The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-17

nntsrsstinG Notes Upon Topics ef Cuvssn>
News Across the Water.

News Across the wsssy.
Owing to unexpected preparations
for. immediate hostilities that are being
made on huge scale at Omdurman by
tho Mabdi, who has already assembled
no lens than 20, 900 camels at that spot,
preparatory to an attack upon the An
lo-Egyptian forces, the British govern
ment has resolved upon an immediate
advance up tho Nile, and all English
efiloers Of the Egyptian army, ~ we'll
~ Of the English regiments stationed
In Egypt, have suddenly bad their
leaves Of absence Cancelled and been or
dered 10 rejoin their respective corps
without delay. The immediate objective
Of the Anglo Egyptian force, which will
be under the command Of tho strdar,
General Sir Horatio Kitchener, will be-
Abu Hamed, on the Nile, any further
movement being dependent ON the der
Wish rnaneuvers. Another matter that
n known TO have Influenced the dervish-
- In their resumption Of the o6ensive
y the recent victory Of the crescent over
the oross In Greece. news Of which, In
. greatly exaggerated form, has already
reached central Africa.
While there are no prospects of any
reunion between the Roman Catholic
church and what IL known 40 the church
Of England, all hopes In that direction
having been dashed to the ground by
the recent pronouncement Of the pope
on the validity Of Anglican orders, yet
the negotiations with the view 10 an
understanding between tho church Of
England and the Orthodox church Of
Russia are proceeding apace. The arch
bishop Of York has been visiting the &C.
olesiastical authorities IN the dominions
Of the czar, being received by them with
great hospitality and distinction, and
the Orthodox church delegated the met
ropolitan archbishop Of Finland not
only to represent IL at the Jubilee oere-
monies, bat also TO attend the pan-An-
giioan synod, which u to be held soon.
General Albertone, who has just re-
turned 10 Italy from Abyssinia, where
he has been o prisoner Of war Of the
negus for moro than year, is about to
be brought before . court martial ct
Rome for the part which no took In the
battle Of Abba-G Gaxiana, where the Ital-
ians sustained 20 overwhelming de-
feat The general 10 scoused Of having
advanced too rapidly toward the foe.
and Of having refused TO wait for the
support Of the other column. General
Baratieri, the commander In chief, was
recently court martialed for the cow
ardice which he displayed on that occa-
sion, in boiling from the battlefield in
the early part Of the engagement. He
was acquitted. It would be thoroughly
In accordance with the topsy turvy con-
dition of affairs in Italy at the present
moment il General Albertone. q man
noted for bravery, were to be convicted
by the court martial OF having displayed
too much courage and gallantry and TO
be punished for it.
While seals are abandoning the hunt
ing grounds of the northern part of the
| American continent, they are increasing
in such numbers in the Baltic sea Of
to threaten the Russian, German and
Swedish fishing industries with absolute
ruin, and the governments Of st. Pc
tersburg, Berlin and Stockholm are at
the present moment engaged in consid-
ering the best means to be adopted for
dealing with the depredations ON the
part of the seals.
The rejoicings over Professor Koch's
alleged discovery Of a remedy and anti
toxine for the rinderpest have turned ont
to be premature. His invention is now
proved to be Of no practical use what
soever, and 80 disheartened are the Brit
ish authorities in South Africa over the
dismal failure of every effort to arrest
the progress of tho plague that they
have now abandoned all further precau-
tions against its spread as being Of no
avail. North Of Cape Colony not even
per cent Of the cattle have survived,
and 1t is pretty certain that Cape Colony,
so rich in farming industry, will be sub
| jeoted to similar devastation.
All Italy Is in a state Of uproar in
connection with the appalling condi-
tion Of affairs disclosed by the govern
ment committee Of inquiry which has
Just been investigating the public or.
phanage at Naples. The committee has
brought to light the fact that ont Of
858 children who have been received
| at the institution during 1895 only
remain, all the rest being noted as hav-
ing died or else having vanished with
out leaving any record Of their disap-
| pearance upon the books Of the institu-
( tion. The population Of Naples is In
such q state Of indignation over these
revelations that the authorities are
afraid Of an attempt being made to sack
tho orphanage and TO lynch its of1oials,
who are charged with murder on q
Wholesale scale.
Whatever else may be said about the
Salisbury administration, there is nc
doubt that, thanks to the statesmanship
Of Joseph Chamberlain, 1t has managed
to augment considerably the loyalty and
the good will Of the colonies toward the
mother country. Canada, besides offer
ing TO Great Britain exceptional ad.
vantages by her new tariff. has recently
passed vote in her senate in favor Of