The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-08-02
FOREIGN NOTES.

FOREIGN NOTES.
hear that NJ. Damala has arrived In London with
the intention TO undo hi AUST, the Gordlan knot
that binds him TO the great Sara II one could only
look into the futurei The Italian proverb says, Sara
che sdra.-London World
The police force Of the British Emplre metropoli-
TAM municipal, and rural, includes 10000 men. OF
these 81 900 In the United Kingdom and la7,0Vo
In india II the villageNoce In India he Included,
,ne numUe, rises 10 soov" wncm ns - 10, ns
81 people aud to every sixteen square miles.
Khalifa Abdoola has assumed the leadership Of the
followers OF HI Mahdi. The British government,
distrusting the result of the proposals made TO
Rasnua for the relief OF Kassala the condition Of
u subsidy OF ci0O,0V0 and donation OF arms has re-
opened the negotiations with Italy for an advance
the overture favorabiy, but has asked English CO.
operation In the expedition II undertaken.
France, Germany, aud Italy have entered into me-
gotiations with England for the extension into their
domains Of the British Parcels Post, which has lust
been extended to Gibraltar and India. The charges
are to remain the same-one shilling for every pack
age up to seven pounds. The Parcels Post has rap
ages having been sent during the past year, and
peated trials have shown that the service is more
prompt than that OF the private companies.
race for territorial acquisition In Africa. She has
annexed the west coast between Cape Bogador,
little to the south of Morocco and Cape Banco GOO
A., NJ both Included, and In the Gulf of Guinea
claims the coast line from the Nun! River, which
forms the northern boundary OF the French possess
slons on the Gaboon, 900 AZ NJ to tho Rio Campo
go ~, Ny. Six stations have already been esiab-
the chiefs on the Rio Benito have been renewed,
with the object Of preventing the threatened ad-
vance OF the French In that direction.
The premature explosion OF the shell at shoebury.
ness, In England, which caused the death Of Col.
Strangways and several other officers and men,
has resulted In rigid set Of rules being drawn up,
dealing with the precautions to be used in all expert
his Ros ne svE Mar.ps p
Commanding IN Chief and the Secretary Of State
for War have Just been issued In the orders OF the
Royal Artillery. 1t tisprovldedthat when ordnance
being fired with heavier than service charges, or
70 Bs nnasr sS s ss s9S
ses ~ are to De thoroughly tested and red for safety
% ens sns rsa e5 ns e YIN sSe. Ss blowing
NJ. Pnquier, In treating Of the question Of Herat
and the Afghan frontier states 1t was Nadr Chah,
the conqueror Of Persia and who reigned 1I3I-47,
who first drew attention to the role which Herat
ought to play In all the great struggles that Central
Asia would be the theatre Of. Khorassau was the
sword blade OF Persia, hut Herat was the sword
handle, and whoever held the latter could dominate
Iran and 1ouran-the routes at once to the Caspian
| llnson that Herat and Candchar are the Mamelo.
noert anu Malakohtour OF the British position In the
ssr East Fhassa compelled BY the check in!ced on
her Balkan designs, has set to work to obtain scen
tinc frontiers too In Central Asia
The debate on the Madagascar credit was resumed
| In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday. NJ.
de Freycnet said 1t was not question of the con-
quest of Madagascar, because the season for mill
tary operations was now over. The adoption of the
proposed credit would be pledge of future legsa-
arrogance of the Hovas. "Our Immediate duty"
declared the speaker Is to protect the rights of our
| form a part OF the national patrimonyU II the
Chamber voted the credit, that act would not pre-
vent the government from seeking an amicable set
tlement. The negotiations were still In progress,
but the Hovas offers had hitherto been Inadequate
and they had used scornful and naughty language
1t would be a saddening spectacle II France should
pursue hesitating policy. The debate was then
| adjourned.
