The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-12
Foreign.

IT is reported from the Vatican at Rome
that Pope Leo is confined to his apart
ments with severe attack OF rheumatism.
His physicians consider his condition Sc
rious.
THE Mussulmans have burned 200 houses
of Christians in the village Of Kakodike
in the province of Selino, Greece, and it is
feared that the Christians, as reprisal, are
burning the Mussulman villages. Hostili-
tiles have been resumed in various parts of
Selino.
A BODY of 10000 Mussulmans forced an en-
trance into Heraklion last week and elected
all the Christian residents from their houses.
The reports of massacre at this time and
place are confirmed. The town was sacked
and the Russian vice-consul was seriously
maltreated.
THE various European courts have re-
ceived letters from members of the royal
family of Greece saying that King George
will probably abdicate in favor of the Crown
Prince Constantine, Duke of Sparta, if the
powers compel Greece to desist from her
aspirations TO make the island of Crete part
of the Grecian domains.
THE powers, with the exception of Eng
land, are preparing to blockade Crete. The
Portes demand that Greece should stop the
export of war material to Crete has caused
the Greek cabinet to resign, but the king
refused to accept the resignation and or
dered the minister OF war, on his own re-
sponslDlnty, 10 stop tne export.
A LADY who has just returned TO London,
England, from Armenia, asserts that the
missionaries there estimate that fully
million deaths have occurred in that coun-
try as the result of the massacres and from
starvation. The present condition of Ar
menia, she declares, is worse than il was
during the massacres. Thousands of the
! inhabitants are starving to death,
EXCEPT for telegraph lines the city of Bonn
bay, India, was isolated two weeks ago from
the outside world. Very heavy rains had
fallen, and the country in the vicinity OF
the city was flooded The railways were so
far under water that it was impossible to
run trains over them. 1t will be long
time before traffic can again be resumed.
A water main in the city burst, and the
lower part of the town was submerged.
A HOT engagement is reported to have oc-
Cured last week between Guyamas and
Melones in the district of Manzanillo, in
the province of Santiago de Cuba, in which
the percentage of loss suffered by Spanish
troops was exceedingly heavy. The official
report gives the number of Spaniards as 100
pitted against 1000 insurgents. This report
further states that Lieutenants Gonzales and
Pintados of the Spanish forces were killed,
| together with fifty privates
CRITICAL times are reported from Crete.
! Hassam Pasha, the governor OF Heraklion,
for refusing to admit crowd OF armed
Mussulmans to the town, was dragged from
his horse and maltreated, sustaining serious
| injuries, The Mussulmans thronged into
the town and IL was found TO be necessary
to call out the troops to restore order. The
Christian residents of the place were
thrown into a panic. The situation, &C
cording TO this dispatch, was never so crit
ical as 1t is now.
The most extreme poverty still exists in
the northeast portion Of Newfoundland on
the coast OF Labrador and many Of the in
habitauts are in a starving condition. DIR.
Grenfel, superintendent of British mis-
sions, who is a most reliable authority, de-
clares that it is impossible for language TO
describe the sufferings of the coast resi-
dents, who have been without flour, bread,
or nourishing food for weeks. They have,
he says, been living upon seaweed and
shell-fsh. The grown people are almost
naked and the children wholly so.
The financial difficulties of the Turkish
government are most acute. The officials
on the civil list have not received their SAL
aries for seven months past, ana when
some Of them complained they were ar
rested. The sultan is paying some OF the
officials out of his private purse ana hego-
tiatons in progress with London bankers
! 10 capitalize the Cyprus tribute have been
| broken off, owing to the excessive demands
| of the Turkish government, which counted
upon getting from this source the sum OF
| el5O, 900, 90 with which to replensh its cot-
fers.
A TERRIBLE disaster from tidal wave
five miles in length is reported from the
coast of Haichau, China. Many villages
were destroyed and it is estimated that
1000 people were drowned, An immense
number OF cattle persisted, the rice-helus
were submerged and almost totally de-
stroyed and famine is feared. Haichau Is
situated opposite the Yu-Chau Island, on
the coast OF the Kiang-Su province, wnlon
is on the Whang-Hai of the Yellow sea
The surface is mostly level, when may ae-
count for the great loss of life. Kiang'Su is
one Of the most fertile provinces of the EN-
pire and exports more silk than any other
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