Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-13

Conflicting reports have been received con.
corning the health Of Emperor William Of Ger
many, On the goth ultimo he was believed
to be seriously ill.,
Applicants for emigration to Hawaii from
lshikawa Ken, Japan, upto May Iith, es.
ceeded 5000 in number bu, only 600 OF them
had obtained permission.
Appliances necessary for iron building
have arrived at the government yard =, lily
ogo, Japan, and the resources Of that establish.
ment will shortly enable vessels Of 1900 tons
to be constructed.
There Is growing belief that troubles are
brewing for Germany and England respecting
Zanzibar, and probably also in regard to Santa
Lucia bay, farther south on the eastern
coast Of Africa. Complications in the former
place have been caused by the excessive zeal Of
agents Of the German East African Company,
who are said to have encroached upon Zanzi
bar territory in their anxiety TO secure available
trading posts.
Victor Hugo died at 1870 p NJ, May 22nd.
lie bequeathed his manuscripts 10 France and
left it to the republic to select the
burial place for his remains, and to decide as
TO the form of his funeral. II had been ofici.
ally announced that he would be buried in the
Pantheon. Before this announcement; was
made decree had been drafted secularizing
the Pantheon in order TO permit of the inter
ment therein Of IIugos remains. NJ Kene
Goblet delivered the funeral Grafton. Five
hundred provincial dcpu,ations ihtimated
their intention to attend the funeral. Paris
has never been more profoundly stirred by any
modern death. On May 3ist continuous
line of people defiled silently by the body as it
lay under the Arc de Triomphe during the
entire day. The funeral took place June Ist
and was one Of the mos, imposing scenes of
modern times.
THE AFGHAN AGONY.
No war yet.
Russia is constructing batteries at strategical
points along the Gulf Of Finland.
Turkish officers are still busily engaged in
planting toipedoes in the Dardaneles.
A dispatch of May 23rd, from Hera,, said
that naturalization Of the Pcnjdeh district was
restoring quiet.
1t is reported that the Russians have OBJ.
jected to the Afghans occupying Karawul
| Kuana, where the Maimene road branches off
halfway between Maruchak and Bala Muir
ghab.
St. Petersburg advises state that the build
ing of the Central Asain Railway is proceeding
with extreme rapidity. Thirteen hundred
laborerers have just left Baku to work on the
road and it is reported that 6ooo more will
follow Immediately.
The London Daily News of the aeth--that
journal is supposed to be deep in the confidence
of the administration the negotiations
with Russia are proceeding with extreme slow
ness, owing to Lord Kimberlys absence from
London, as the negotiations are entirely in his
hands. The fact that he is able to leave
London, it says, is evidence of serenity
| The presentation Of swords Of honor by the
Gar Of Russia to General Komeroh and his
chief Of staff was an unusual expression Of
satisfaction on the part of the autocrat.
English papers see in it a sign that the car
means business, and their fears are further con-
tirmed by the announcement that war pre-
partitions are continued on large scale in
| Russia.
The following was the exact state OF the
Afghan frontier negotiations on May goth
| The Ameer surrenders Penjdeh for Zulifkar.
The question is unsettled as TO whether the
Zulifikar pass shall form part of the boundary
or remain wholly in Afghanistan. Russia in
sists that Maruchak belongs to Pendjeh.
England objects and makes the retention oil
Maruchak Hne 9ma non. This difference o
opinion is now the main difficulty.
1t is known that there Is an immense move
ment Of troops still in progress toward Central
Asia. Large bodies Of infantry, cavalry, field
artillery and railway and telegraph builders are
pressing forward in an almost continuou:
stream from European Russia through the
trans. Caucasian provinces across the Caspian
Sea, and eastward toward the Afghanistar
frontier. The work Of Strengthening the
Russian defences on the Black Sea is activel,
proceeding, and the fortifcation Of Sebastopo
especially is being pressed with feverish energy
Colonel Patrick Stewart and the British En-.
gincer Officers who accompanied him on hi,
recent visit to Herat, have reported the result
of their inspection. They found that the for
L tsE.,tinoc ,rha ;u.la(a ,.sth h.
present armament. The only decent CUR
they found was one old twcnty-four FOUNDER
The place however, could be made impregna
BILE, owing to its superb natural position. b,
the erection Of series Of new forts equippet
with modern artillery. They strongly recon-
mend the immediate construction Of thes
works, but are doubtful il the Ameer viii
agree to the outlay.
A London dispatch Of the LIST instant, says
"The official statement published in the Dali.
News to-day from Granville. Secretary Q
State, 10 the effect that the Russo.AfghaI
boundary question was sill unsettled. Ia
, highly disconnected the Liberals and made tn
Tories jubilant. The London Standap
Of the same date has ST. Petersburg dis
patch confirming a previous statemen, by tn
, News that the question mas settled. The Stan
, dard's dispatch was very positive. Man
Z European papers consider that Russia's accep,
Of the English proposals Is prompted by
. desite to prevent the overthrow Of the Glad
. stone cabinet.
Russian censon Of the press dispatches AZ
said to be exertine themselves to the utmost /
s suppress the fact that Notwithstanding tn
favorable prospects for peace, Russian wa
preparations are still being pressed with extra
!, ordinary vigor. The news, however. reache
a London by various roundabout routes, and