The naval man9uvres, says the Vienna corre-
spondent of the London Standard In which the
Austrian fleet has been engaged at Pola, while the
British fleet has been carrying out Its evolutlons In
Irish waters were brought to a conclusion to-day
July 15) All the available iron-clads of the Aus
trian leet, together with numerous cruisers and
The evolutons comprised the defense Of the harbor
of Poa from hostile fleet the landing Of ihe
1nd es There
perments vito torpedo boats. The little feet dis.
played high state Of efficiency, testifying to the
The whole was admirably conducted, but there
were no startling novelties like those presented by
have made great sepsation among the naval au.
thorittes Of the Continent.
| Siege guns built OF wire are the newest descrp-
ton of ordnance for the British national service.
very tough steel wire Ia used, having breaking
strength of 100 tons to the square inch, which is
wound over q steel tube as tape may be wound on
reel being frequently fastened of to secure Its cohe-
sion and SO neatly put together as to look precisely
been made upon this principle ana nassed salts
factory proof at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. 1t
cwt In it's trial the 6owitzer threw % shell ' Of $40 90
pounds with charge of % pounds, and attained ve
locity OF 900 feet per second-a result which may
be compared with two guns of similar weight
which are at present IN the SERVICE One Of these IS
the s.inch howiizer, which nres shell of just half
$50 feet. and the other is the O0pounder gun Of &C
calibre, which, with Its light shot of 100 pounds
The trial Weapon IN no way impaed by the
| strain to which 1t mas been subjected.
Madame Patti on Thursday last came before the
Mayor Of the Eighth ACCOMPLISHMENT, Paris. NJ
Koechn-Schwartz, who declared her marriage dis
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| Pierre Veron and Francis Maynard; the witnesses
OF the Marquis de Caux were Gen. Count d'Andlau,
Senateur, and Count Duriez de verinac. After the
ceremony which took barely twenty minutes, col
tnat the divorced Marquis had misaid or forgotten
IN and ora her pece dc Sns
| francs.n Subsequently, dinner at Brebant's was
Mcon as son
Of twenty -four. who Is military and already mare
cha, des lo0is, The law Of France prescribing the
| m m lad ho
have TO walt until May l6, lss6.-Mr. Yaiess World,
London, JulD2a
The limits of the new Kingdom of the Congo"
are approximately as follows: The seaboard ex.
| tends from Banana Point, upon the north bank Of
the river, TO Yabe, go 45 s. la along this parallel
to the meridian of Ponto da Lentha. thence north
ward to the Chiloango, along the left line of that
river to its source, thence In curved line to the
Ntombo-Macata Falls, on the Congo, so as to In
4 clude Mncumb and Manyanga, thence along the
Congo to its confluence with the Bumba beyond the
the Albert Nyanza is not determined, but will follow
the water-parting between the Congo, Nile, Shar,
with the western shores Of Lakes Albert Nyanza,
\ Muta Nzighe,' Tangahyika, and Bangwe0l0, and
the s9utbsrp with diagonal line from the latter
point the boundary runs north along the Qwango to
about the parallel OF the Nokki on the south bank Of
Below this point the southern bank OF the river be-
longs TO Portugal.
"In Egypt and the S0udan," said Admiral Ho-
bart, everything depends upon the Turks. Cor
don was quite right there, and In this he war OPP
posed to the opinion OF Prince Bismarck. II you
want to get outof the Soudan you must make friends
with the Turks" My prescription for the paciaca-
tion Of Egypt and the soudans to give that country
back to the Sultan, az you will thereby be placing 1t
In the hands OF friend who In return could rec0g-
nize YOUR position there, aud Mahdism would lose
half Its power II the troops opposed to 1t Mus
sulIpgps sent by the Commander of the Faithful In
stead OF by the Cbpi9tans who are lighting to sup
press Mussulmah race 'rightfully struggling to be
free.' What you have TO do Is very simple. Let the
Sultan assert his authority In Cairo and send troops
4 TO arrest tho Mahdts march northward. Let him
1 feel that he is really master In his own empire.
Thus you would be able 10 exercise as much innu-
ence as you need care for, through commissioner,
who wiz be able TO rely upon the loyal support OF
the Sultan. II you do not like that, what have you
to offer alIernative?s 1t Ia the only policy, the
safest policy, and It 10 the best policy Believe me,
1t Ii q great mistake TO imagine that you cannot
come TO terms with tide Sultan! He "a very rea-
sonabe anda very sensible sovereign and not at all
| likely TO insist upon an exacting arrangement II
would enable him TO pose before the Mussulman
world a. the renstated sovereign OF provinces which
seemed Ut oIe time TO have fallen prey 10 the Inn-
i 10 hat In. sl.A a.s4 IA.