The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-24
Foreign News.


is meagre Following are condensed sum-
naries:
The result of the annual municipal
elections in England show that the ma
jority of those elected are Tories
Further emigration of Germans to New
Guinea will be discouraged after the end
of November.
In consequence of the threatening atti-
tude of the Arabs, the second battalion of
Durham Light Infantry has been ordered
to proceed up the Nile.
King Alfonso of Spain is seriously i'll
with fever
Earl Grey Lord Selborne, the Duke of
Westminster, the Duke of Argyle ant others
are promoting a movement for the defense
of the Church.
The trial of Mr. Stead, editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette" and others concerned
in the Lily Armstrong case, concluded on
November eth, when Mr.. Stead and Mrs.
Jarrett were found guilty of abduction,
Messrs. Booth and Jaques being acquitted.
Sentences on the prisoners was deferred,
pending the result of the trial for indecent
assault in connection with the same case.
The jury recommended the prisoners to
mercy.
Said Pasha, the representative of the
Sublime Porte on the Internationl Con-
ference, stated at the opening sitting that
he hoped the Powers would be able to
arrive at a satisfactory settlement of the
Bulgaria difficulty.
In consequence of the disturbed state of
affairs on the frontier of Greece, Turkey is
dispatching troops to maintain quietude. /
The Greek Chamber of Deputies, in view
of the present disturbed state of affairs,
voted u 900, 900 drachmai towards increas-
ing the strength of the navy, and 10000 900
drachmai have been passed as patriotic
loan in case of hostilities being rendered
necessary.
Constantinople dispatch of the 9th
says the Count Won Radowitz, the repre-
sentative of Germany, is striving to recon
Gle the divergent views of England and
Russia at the conference of the Great
Powers.
Russia is attempting to incite rebellion
against Prince Alexander of Bulgaria.
\ conspiracy to murder King Milan of
Servia has been discovered, and five ar
rests of those concerned in the plot have
been made.
Mukhtar Pasha has been appointed
Turkish Commissioner, to proceed to
Egypt for the purpose of acting in concert
with Sir Henry DrummOnd Wolf, the
British Envoy Extraordinary.
An agitation is on foot throughout the
Western States of America, its object being
to procure the wholesale expectation of
Chinese from those States.
Two Papuan natives had arrived from
New Guinea South at Thursday Island,
who report that all the members of the ex-
ploring expedition sent out by the Geo
graphical Society of New South Wales had
had been attacked and murdered by the
natives of Fly River District, New Guinea.
The natives contradict each other.
The expeditionary force to Burmah has
sailed from India in two divisions com
manded by General Prendergast. Foreign
residents are leaving Mandelay. The
Kingdom of Burmah will be placed under
British protection.
The rebels in Soudan are steadily work
ing nOrthwards, and now threaten Ko-
rosko. between the first and second catar-
acts
a match has been arranged between
Beach and Matthieson for the champion
ship of the world and goo a side.
There has been change of Government
at Sydney.
A new volcanic island has been formed at |
the Tonga group. The crater is active. 1t |
is about fourteen miles from the island of |
HOnga Tonga.
The Union Company steamship Waira
rapa caught fire off the New Zealand coast,
November 1st. The fire was ultimately |
subdued; loss, $25 600. She had on board J