The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-11

eighteen persons connected with
Panama scandal. He has decided
that Ferdinand de Lesseps, Charles
de Lesseps, Henry Gotta, Marius
Fontaine, ex-Deputy Sans Leroy,
ex-Deputy Gobron, M. Arton and
NJ. Blondin are culpable. lie has
also found true bill against Deputy
and ex-Minister of France RouvIer,
Senator Albert Grevy, a brother of
the late President of the republic,
Senator Reral, Senator Deves and
Senator Leon Renault, on charges
of corruption in connection with the
Panama canal committee. Cornelius
Herr has been arrested.
A mine explosion in Bohemia
caused the death of so men, their
bodies choking the entrance to the
mine.
The fearful cold still continues in
Europe and England, and many
deaths are occurring from freezing
and starvation. The condition of
the poor in London and Berlin is
terrible.
France has passed severe law
against people who circulate false
rumors regarding the so!vency of
| banks.
The British Parliament opened on
January 3lst, and Gladstone took
the oath of office. The Queens
speech contained no special point of
interest. Lord Salisbury appeared
in opposition and touching upon
home rule for Ireland, said, that
one object of the Government in the
past six months had been to get the
support of a class of men who,
hitherto, no politicians in England
had tried to conciliate. The key
note of the Irish policy of the gov
eminent was to get the support of
the criminal classes. The preroga-
tive of the crown had been used to
shield murderers and release dyna-
miters. All acts of the government
caused an impression that they were
much more in sympathy with GRIM
inals than DESTROYS of vindicating
the law. [Cries of /" Hear, Hear! ~
Reference in the Queens speech
to home rule was the most peculiar
sentence he had ever seen in pub
lie document. 1t seemed to indicate
that the Governments opinion of
the whole Irish question with which
Parliament had to deal was that it
was right for one portion of the
Irish to place their heel upon the
neck of the Protestant population of
Ireland. With regard to other
measures indicated in the Queens
speech, Lord Salisbury declared that
nobody believed they will ever be
undertaken. This is simply the
repetition of programme adopted
by the Liberal conference at New
castle. Lord Salisbury alluded to
the agricultural depression, and said
agriculture had suffered most from
want of confidence.
Political partisans now preached
doctrines that were filling the
minds of owners of capital with
apprehension. There was no coun-
try in the world, Lord Salisbury
added, where property was now so
insecure as in Great Britain, in con-
sequence of erroneous legislative
action. Cries Of " Hear" =" Hear."1
The Earl of Kimberly mildly re-
m0nstrated with Lord Salisbury for
accusing the Government of SYM
pathy with Irish criminals. He
promised TO introduce the Home
Rule bill in the Lords as soon as it
passed the Commons. When this
promise was heard, faint laughter
rippled over the benches. The de-
bate then adjourned.
An earthquake occurred in the
Island of Zante on January 81, in
which many people were killed and
great damage was done to property.
A Melbourne despatch of January
29th, says, that the Federal Bank
of Australia is winding up its affairs
in consequence of the persistent
withdrawal of deposits by customers
in the Australian Colonies and i'm
England. The associated banks re-
fused the banks request to under.
take the liquidation. Payment has
been suspended temporarily by the
bank, although the doors have not
been closed. The liabilities of the
bank are $4,000, 1000, of which
81, 100000 are owing persons in
Great Britain. The assets are be-
lieved to exceed greatly the liabi-
litieS.