Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-03-28


pared lor au advance upon khartoum
II was frpoucd at Calcutta, March |
18th. that There had actually been q
collision between lhp Russians and the |
\ighlp.
rho l1tH Gaulols say, The Chinese T.
Government has asked the mediation of
the United States with France, but Trcsi /
dent Cleveland j, not disposed To- inter |
Neuc
The Woulvioh arsenal work shop, f.
have been hutcdly enlarged b, the |
erection ot temporary structures The |
vorkm at the arsenal arc on double /
time
II /, stated In Berlin dispatch oi
March roth. that bismarck, since the /
lmnhlc settlement of his recent troubles |
with England. IN using his whole in
nucn,e with Russia to avert war
II is said that Secretaries Bayard and
Manning and Attorney General Garland
have agreed Ia assist Morrison In the !
lllnoi, Senatorial fight, and 1t IS pre-
di,lcd that he will soon secure Soma
tor Logan scat
The Austrian Government has |
sounded the Powers ylgnatoty TO the !
Berlin treaty ON the annexation OF BoN
MIA by Austria and the abolition OF the
nominal su2crainty at present held 10y
the Porte II is given out that Bis
marck supports Austria
The Canadian Government is con
sidcring scheme to fit ont armed
schooncrs to watch the fishing grounds
OF the maritime provinces and also 10
prevent American fishermen from
taking fish from Canadian waters
Continental diplomats are discussing
the French and Russian alliance
against England They assert that such
an alliance would he especially adyan-
tagcouS to both these countries, particu-
larry If France is in mess with China
when war is decided upon in Afghan
IStan
The Journal dc st Petersburg of
March 9TH. says Negotiations between
Russia and England still continue to be
conducted with firm desire to avoid
a collision and upon the profound con
victlon that It is To the interest OF both
countries 10 reach a solid settlement Of
the present dispute.
A dispatch dated Suakim, March
18th, says General Ewart has arrived
Work on the Suakim Bcrber railway
has been begun Osman Digna has
offered To give money and stop night
attacks il the British return the body OF
his standard bearer. Thc firing last
night was the heaviest and most con.
tinuous the British have vet been sub
lccted to here,
General Rrcrc DE l. Isle has wired
furious complaint to Paris concerning
the free passage OF Chinese conveys.
He says that arms and muni,ion of war
are regularly and uninterrupted trans
ported, while two French naval squad
ronS are iooling 200 miles away, Ad
mira Icspes has been notified TO
isles complaint, and has ordered the
blockade OF the Port of Pakhoi.
The Leitung of the 18th inst. says,
the boundary question is not n Euro
pean question, but purely local affair.
General kimarhofi, in command OF the
Russian troops, has been ordered 10
abstain from all aggressive movements
and cxer, his influence upon the Tur-
comans with the view OF preventing a
collision with the Aighans. Recent
reports OF a further Russian advance
are incorrect
Blaine called on the evening OF March
18th, to pay his respects to President
Cleveland The meeting between the
two gentlemen was hearty one, each
shaking the other by the hand with a
warm grasp They were closeted to
gether nearly an hour, and when MIR,
Blaine came out, the President accom-
panied him to the door and gave him
a cordial invitation to visit the EXccu-
tive Mansion frequently.
Two swift British cruisers have been
ordered to proceed to the Pacific
Ocean to watch Russian vessels, A re-
mort is current that the British Admi-
rally has offered tempting sum OF
Dom Pedro for the Brazilian iron-clad,
Esmeralda, Ever since the fall OF
Khartoum the Admiralty office has
been quietly hiring all the available
steamers that could be spared, for the
transportation OF troops to Egypt and
India.
A London dispatch of the 18th inst,
says Special editions OF several papers
were published to day, announcing, or
the authority OF private telegram from
Suakim, that kassala had fallen and the
garrison had been massacred The re
port is not believed in official circles
as the Government dispatches from
Suakim received to-day make no men
ton of such an occurrence. MaSsowaf
advices to March 10th, say that no news
has been received from kassala sine,
March rst
A letter from Askabad, dated Febru
AIRY a4,h, says Troops and stores are
going forward daily, en- route to Merv
The soldiers are previously blessed b,
the priests Civilians and military mel
openly discuss the likelihood OF de
claration of war against England 1t i
stated that 10000 troops have beer
ordered TO Mep The railway from
kisil Arvat to Merv is being pushe,
with the utmost rapidity, A le,te
from Sarakhs, dated March I'd, state