The National tribune., 1892-08-04

with cargoes were allowed to land. On June
% several people were killed and hundred:
wounded. Consul-General Waters, repre-
sentng the British Government, sent to Hong
Kong for assistance, and the gunboat Tweed
was sent up.-Prince Bismarck, in his speech
at Kissingen recently. repudiated the assertion
that he had become an opponent of the Austrian
Alliance. On the contrary, he emphasized the
belief that the Germans should Internationally
and under all circumstances hold fast to the
Austrian Alliance, which contained an import
ant amelioration of the old relations.
Mckenzie Bowel, of Canada, in an interview
in Ottawa upon the question of the United
States threat Of retaliation by imposing an
enormous tax on Canadian commerce through
the Sault Ste. Marie Canal said: at is I'M
doubtedly within the power TO rsciprocate this
unfriendliness by system of canal-tolls dis.
elimination such as would throw the United
States inland marine commerce upon its
beam ends. But our course will be dictated
solely by our judgment as to what will be best
for Canadian interests, having regard not only
to present conditions, but to those upon
which our commercial and National inter
ests may be affected for the future."-
The four conspirators, Mirof, Popoff, Gheor.
ghioff and Karaguloff. who, with IL others,
were recently tried by court-martial on charges
of being implicated in plot against the lives
OF Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, and his
Prime Minister, N. stambuloff, were executed
in Sofia last week.-The trial of the Is An
archists, which has been in progress at Liege,
Belgium, for some days, was concluded last
week, the jury returning verdict of guilty
on all the counts of the indictment, which in
cluded charges, of conspiracy to steal explo-
sives and to destroy property and an attempt
to blow up the Ombret Powder Mil. -Moineau,
the head Of the band, was sentenced to 25
years penal servitude; Wolff and Beaujean,
two of the leaders, to 90 years each; four
others to Is years each, and two to ten and
three years respectively.-Additio details
have been received of the volcanic eruption of
Guong, Aroo, on Great Sangir Island, June T.
The town of Torosna was buried by ashes and
the enormous cocoanut plantations covering
the hills on each side of Toroana Bay were de-
stroyed. One Captain, who was there with a
ship at the time, estimates that 10, 900 lives were
lost ON the island, which presents most disma
appearance. Relief has been forwarded to
the survivors from neighboring Islands,
In European court circles it is reported that
Chancellor Won Caprivi had bad time with
Emperor William on the latter's return from
his whaling trip. The Emperor, it is said,
censured the Chancellor for his injudicious
handling of the Bismarck controversy, and
blamed him for the manner in which he had
treated the international exhibition matter.
The early advent of Count Won Eulenburg, the
President of the Prussian Ministry, is now
held to be probable. The Cologne Gazette, the
Deuascher Weichenblatt and the Post concur in
advising the dismissal Of the Chancellor.-
By the recent deaths Of two of its members
the College of Cardinals is reduced to "a, with
10 vacant seats. The College of Cardinals is
now more nearly divided between Italians and
foreigners than for long time. During the
pontifcate of Leo XIII 80 Cardinals have died,
of whom so were Italians and 80 were foreign
ers. He has appointed ~ Cardinals, of whom
Al were Italians and 81 foreigners Seventeen
of the former and Ii of the latter have died.
The changes in the college during the present
pontifcate have, in proportion to the time,
been much greater than at any other period
during the century.