The Hawaiian gazette., 1892-01-05
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
CFrom Daily, Dec. 81

two days later than hitherto pub
Iished here.
The New York Herald's CORE
spondent at Valparaiso, Chile,
cables that "the circular letter pre-
pared by the Chilean Minister of
Foreign Affairs for distribution
among the Chilean legations in
Europe and America, gives Chile's
side of the difficulty growing out
of the Baltimore outrage"
The document is too long for re-
production, but Senior Malta states
that the report of the Secretary of
the Navy and the message of the
President of the United States are
grounded upon information which
is erroneous or deliberately incor-
rect"
Concerning the sailors Of the
U. S. S. Baltimore, he says there Is
20 want of frankness and exaetness
in the statements made in Wash
ington." The affray began in a
disreputable portion of the city,
"and several hundred people were
already engaged in the fight when
the police and other forces inter-
fered and Gained down the tumult.'
The Minister further says that
"Chile never had an aggressive
policy, and will never approve of
humiliating one"
a number of the crew of the
Baltimore subscribed nearly $500
for monument, suitably inscribed,
to be placed over the graves of
their shipmates who were MUIR
dered.
The Secretary of the Navy has
received a cable message from
Captain Schley, saying that as
there is no further necessity for
the presence of the Baltimore in
Valparaiso, she sailed on the 18th
instant for San Francisco to be
locked and scraped. The York
town is the only United States war
ship in Valparaiso, but she will be
joined shortly by the Boston from
Montevideo.
The ex-Emperor Dom Pedro was
inferred with full royal honors at
Lisbon on the 18th instant. All
the officials of the foreign diplo-
matte corps, except the Brazilian
embassy, accompanied the remains
to Pantheon. While the funeral
cortege was moving, all the bells
in the city tolled, and vessels in
the harbor fired royal salute and
displayed flags at half-mast.
Matters in Russia are daily
growing worse. The famine funds
are frettered away by local auth
critics, grand remedial measures
exist only on paper, complaints of
enormous expenditure on the army
and navy are taken advantage of
by those unfriendly to the govern
ment, and "the whole empire seems
to be seethlng mass of discon-
tent"
A dispatch dated London De-
cember 18th states that Lord Sails
bury has re-opened negotiations
with the French Foreign Minister
for a settlement of the Newfound-
land fisheries dispute. 1t is said
that in return for the surrender of
all French rights in Newfound-
land, Lord Salisbury wishes to
cede to France the Harvey islands
% and the colony of Lagos.
Lord Dufferin has been appoint
ed British Ambassador to France
in place Of the late Lord Lytton.
Justin Mccarthy, as sole survi-
wing trustee of the Paris Fund"
has been served with a writ on the
suit of Timothy Harrington, Red
mond ct al, who claims that the
funds are subject to a trust in fa-
vor of themselves and other mem
bers of the League. They request
the removal of Mccarthy from the
trusteeship. Mrs Parnell is in
cluded in the writ as a co-defend-
ant and administrators of her hus-
bands estate.
Disagreements have arisen be-
tween the Government of Brazil
and the Governor of the State of
Rio de Janeiro, who refuses to re-