The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-02-06
ACROSS THE SEA.

ACROSS The SEA.
4 China has cot aside large sum for
the creation Of war fleet.
! British Ambassador Pauncefote has
notified Secretary olney Of Eng
land,s ratification Of the BshrinR ses
commission convention.
The sultan Of Turkey has denied
admission TO the Red Cross Society
which is preparing to send its repre-
sentatives to allevists the sufterings
OF the Armenians.
A Vienna dispatch to the London
Chronicle says: ssCharles T nney, an
American, will be at the head Of the
first Chinese university, q out to be
established at Tien Tsin on the Eu-
ropean model"
General vslerino weyler has ac-
septed the sppointmsut o. ths 9ov-
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sS6ohd = eonnand. NJ Y ' III Y
Il q said, in London, that the
crown lawyers are unable to find any
ofense under English law for which
DR.. Jameson, who recently invaded
the Trsnsvssl with an armed force,
can be civilly or criminally tried.
Robert Burns great grandson and
namesake, his last descendent In
the direct male line, has just died at
Blackhall, near Edinburgh, aged 50
years. He had served as soldier
and ~ = gardener in the Edinburgh
Public Gardens, but for fourteen
years past had been keeper of the
powder magazine at Blackhall. He
left no children.
Prince Henry, Of Bsttenburg, third
SON OF the late Duke of Hesse, and
husband OF the Princess Beatrice, the
youngest daughter Of Queen Victo-
ria, Is dead. He accompanied tb
British expedition to Ashantee and
while en- route on the dark continent
contracted the African fever, which,
despite all efforts, proved fatal.
The German Empire recently cell
ebrated the cuadri centennial OF its
establishment. The emperor made
an address in the White hall Of tho
castle, surrounded ty the ministers
Of the state, generals Of the army,
sdmirals Of the navy, members Of
the diplomatic corps, kings and
princes, all In glittering uniforms.
The royal decree issued on this
occasion grants amnesties to offend
ers whose sentences do not exceed
six weeks' imprisonment or 100
marks flne. Those only are except
ed who are guilty Of insulting thei1
sur eriors, ill-tresting their interiors
or desertion. The decree further
announces the foundation Of Q new
Prusslan order, the William order,
which will be conferred upon men
and women who render prominent
services in advancing the welfare
and culture of tho people in 40.
cordance with the recommendation
contained in q message Of Emperor
William.
The London Daily Netos prints {
dispatch from Vienna which asserts
that news has been received there
from Constantinople and Sebasto.
pol which agrees that Russia hal
. feet lying at sebastopol and a
Odessa, and that the Caucasian
armies Of Russia are being con-
csntrated upon tho Armenian from
tiers, in readiness to move mex
spring to realize the plans Of Pete
the Great for tho partition Of Turks.
among the powers, Russia takinl
Armenia and Constantinoplc, Franc'
taking Syria and Palestine and Eng
land taking Egypt and the easter,
shores Of the Persian Gulf, the 70
mainder Of the Turkish empire to b<
divided among the other powers.
The Daily Ne,ps also has . dispstcl
, from sebastopol which says that tn
: secret preparations are going for
ward there of preparing shippinI
, and armsments for . volunteer feet
| 10 Il the general belief there, th'
, dispatch aff.rms, that these prepare
, lions fQreshadow some action in tn
!. spring.
The nohron<Sl>,,s b n a sdi&cxsal d
Colonial Ge6H W uhss13 MINT
I statement Of " x61| 46la& a.
tion, made rpssntly p : spssch I
> Birmingham, seysi q
eve must regard this statsmeu
~ expressing the deliberate oonclu
! sions Of the government, and
: seems to rsnder arbitration, In som
: form or other, absolutely unavoid
: able"
. An article in another part Of th
: "Ohronicls'' declares that al the re
!. cent evidence Of . rspprochsmsr
between England and Americs lsav
i the essential heart Of the matter IN
d touched.
4 ssThe effects Of the increase {
Q mutual kindliness are being alloWe