New-York tribune., 1896-10-26
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
ALLEGED ARREST OF A UNITED STATES
VICE-CONSUL IN MANILA.

HARGED WITH COMPLETELY IN fhii'ii '''"
INsrRREcrIoN- -CAPTAIN-GENERAL BLANco TO
BE syPERsEDED-GERMAN LINERS MUST
BE BUILT IN GERMANY -INDIAs NEW
Observation-Disclosures OFFER OF
PARLIAMENTARY SEAT.
According 10 advices received in Madrid an Amer
lean citizen named Collins who Is asserted to hoid
the office OF ViceConsu Of the United States at Man
ia was among the 400 Free Masons arrested as sus-
poets August 23and thrown into prison the charge
of being concerned in the insurrecon OF the Philip
pine Islands. The evidence against Mr. Collins Is said
be particularly strong and he Is declared 10 be one
OF the principal organizers and leaders OF the revoIu-
ton. The latter has extended all points OF the
100 islands that constitute the archipelago and the
CaptainGenera. Blanco. Is practically shut up with
fugitive Spanish officials and clergy in Manila. when
Is held by 1900 Spanish troops constituting the entire
force Of white troops In the colony The major por-
ton of the native army. consisting OF coV men, mas
mutnied, killed its 0ficers and Joined the rebels,
whose warcry is not merely Down with the taxes"
in the case of former risings. but Down with
SPAIN" Captain General Banco Is likely be shortly
superseded. A solder OF the character as Mar
shat Martinez Campos. mbued with humane and
liberal instincts ne is strongly averse 10 the meas
which he has been forced 10 put into execution
during the last months under peremptory orders
from Madrid. Like Martinez Campos in the of
Cuba he does hesitate to express the opinion that
the people the Philippine Islands have grave cause
for complaint and burdened with numerous bitter
wrongs thai cry for redress He Is understood 70 70
opposed in this particular by the local clergy and by
the ultra conservative members OF the Government
in Madrid.
Emperor William has caused notification to be
made to all the leading German steamship lines to
the effect that in future all steamships owned by
companies in the receipt OF State subsidies must be
tad TN, rar,p ipya ards IA a
blow for English shpbuilders. who nave
hitherto built nearly all the vessels belonging to the
lines running out OF Bremen and hamburg
Although arrangements have already been made
for providing Mr. Gladstone with a seat in Paria-
ment. the Liberal member for an absolutely safe
Midland constituency having agreed TO retire In
favor OF the Grand Old Man. who shows disposi-
ton treat the proposal quite seriously. yet do
mestic influences are too strongly opposed TO the
project to admit OF its realization. Moreover, the
shock suffered by the aged statesman In connec-
lion with the tragcaly sudden death OF his friend
the Archbishop OF Canterbury. makes II only too
clear that these influences are exerted for his un-
questioned bereW.
The Earl OF Onslow has been selected by the
British Government TO succeed Lord Egin as Vice
roy Of India. Lord Onslow is at the presen, mo-
ment Under Secretary Of State for India and was
formerly Governor Of NewZealand
4 very favorable impression has been created
throughout Europe by the Cars appointment OF
Baron Alexander Uexkull to the post of Deputy and
Vice. Minister OF the Interior. The Baron is one
OF tn. most conspicuous leaders OF the Liberal party
in the Muscovite Empire is president OF the Synod
| OF the Lutheran Church in Russia, and has al
ways taken a prominent part in everything calcu-
| lated 10 promote the educational ana intellectual
| development OF the country.
In an official report just published in London Mr.
| Crawford. who hps for many years been British
! Consul for the Island OF Madeira. tourists
and lnvallds OF the shocking sanitary condition OF
| Funchal. Typhoid fever has for some time past
! bcen prevalent in the proportion OF an epidemic.
and is ascrbed by experts entirely 10 the drinking
! water used. The supply. instead of being brought
from the hills in pipes down IN open cutters.
with the inevitable result that the latter used
for washing purposes. and even sewage. by the In
| habitants of every cottage that they pass. The
local authorities have recently invited bids for the
erection Of waterworkS But until these are COM
! peted persons visiting Madeira will in the opinion