New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
REPORT OF THE NEW PANAMA CANAL
CoMPANY's DIRECTORS.


IN FULL. swING-CALIING OUT THE Rf'-
SERVES IN GREEcE-AFTERMATH OF
THE MEYERLING TRAGEDY
RrssrAs FINANCIAL CRISIS
-RARoN DHANIs RE
PORTED KILLED.
II will doubtless be news to many people to learn
that whereas all work has been stopped lot co''-
siderable time past on the Nicaragua 'a"a'' ~ -
i'm full operation upon that Of Panama Accoroi"s
to the report read at the annual general meeting
of the new Panama Canal Company just he'" III
Paris more than two thousand workmeh were c,"-
nIoved in pushng forward the excavation, on the
Emperado and the Culebra IN the w year heeT ts Almost
doubled The report states that tne ,'oe tn ,os u
rectors advance n the nsnnadence increases
they undertook the more their co"'"
I'm the final result
Conside rable excitement has been cause" a. "
Athens by the publication in the official "Gaze',e
of a proclamation calling out the reserves ana "e-
oreclng the immediate formation OF camp VI eH
ercIse and instruction. The conviction II n @
entertained that the King, who mas recenu.y Ia
nrned from Vienna woull not have done this had
he not acquired there the knPweaer, so g, t Emrope
events imminent In the souti east vi Hurop''
A sentence Of divorce has just been pronounced at
Munich against the Empress OF Austrlas niece
Countess George Tarisch who played so prominent
and so questionable role in the scandal that cur
minated I'm the tragic death OF Crown Prince Ru-
dolph at Meyerling The trial took place in cam
era but II Is generally understood that ts ~ 'o",' liz
upon which the Count based MS demand , 10, or r9 10
soIuion of the marriage rested on the behaVior VI
The Countess in connection with the affair which II
may be remembered resulted In her banishmeh'
from Austria
Th. agitation which has recently taken place in
France regarding ex-Captain Dreyfus condeH'heu
I'm irnprsonment for life for betrayal OF military
had, , no off ast a
,rnmont to institute additional measures for the
prevention of any escape of the captive. According
TO circular Just issued by the Minister or the '9io-
Mes at Paris the Governor OF Guiana is oru'i'u -.
change every three months the guards charS'u " IN
the duty of keeping watcn wat.,a, on D''''"S "" '"' ~
du Diabc. where he * confined
The report of the Russian Prisons Department
has lust appeared I'm 81. Petersburg and contains
some remarkable statistics. II appears that 'h're
are $50 nrlsous in AsiatIc aud European Russia. with
the total numbsr Of l0o93 prisoners. The mainte-
nance Of this vast army of criminals. many OF
whom are merely political offenders. involves an
enormous cost for which adequate provision Is not
made by the State. The consequence Is that IN tne
ma ioritv of the inmates OF the prison ave ~
endure the worst conceivable sanitary condilions
and the official figures; which are invarao,y ho op
timisfic show that less than 30 per cent or inc
prison population suffer during the year from
typhoid fever and kindred epidemcs
A statue OF the late Count Ferdinand de Lesseps
IS about TO be erected at Port Said. at "A point
overlooking the harbor and the entrance to the
Suez Canal
Russia IS In the throes OF n financial crisis OF
well nigh inconceiyable magnitude. Some years
ago the late car founded land bank for the
nobility for the purpose OF coming To the rescue
OF those Russian landowners who. owing To TIE
abolition Of serfdom were the point OF financial
collapse. The bank was empowered to advance ID
per cen, OF the estimated value Of the estates on
mortgage The idea that the Russian noble
would devote the money TO the improvement oi
his property Instead Of mis- he sauandeI,sd !
Improvement. and the result is that today & ne
bank having advanced over t1c."0go. finds
itself with millions OF acres on its hands. which
IL can neither cultivate nor sell at even 81 per
cent of the estimated value Either the bank VIII
Russia will bc shaken To its founda tions-or
else the State Will have to come to its aid with
Illustration OF the fntility OF trying to bolster up
the finances Of an aris,0cricy mat has outVed the
OF it's responsibilities
II is reported at Brussels that Baron Dhanis in
command Of the Congo Free state troops In the
Ne Valley has been killed 10y the Mahdists to
tho north OF lado
Mathildc Hentze who after poisoning her hus-
band with arsenic at Sarnowko. Prussian Poland.
fed TO tho United States. whence her extradition
was obtained has Just been executed az LISA.
the decapitaton. as usual being effected by means
OF big two-handed sword welded by the exccu-
tione:. Rrind'l
The commercial treaty between Austria and
Bulgaria. which the point OF being nego-
tiated a, the time when Prince Ferdinand made
his humble submission TO the Car. and which has
hung fire ever since. is finally about to receive
signature and ratification. Bulgaria has only OBJ
taincd this 10y means OF sacrificing number of
demands which Austria had formerly consented
to conccde. but which she now refuses TO grant;
lnasmuch. however. as most othcr countries had
declined TO ratfy their new treaties or commerce
with Bulgaria until that with Austria had been
arranged. there was practically other
9nen TO Prince o ThG rgay @ Mn a aus
per cent ad yalorem' While iwSniy-siy twenty specified
artices are excepted These include timber and
agricultural machines. which pay per cent; glass
ware u per cent. and sugar. Is per cent.
Ex-Cabinet Minister Bahaut. recently liberated
at the conclusion OF the term OF Imprisonment for
which he was sentenced fer fraud and corruption
OF which he had while Minister OF Public Works
rendered himself guilty in connection with the de-
funct Panama company. has to the astonshment
of everybody just been rearrested. 1t appears
that he is still liable to the Government to the
tent of $1,000 francs for fines. costs and legal
fortunate man who Is completely ruined. should
either pay this sum az once or be imprisoned for
has now the consolation OF knowing that every
minute spent In the peni,en,iary Is wiPng OF
to the state.
The English Government has just established
a sanctuary for the African elephant In the coast
area OF Somaliland Within the shoot
ing of elephants is strictly forbidden. and the OBJ
servance this rule .vili be an essential condition
TO shoot other animals within the prescribed area.
The In question extends from the Sheik
Pass the east TO the Ahyssinian frontier on
the west: while The northern boundary is the edge
of the Haud. Altogether the reserve is about
200 miles long by 20 wide. At present elephant
herds abound within the district
In reading the dispatches and letters from Ber
lin regarding the Tausch- -Eulenburg- -I.uzow scan
day. in progress. and which has thus far
lead to the imprisonment OF Emperor Williams
chief of secret service police. Baron Won Tausch.
charge OF forgery and perjury. II is necessary
to bear In mind that the correspondents intend to
convey a lot more than they are able to telegraph
or write. They are watched very closely. and