, 1894-08-29

AC6uL4lC DOcoObblDH " 4 Du0 WI FulAGO up W.
ami even beyond Khartoom. The italians,
some two years ago, agreed that if mi itary
considerations ever obliged them to occupy
Kassala, the occupation should only be
temporary.
The kilograms from the Transvaal show
not only that there is a considerable amount
Of un' est among the English subjects of the
Yeoman Republic, but that the Beers are in
olined to try a very foolish form Of repres-
so a telegram in Wednesdays Times
states that the Volksraad are hurrying
through a Bill restricting severely the right
of public meeting. No outdoor meetings or
addresses are to be allowed, and any assem-
blage of six persons will be considered a
public meeting. Police OF detectives are
empowered to attend any meeting, and if
they think the object against the public
peace, may disperse them if necessary by
force OF arms. Every one attending is made
liable to Imprisonment for two years, and
the cOnveners may be fined $500. or
sentenced to two years hard labour. This
measure is believed to be the consequence of
the large and enthusiastic, but law abiding,
meeting of the people of johannesburg
which was held last Saturday to protest
against their grievances" That is the sort
Of measure which Il ay do very well for Con-
rinental Anarchists, but is hardly likely to
be welcomed by ordinary EngliShmen. Tho
BOers will be very foolish if they pass and en-
force such "a law. AS long as they do not in
t%erfere, the gold-diggers absorbed in their
digging, will tolerate almost any sort
of Government but if repression is to
be the order of the day, the people
of Johannesburg will some fine day
declare themselves a British Colony. That
would be totally illegal, but then gold-diggers
are admittedly ignorant of the principles Of
constitutional law. Meantime, the wealth Of
this strange little State should. be noted.
The Transvaal surplus on June 30th was
5000 O..
Congress has passed the Bill admitting
Utah to the Union, and thus put an end TO a
long-standing dispute. But for their poly
gamouS habits, the people of Utah would long
ago have been entrusted with the rights of -
State. The law does not become operative
until 1896. when Utah will become the forty
fifth State of the Union. The Mormons, it is
stated, have generally accepted the provisions
of the recent Act of Congress suppressing
polygamy. 1t will be very interesting to see
how the new State will organise itself, and
whether it will form a legal theocracy on the
model Of the voluntary theooraoy already
existing. Is there not also a risk that the
people may revert to polygamy? Marriage is
purely an affair Of State law, and any lawyer
could draw a Marriage Bill which would not
violate the Constitution of the United States,
and yet in effect secure to the Saints the
right to q plurality of wives.
The fuller accounts of the earthquake at
COnstantinople, which took place on Tuesday,
July 10th, show that the damage done to the
buildings of the city has been very great.
According to the correspondent Of the Pau
Mall. Gazette, scarcely a house in Stambou
remains untouched and many families had not
a roof over their heads on the Tuesday night.
The Grand Bazaar has been wrecked, the
massive stone N%aulting having given way
and crushed a number of people in its fall.
Fortunately, St. Sophia has been very little
damaged, but the old walls have suffered
considerably, and the minaret of one OF the
mosques has hten thrown down. Outside the
city the effects of the earthquake were still
more severe. San Stefano is in ruins.
Prenkipo is a mass of debris, and one of the
islands in the Sea Of Marmora has completely
changed its formation. The Moslem popula-
lion of STEAMBOAT behaved with fatalistic
Bravery and composure. . Not so the Greeks,
Almenians, land Jews of Pera and Galata.
They seem to have been seized with a mad
panic. A screaming mob rushed from Galata