The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-12-26
AMERICAN LETTER.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10. 1891.
ARMY AND NAVY.

In the German budget credit OF
100, 200, 900 marks is asked for pro-
vding the army with new field gun,
perfected under Emperor Williams
directions. 1t is said this will place
/ Germany far in advance of France
4 ia artillery resources.
In gambling quarrel on Turkish
man-of-war, conveying troops to Con-
stantinople, several soldiers we're
killed before order was restored.
The arms factory of Steyr, Aus
tria, is busily engaged in filling
large order for the Roumanian Gov
eminent for Mannlcher rifles.
The Sultan of Turkey has ordered
hundreds OF heavy guns from
Krupp's factory at Essen for the de-
Tense of the Dardanelles.
News from Washington states that
Captain Schley of the cruiser Balti-
more will receive joyful tidings for
himself and crew in few days. The
glad tidings will come in the shape
of orders from the Navy Department
authorizing him to proceed north with
the Baltimore Immediately upon the
arrival of the Yorktown at Valpa-
raise, instead of waiting for the Bos-
ton. The Yorktown was to have
reached Valparaiso by December LIST.
This decision to hurry the Baltimore
north is the result of telegram re-
ceived from Captain Schley, calling
attention to the serious condition OF
the bottom of that vessel. Divers
who were sent below report the paint
off in many places, and the plates
| thus exposed are badly corroded and
| pitted by the action of salt water.
| The naval report of the Budget
| Committee states that France now
| possesses thirty ironclads, twenty-slx
cruisers, fifteen despatch boats and
| fifty-fonr torpedo boats.
| News from Brussels of November
9th states that CONSERVATION has
| been caused in that city, by the news
| of the murder of Belgian priests il
l Mongolia. There are now about
! fifty Belgian Catholic missionaries
i in China who belong to a congre
| CATION near Brussels, where they
l we're taught Chinese before goins
i out. The heads of the establish
/ ment are very anxious. The Belgian
| Government has placed its subjects
/ under the protection of the French
/ flag. The authorities, when ques
toned, express the belief that Franc
| will be able to obtain redress for tn
murder, but will be unable to pro
I tect the lives of missionaries i
remote places in the north. Th
| views held here on the Chinese situa
| ton are gloomy and the worst
III expected.
| A despatch from Sebastopol say
the Russian Government is prepar
ing to mobilize troops IN '92.
Il President Pexotto has ordered tn
II chiefs of the Brazilian army to retur
to Rio Grande. He has also issue
q manifesto demanding that the re
volution in that state be stopped
III once.l The insurgents in Rio Grand
are not inclined to comply wit
Peixotto's demand. If the revolt
continued Peixotto will use all tn
II power in his command to put
down. The Brazilian officials depose
by the insurgents in Rio Grand
have been ordered to return to the
III posts. The Governors in the State
= of Sergipe, Alagoars, Bahia an
Maranhan have been deposed.
/ A special from Washington state
Ia that the President has rescinded Il
J" order transferring the military rese
walton of Fort Marcy, New Mexico
RI to the Interior department for di
Y position under the law, and he no
directs its use as military pc
until further orders.
- Captain Harfee's troops OF I'll
~ Third Cavalry returned from a tv
weeks unsuccessful scout down Il
Rio Grande in quest OF the Mexlc;
revolutionist Cara, on Novemb
. 2Slh. Mexican troops were hurrl'
down the river to take the place
- the frontier soldiers.