The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-30
THE OLD WORLD.
Bismarck Wants What He will
Never Get, and That is
Cuba.
Alfonso, Spain's King, Stisl in a
Very DoubifuI Position with
His People.
Gordon Now Relieved to be Alive,
sounew here Ia the Interior
or Africa.
Queen Victoria Receives for IN
First Time since the PrAnee
Consents Death.
OUR CABLE LETTER
A Splendid Resume of Foreign A.
airs---Bfsmarek After guba,

A Splendid Resume of Foreign Al
fairs---Bisnnrek After Cuba.
LONDON, August 2g.-.Additiona,
sensations are attached to the Span
ish German difficulty by rumor Civ
ing Prince Bismarck's reason for the
seizure of the Caroline Islands. This
ruinor attributes to the chancellor n
determination to obtain posses sion
of Cuba and explains his conduct in
taking the Carolincs AS "A ruse to sc.
cure Nh understanding between the
United States and Germany in regard
TO outlying Spanish possessions as til,
result of which, Germany would per
init the United States to secure the
Philippine Islands, II the Washington
government wonld consent to Ger
any's annexation of Cuba. 1t il
| strongly maintained in some quar-
tiers that Bismarck, tor long tim,
has had an eye Oh Cuba and that h,
\ has assured himself of the support. o
[certain western American sugar in
tcrcsts in this scheme.
| SENSIBLE ESGLIsHMEN.
Euglishmen of advanced ideas
SCOUT the idea that the United State,
will ever permit any German oc
cupation of Cuba, and affect to per.
ceive in this reported Bismarck project
u deeply designed intrigue to involve
Americans III the European sqlIabble.
This story comes from Paris where II
is extensively discussed. The Span
ish colony in the French capitol are
furiously indignant over the whole
thing. The Tagblatt, of Berlin, in re.
icrring to the matter to-day. remarks
that "thc beautiful ladies of Cuba
will soon be the lovely subjects OF
Emperor William
ALFoNso's DILEMMA.
King Alfonso has been informed by
telegraph of the reported Spanish oc.
cupation of Zap, the principal of the
Caroline Islands. lie will return
from SsDil dc FoDso to Madrid on
Monday TO preside over the special
meeting of the Spanish cabinet, called
TO consider the Caroline affair.
THAT KREMsiER MEETING.
1t is stated that after tho imperial
meeting nj kremsier last "Wednesday
the car and bis family appeared TO
be universally pleased with what had
TRANSFERRED. The conference betwcyf
NJ. Degicrs, the Russian foreign. yseIn-
lister, and Count kalnosky, ASeirian
foreign minister, lasted f'~ hours.
II is believed that at this conference
NJ. Degiers Obtained promise OF
Austrian interests, insuring Turkish
neutrality in the event of war betw cen
Russia aud England, In accordance
with u decision arrived at by Prince
bismarck during his conference with
Count Kalnosky at Vissien. II is GER
tain taat during the time of the i'm
perial conference at Kremsier. telc-
grams constantly passed between the
Schloss and Berlin. The Russian en-
bassy in London, has for several days
been busy ON the work of winding w
the amicable negotiations between
Russia and England, concerning the
Afghan boundary question. NJ. Les.
sar, the Russian special commissioner
! on the question, will soon start fol
\ Askabad.
| GORDON MAY BE ALIVE.
The belief is growing among milf
tary aud other friends of Genera
Gordon, that he escaped alive from
khartoum aud succeeded In fleeing /,
the equator. So strong has this faitl
become, that mission has been or
gained to search tor and secure him
and the work of preparing this mis-
sion for the enterprise is now almos
completed.
THE OLIVER PAYNE AFFAIR.
II becomes more apparent that til
agitation started about the allegU
murder of Oliver Payne, by the Bri;
ish in Soudan, is u hypocritics
scheme to organize an anti-Englis
feeling among the French peOpl,
Mr.. Henri RUcheiOri, the princip;
agiiator In the movement, hate
PAYNE, and to those who knew of th
enmity existing between the men, III
demagogue's ARTIFICIAL power owe
Payne's alleged murder is very anu
ing. II not disgusting. -Four month
before Payne's last departure froi
France, Rocheior. absolutely CT
Paync's acquaintance. The editC
I gives as his reason for h
. contemptuOus treatment of II
adventurous Bohemian the stat
, ment that Payne had bee
dismissed from the staff OF the intral
r sigeant Rocheforps paper, for opeI
ing the editors private letters al
r documents. R0chefort also used
r accuse Paine OF being traitor TO q
French radical cause and said th
while he went TO the Soudan, este
Al sibly as war correspondent tor Il
Paris Figaro, he really took with hi
large sum entrusted 10 him indire,
by by the French government TO
duee III Mahdi 10 continue in rev
lagainst the Khedive, by holding q