The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-10-04


presented an identical note to him.
In this the Powers make formal
protest against the action of the
Egyptian Government in diverting
the revenues set apart for the Sink
ing Fund to the general Egyptian
Treasury. The Russian Govern
ment has expressed to England her
regret that England did not consult !
the other Powers before deciding to
authorize such step. The French
press is fuming terribly over the
English lone-hand policy in Egypt.
Osman Digna, one of the leading
rebel commanders in the Soudan,
was almost deserted by his followers
at last accounts. The siege of
Khartoum has been raised The
country in the neighbolhood is freed
from the rebels and the obtaining of
food supplies is comparatively easy,
General Lord Wolseley was to have
started up the Nile on the 9th Sep
tember, without awaiting the further
arrival Of troops. Inhabitants of
Mereaweh and Berber are frightened
at the approach of the English expe-
dition and some are leaving their
homes. Merchants from FL Obeid
report that the Mahd has twenty
Krupp cannon, and 10000 OF his
$4,000 followers are armed with
Remington rifles.
A Shanghai despatch to the Lon
don Times, Sept. 22nd, says; A
new complication has arisen in the
French Chinese difficulty. The
blocking of the bar at the mouth of
the Woo Sung river has been ordered
by the Chinese authorities, although
passage for the ships of neutrals is
to be left This action is due to the
Chinese disbelief in the promises of
the French. A veritable panic pre-
walls at Shanghai, and the merchants
of the neutral Powers have asked the
naval commanders of the Powers to
take some action. The British
Consul has advised the Chinese
authorities to obtain skilled Eng
lish assistants to keep the traffic
open. Russian Consuls have offered
to protect French interests whenever
the French Consuls leave. The
Russian fleet in Chinese waters COM
prises one ironclad, three cruisers,
two privateers and six gunboats.
Three other ironclads are expected
to arrive. This strength, in view of
the slnallness of Russian interests in
China, is considered significant. A
despatch of the 23rd to the Times
states that Franco Russian alliance
means the disintegration Of China
and its partition between those two
countries. France taking three of
the southern provinces and Russia
having China as n recruiting ground
for her armies, the two counties
being connected by railways. The
alliance also means Franco-Russian
preponderance in Europe, and is,
therefore, fraught with danger to
Germany. 1t also means the cx-
tincton of the China trade and inn
perils all English possessions in the
East. $500 French troops are re-
ported sick in Tonquin.
The revolution in Peru shows
signs of collapsing under the sue
cessful efforts of the Government.
Mr.. Gladstone, the English Pre-
mier, in speech at Carlisle, said {:
SIN the present crisis the Lords
ought to study the best means to
provide that the House of Lords
shall not fall. This end can best
be secured by their acting with
moderation and prudence.
The corporation of Limerick,
Ireland, has rejected, IS to 3, a
proposition to provide for the pay
ment of the special police tax as
reduced by the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland.
The British authorities are taking
extreme precautions at Dover TO
prevent the landing of dynamiters
endeavoring to reach London from
the Continent.
An anti-Chinese agitation is
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