the horizon to the zenith. Great
meteorological disturbances may be expected.
London, November 12.-Trollope's illness is
paralysis, complicated by apoplectic symptoms.
He remained unconscious and speechless from
Friday till the following Thursday; now he is
of his ultimate recovery. His illness is due to
persistent overwork. He has had a great num-
Der of calls and expressions of sympathy.
The New York Herald has this from British
Columbia: The Corwin arrived from Sitka No
vember 9Th She reports that the Hootsnoo In
dians in Alaska are troublesome and aggressive.
They seized the boats and whaling gear of the
whaling company at Klllienore. and took two
white prisoners and threatened to kill them.
Sixty sailors and marines from the United States
steamer Adams, under Lieutenant Barrett, were
dispatched to the scene of the trouble. Com
modore Merriam proceeded thither IN the Cor
win. The prisoners were released, and a fine of
400 blankets was imposed as a penalty. The
Indians refused to pay, and remained defiant.
rendering it necessary for the vessel to shell and
destroy n portion of the village.
The World considers the New York reception
of Mrs Langtry as creditable to the American
Republic from every point OF view, aud at once
enthusiastic and discriminating.
DIR. Evans, an American dentist ut Paris, has
lost the service of his English secretary. William
Howard williamson, who has gone to Jail for
three years. Evans testified that Williamson
had stolen twenty thousand a year for ten years
from him. The jury found extenuating circum-
stances on account of the temptation his wealthy
master exposed to him.
On November 18th, during the performance at
the Globe theatre of Tennyson's new drama
1.-The Promise of May" the Marquis of Queens
bury twice arose and protested against Tenny-
sons representation of the principles of free
thought, which, he said, was a t~rayestry on the
sentiments of freethinkers. His remarks created
n sensation, and the Marquis left the theatre.
The election at Ennis. Ireland, on November
14th, resulted in the return of Kennedy, Il Par
n%ellite, who received 126, Reaves, his opponent,
received % votes.
Dr.. Baer, in a recent address before the Board
of Health of Berlin, stated that during the last
twelve years the number of drinking shops in
Belgium had increased from As, 900 to sc, 900,
and the consumption of alcohol from 4.42 to IL
liters per head. On the other hand, in Gothen-
berg, since the liquor shops have been reduced
in number from 81 to 80, and the selling of Ii
quor on credit forbidden by law, the arrests for
drunkenness have fallon off two-thirds, as also
the number of cases of delirium tremens. DR..
Baer finds that in Prussia 80 per cent OF the
-~.-l - 1900 a1an Aaar1H- nn i'd
alone, So per cent on Saturday and Sunday to-
gether.
According 10 the information furnished by y
recent numiar of the Ferhan, the journal of Is
pahan, civilization is making considerable pro-
cres8 ia Persia. A large college, which was
completed last wear with Government aid, has
now commenced its work in earnest among the
upper classes of Persian youths, who will have
the advantage of tuition at the hands of profess
sors who, If not Europeans, have at least gradual
ed at the principal seats of learning in Europe.
Further signs of progress are to be found in the
increased employment of Europeans IN connec-
ton with railways, telegraphs, ETC., and in the
recent decree for the assimilation of weights and
measures throughout Persia.
In the Geateman's .MGgd.ine w. Mattieu
Williams makes a charge upon the ranks of the
total abstainers with a new weapon, which he
smilingly says he has forged himself from
material supplied by Darwin. He holds that
drunkenness promotes civilization and the pro-
gress of the race. Man has a tendency to null
tiply too fast, hence poverty and social degra-
dation. In the struggle for existence the in-
ferior is weeded out, while the superior transmit
their advantages to their offspring. As brute
physical powers are less demanded. some means
are required for the elimination of the purely
animal specimens of humanity, to give room for
the survival of the refined and intellectual.
Now, if the coarser elements engage in self
immolation by a process plessurable to them,
there is no reason for human feelings to be
called into exercise. The old customs demand
.nn haarr -onf.l lrinEinn haVa naSGR1 nWnV and
the drunkards of to-day are the coarse, gross
and brutal. Because nearly all criminals are
drunkards it does not follow that drunkenness is
the chief cause of crime. They go together be-
cause they are concurrent effects-alcohol only
removes prudence and develops the true cha
racter. Hence, those fit 10 survive will spontan-
eously avoid intemperance aud all Others, by
: the happy dispatch u of alcohol, will proper
ly be sifted out. Such, IN a nutshell, is his in
genious theory.