Mesa free press., 1898-12-09
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
A dispatch from Madrid says that
the Spanish ministers deny that the
Americans have offered Spain equal
privileges in the Philippines.
Robbers are having everything their
own way in the outskirts of Havana. A
reign of terror has resulted from the
return to the city of 400 desperadoes
who had been sent to Ceuta.
A semi-official note issued at Madrid
contains an appeal to the Spaniards to
furnish assistance to save the nation
al credit, "if they do not wish foreign
capital to be withdrawn from Spain" "
The French government has ordered
that Dreyfus be allowed to promenade
and exercise six hours day over an
area of eight acres. 1t is not yet known
whether he will be taken back to
France.
Nine Dreyfus has received a letter
from her husband in his own hand
writing It is reported that the military
governor of Paris and former Minister
of War has ordered trial Of Piquart by
courtmartial for forgery.
The armored cruiser Kaiser, flagship
of the German squadron, commanded
by Prince Henry of Prussia, which was
recently ashore in Kamsah bay, has
arrived at Hong Kong with three holes
in her bottom. She will be docked for
repairs.
A dispatch from Montevideo says: A
number of officials have been arrested
in connection with the acts of several
raiding parties on the border. Tt is
believed among the best Informed here
that revolutionary movement is inn
minent.
The Italian government has sent an
nltimatum of the Sultan of Morocco,
on the subject of the detention and ill
treatment of Italian proteges A week
has been given in which to reply, and
the Italian warship Umbria will fetch
the answer of the Sultan.
Gen. Farrado, at Havana has de-
clined to accept the office made vacant
by the resignation of Capt. Gen.
Blanco for the reason that he is eager
to return to Europe to seek liberation
of his son, who is a prisoner of the in
surgents in the Philippines.
Blanco has been instructed to draw
on Paris for $2,000,0O0 to be used in
payment of Spanish troops. The au-
thoritfes are making every effort to
complete the evacuation Of Cuba by the
end of the year. Martinique has been
selected as the point of rendezvous.
Santiago celebrated it's first Thanks
giving since the American occupation.
All the ships in the harbor were deco
rated with bunting, and the officers
entertained friends at dinner. The day
was practically unobserved by the
Cubans, except those employed in the
government offices.
A dispatch from Altoona, near Ham
burg, says an umbrella maker Of Og-
denburg, who boasted that he had
been chosen by lot to assassinate En-
peror William, on the latters return
from Palestine, has been sentenced to
three years Imprisonment after hav-
ing been convicted of lese majestic.
A Budapest cablegram says duel
has been fought between the Minister
of the Interior, Desiderius de Perzol,
and Deputy Hotto, a member of the
Independent party, as an outcome of
the ministership election on November
%, in which the Deputy charged him
self as insulted. The Minister of the
Interior was seriously wounded in the
forehead on the second assault.
Startling confirmation of the reports
of the preparations of the Carlist up
risings in France was afforded by the
seizure of army supplies which were
about to be smuggled across the border
into Spain from France. Many copies
of the Carlist manifestoes were also
seized. These manifestoes promise a
full autonomous government to ali
Spanish provinces and the restoration
of provincial rights.
The Glasgow Herald says the Ameri-
can line has ordered six Atlantic twin
screw liners, two of Hawthorne and
Leslie of Newcastle and four of the
Clyde Bank Shipbuilding Company.
It is added that they are intended for
the Belgian-American service, and
that they will fly the red streamer flag.
The vessels to be built at Newcastle
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feet long, and the other four are to be
passenger ships, $50 feet long.
Europe's political atmosphere looks
stormy, but there will be no disturb
ance, the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
thinks. England is prepared for fight
and France and Russia are not. Eng
land will take Egypt even if she has to
fight for it. This means that Egypt
will belong to England before many
weeks pass. Virtually Egypt has
been British territory ever since 1882.
This outcome ought to be satisfactory
to Egypt. 1t will undoubtedly be sat
isfactory to all the outside world ex-
cept France and Russia.