, 1894-06-06

principal, or rather only, street has been
leyelled, and the pier swallowed up by the
sea. The movement does not appear to have
been violent, but it was repeated five or SIX
times: the churches fell IN, and Il great many
vorshippers were buried in their ruins, and
the total loss of life probably exceeded three
hundred. That appears small for 50 formula
be q shock, but the same thing was noticed
in tue earthquake ON the Riviera and in many
small earthquakes in South America. The
first shoe k is, in fact, seldom the strongest,
but it serves to send the inhabitants head
long out into places where, unless the earth
opens, they are comparatively safe. The
rush is instructive, and is known to have
been made by persons who we're. to their own
consciousness at all events, fast asleep.
A terrible agrarian outrage took place in
the County Cork last Saturday. The tyictim
was John Donovan. the caretaker Of an evic-
tec farm on the estate Of Lord Cork. Dono-
van occupied a portion Of the house Of HE
farm In the other half lived John ! en-
nealey and his brother, the tenant who had
been evicted. The two farm, a|djoined and
one house divided into two serves for both
John Kcnnraley Stated at the inquest that,
oil Friday night, some one who he considet-
III war al CulitN AiiiA' ~ ''NHN
for a while and understood m~oonlighters had
come. He opened the door and saw one man
on the road. His brother said it might be
dangerous for him to 60, out, and he accord
ingly went to bed" He remained listen
ing, however, and he heard tie moonlighterS
had come back again One Of them
said, That will DO now" and afterwards
three revolver shots were fired in the air.
lie thought that they were only frightening
Donovan, and made no more Of it. In the
morning he went TO see Donoyan and found
him all covered with blood. Donovan asked
TO be left alone, and died shortly afterwards.
Donovan's son, who was in the room, states
that two men. aimed With gums, entered. and
without making any observations one Of
them heat his father on the head with the
stock Of a double barrelled gun. The boy
interfered TO save his father and was him
self struck. The caretaker was then drag
ged out Of his bed into a yard, where he vas
again brutality beaten and then shot.
The condition of affairs in Samoa is report
cd TO be exceedingly bad The trirartile con
troll exercised there by England, Germany,
and the United States has baralysed native
authority without appeasing native q%uarreIs;
the factions are always fighting; and there is
practically no Government left. The Peo-
rle, it is alleged. are sick Of the disorder and
willing to be governed from New Zealand;
and he New Zealand Ministry, which, under
Sir ]. vogrl, once proposed to annex all
Polynesia, is ready, indeed eager, to govern
Samoa. The proposal, however, is sure to IL
Stated the 8mericans, who consider they have
Interests in Samoa, and ha> already irri-
tate the Germans, who say that if anybody is
to govern the group the first right rests with
them, as they are the principal traders and
planters. They even accuse us of grasping-
ness, as if anybody in England wanted Samoa.
We certainly are not going to absorb it
~ithou; German and american consent, and
we suppose there will be another Conference
10 decide on a plan of administration The
beat would be to establish a Raja Brooke as
Adlninistrator for life with absolute pow
ers. and a guarantee from the three protecting
States agains instruction. A man Of the
Gerald Portal type would be q real blessing
to the people.