Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-03
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
News.

LONDON, Oct. 3.-Sir William Har-
court departed yesterday for Paris, en-
route to Milan to consult an oculist.
Three hours afterward urgent dis
patches reached the foreign Office and
were telegraphed to Lord Kimberley.
Later in the day Lord Kimberley, hay
ing in the meantime communicated with
Lord Rosebery, telegraphed to convene
an emergency cabinet council. There
is no reasonable doubt that q very Sc
rious hitch has occurred in the diplo-
matte negotiations with France relative
to Egypt and West and Central Africa.
1t is probable that France has suddenly
sprung a demand upon the government
which has staggered even Kimberley,
and which, if persisted in, will bring
about a crisis which may result in war.
PARIS, Oct. 3.-The French Cabinet
has been summoned to meet concur
rently with the British Ministerial
Council tomorrow.
1t is stated that there are fresh de-
velopments in regard to the situation in
Siam and it is believed that these, as
well as affairs in Madagascar, will be
considered at the cabinet meeting to be
held tomorrow.
LONDON, Oct. 3.-The Pail Mall Ga
zette, commenting upon the fact that
meetings of the British and French
cabinets have been called for the same
date, says that mutual proposals have
been made for the settlement of the nu-
merous differences existing between
the two nations that require immediate
consideration.
The Globe says "To-day's news of
the blockade of the island of M~adagas-
car sets at rest all doubts as to the
h~eaviness of to.morrow's cabinet coun-
Gil. The ministers have decided upon
a resolute course of action. We want
no pain and no war fever but we need
the assurance that our interests will be
properly safeguarded and our allies
protected"
LONDON, Oct. 3.-Sir Joseph Renals,
the senior candidate for the mayoralty,
was elected by a ballot of the guilds
to-day.
New YORK, Oct. ga dispatch from
Shanghai says it is reported that the
Japanese have captured Kiu Lien
Cheng, on the eastern side of the Yalu
river. A hundred and fifty thousand
men have been gathered at Pekin for
the defence of the city, but out of this
number only seven thousand are effect
lively armed. Only fifty thousand
soldiers are available for the defense of
The province of Chi Ii and these are
raw levies. A Japanese army has land
ed to the north of the Hoang Ho river,
in order to intercept the transport of
troops from the south. A japanese
fleet of seventeen ships is now blockad-
ing the Gulf of Pechili.
LONDON, Oct. "a dispatch from
Shanghai says that Han-Keoo province
has been depleted of troops. The vice
roy, in anticipation of a rebellion, is
causing the construction of fortified
lions at Woo-ChaDg. The British con-
sui advises that all women and child
rem be sent to places of safety. A
volunteer corps has been formed in
Han-Keoo for the protection of the city
should trouble arise there.
PARIS, Oct. "a cable dispatch from
Rio de Janeiro, received at the Bra
lillian Legation here, makes a denial of
the reports that Portuguese residents
of Rio de Janeiro have been attacked
by the police of the city.
LONDON, Oct. 3.-Mr. n. P. O'Con-
nor, British minister at Pekin, has ca
bled to the Earl of Kimberley, secre-
tary of State for foreign affairs, urging
upon him the necessity for taking steps
to protect the lives and property of the
British residents in Pekin and Tien
Tsin. The Earl of Kimberley has
opened communication with the In
dian government with q view of max
ing drafts upon the English troops now
serving in India for the purpose of
strengthening the defences of the
treaty ports in China, in anticipation of
an uprising of the natives. The sane
ton of the cabinet must, however, be
obtained before any such steps can be
taken.