, 1898-02-12

Zpla is a farcicSl Que, The official witnesses
are forbidden 10 testify. others feign illness
or Otherwise claim prof esionAi OF diploma
tic pIivil' Sc. conseq", nifty with no'oPportu'
ni6y for lns defence. conv', ON must follow,
thus creating Il di'rmtld Ion tue Government
whict cannot sew rev Pua;sh tie defendant.
0 her L0n,i@n news q Is tiet MIR. Arthur
Tennys,n, brothef G. tie ATE Poet LAIR ste,
is seriously iIl NJ ! ~.
ConslanlinopIs r3yiceE report that extra.
culinary measures Of precauhon are being
taken in view OF the Saltan's progress through
Stanton on the fifteenth inst. on the coca
sion Of the feast OF Ramadan. The Sultan
has postponed the military evacuation and
operations in lbessaIy pending the settle
ment Of HE question OF the candld'ture OF
Prince George Sc goF,Inor of Cret". Ger
many uud Au,.riu re exported to have
inforn.i Tie Sui - that ley adhere to The
opposition 10 Prit ca George a. governor.
An Athens despatcL to The London Times
says That S,00U Jurkjsh troops occupied and
b0ned four v%illnees in tie Agrapha district,
hnr were repulsed near PGlacOkastrOn The
Greek oulpssts have bSen strengthened. This
situation is considered omincue.
A Shanghai telegram reports the arrival
there # he British Admiral Sir Alexander
Butler, and that he haF had an important
exchange Of views bv cable with the British
Minister at Ptkiu.
ADVICE from Akassa. IVES, Coast Of Africa.
state that the Cross River Expedition, com.
posed Of Niger Coast pfotrctOrate troops, WAS
mastered while destroying the towns
around Assay Greek Ehe Royal Niger Coy.
has sent a I0rce Of constabnlary to rescue
the prisoners.
1t is reported from Havana that General
BIanco. who was on his way TO Havana, has
stopped at NuevltnS and isom thence goes to
Puerto Principe it is believed with the view
Of seeing President Masso. who has been au.
thorized to negotiate peace. II Is also report
ed General Gomez sails for New York to con-
suit will the Juuta authorizes.
Thirty officers AMI ] 400 troops have army
Ell uers.s. "MaTi;. Cristina."
London, Feb. 9th.-Dnring the debate in
the House u Commons on lie Queens
sneccL. OCCASIONAL references were made to
tie sugar question. Lord Kimberley it is
understood aw ate a statement from the Co.
yernmcnt before discussing the matter.
Sugar in stock on the 9th. inst was lO2,O 900
tens. Last year 1914, 600 tons.
In London news yesterday, read House
Of Lords not House Of Commons.
New Yo.k. Febty l0h.-In the House of
Lords, during the debate on the Queens
epcech, Lord Kimberly stated that when a
Minister mentioned war tie county SuOuIu
be informed regarding it's danger. Lord
Salisbury, replying, said that England would
maintain her II, ATTY rights, which, however,
we're not threateneU. Russia had spontade-
ouslv given a written assurance that any
Chinese wort acquired wou6 be free, and
Germany went even further by declaring
that being convinced of the superiority Of
British Colonial methods, she will imitate
them. Daring the lean negotiations China
had intimated some embarrassment in making
T'uliehwsn flee iinmeiia ely, and England
had replied that it VIVA not essential aud
might be deferred hn'il tho railway reached
that place. China he SAID had agreed to
this. aud since then he had heard nothing
further. He agreed wiih Lord Kimberley re-
garding his warning against excessive acqui'
kitions on the Indian frontier while he be.
Iieved that danger existed in a reaction to
the old opinion that it VIZ, highlands duty
to fight eyei ybo1y and tax e~'elything, but
in his opinion t MAS dangerous either to irri.
tate other II Is ons or to over tax EnSlandS
strength, thrI efOre it was wise 10 prevent
partisartship inspiring suoir excesses 8s had
proved Iutnous TO nations as powerful as
ourselves.
In conclusion he said that France having
acquired Madagascar under q plea OF pro.
tsctorate has prejudiced England Dy chang
iur tho nrotepthfakA 20 annexation. thus