Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-04
ITALY HOiSTSsAER FLAG.
Brazilian Ex-Slaves Working Without
 WREea-Gencral Foreign News.

LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Italian Govern ment notifies the Powers that the Italian flag has been hoisted at Zula, southwest of Massowah, and that q protectorate has been proclaimed In compliance with tho demands of the local sheiks.
 Nj. Goblet. French Minister Of Foreign Affairs, has sent a note to the French rep- resentatives abroad in reference to the announcement made by the Italian gov ernment that Italy has taken possession or Massowah and the adjacent territory.
 The Fremdem6latt of Vienna publishes an official article announcing that Italy, hay ing organized regular administrative and judicial system at Massowah, rendering equalization purposeless, all Austrian subjects at that place must submit to the Italian laws.
 The Daily Nctrs says that the Par2ellites have no intention at present to offer fur ther serious opposition to the Commission Bill. The Commission, it says, will prob ably not commence the inquiry until No- Vember.
 AuguStin Daly's company met with splendid reception at Stratford-upon-Avon whepe they played Tanning of the Shrew' in aid of the Shakes peare Memorial Fund. The company were entertained at luncheon and among the guests were a number of aristocratic people
 IIO JAN NElRO, July 4.-1SGlbl0nS LOT COul- pensation for the slaves freed by the law of May l3 keep flowing into the Chambers from all parts of the omplre, but so hope less is this claim of the ex-slave owners that not cAly do the House Committees not put themselves to the trouble of reporting on the two compensation bills presented to the Deputies and the Senate, but the au- thors of those bills tacitly acquiesce in their bantlings' death by neglect
 It seems, however, that some of the planters, who either are themselves Police Magistrates or have the enr of these pow ertul local authorities, have hit upon tho
 Ingenious plan of making their eX-slaves and hired freedmen work without wages by pressing for tho army any sassy nlg- ger" that demands his wages or leaves the plantation.
 ROME, Aug. 4,--The RUormd, returning to the emigration question, dwells upon
 the importance Of America's cooperating with Italy instead of listening to the sug- gestions of those whose object in raising the question is, above all, to reach the Italian element It expresses confidence
 in the wisdom and impartality of Ameri- can statesmen, who, it says, will rccog-
 nize the advantages of having sober and sensible working classes who do not dream of committing political or social excesses, BERLIN, Aug. 4-On leaving the fleet on his return from his tour Kaiser Wilhelm sgualled that he was perfectly satisfied with the manner in whi oh the officers and mon performed their duty during the voy- age. He concluded the message with My best thanks" The message was re 1 ceived With vociferous cheers. | Silesia is being devas tated by terrible 1 floods, the worst known n thirty years. Along tue river Bober and Zacken the dam 1 age is especially great. Several mills at | Gricfenberg have been destroyed and the 1 crops have been ruined.
 l PARIS, Aug. 4-At a mass meeting of | strikers al the Labor Exchange yesterday l violent speeches were made ill favor of 1 holding out, Many of the strikers, how 1 ever, becoming discharged, have resumed l work.
 1 A number of hair drcssers yesterday l tried to ransack an employment bureau, 1 Tho police arrested ten persons. ME