, 1898-12-07

IT, the vicinity Of tue Ural Mountains con:
tanning thu .msssagea''An nd 6s's balloon crossed
Ural Mountains" Ad signed by A"dre".
Telegr"ms tr"n Cape Town state 'hat the
and Unanimously voted thirty Thousand stel-
some of tire Afrikanders expressed the hope
That the Transva 4 aud the Grunge Frte State
will also contribute.
. AdviceH from. Vienna report lhut the
Jubilee OF the Emperor is proceeding with
much rejoicing.
Paris news reports that the Spaniards
want the agreements reached to de put into
final form. The Americans however prefer
first to reach IN agreement in principle upon
all questions raised; the progress of the
Commission is slow.
It is announced that Spain having repre-
sented that the responsibility for the Spanish
prisoners devolved upon the United States
with the cesslon Of the Philippines, the
Washington Government has corresponding
" telegraphed to General Otis to demand
fIom General Aguinaldo their surrender to
him.
H. NJ. S. "PIoserpine" arrived at Bermuda
on Saturday.
Advices from Manila state hat the in
dependent party is not disposed to accept
the result Of the deliberations of the Peace
Commission, and that the paper LA indie
pendencia' declares that the F~ilipinos decline
to permit their honour to be hought and sold
like merchandise and further declares that
they are willing to fight in defence of their
rights. The paper adds that the Govern
ment and people are unanimous in claiming
nothing less than independence.
Washington news states that important
propositions relating to the Panama and Nj
- 49,. ~ ,,,l o,O1oofa bovA honD aChDniffn4
to the Secretary of State by the representa-
tives Of the two rival companies.
It is repol ted that the Spanish General Trans
atlantic Co. is preparing forty six steamers
~ rrpntriate the last Of the Spanish troops
from Cuba.
Other Paris news reports that the Senate
has rejected a vote of urgency demanded
by Nj. Waldeck Rousseau for a propotal to
define precisely the rights of the Court of
Cessation.
It is now being sought by what formalities
the secret dossier or conviction papers of the
Drpyfus case could be communicated to the
Court Of Cessation.
Havana news states that the executive COM
mittee of the Cuban@AFsembly agreed at its
last session to make II compulsory for Cuban
officers who have lfeen ipsulted by Spanish
or American officers to challenge the pro-
vOker to fight a dupl. The measure aims to
maintain the dignity of the Cuban army md
10 check the insolence of the many so-calied
Cuban officers who enlisted after the nrmis-
tice and are swnggering about in the Cuban
uniform endeavOuring to offend the Spanish
officers.
A Washington despatch states that General
Garcia and other members of the Cuban Com.
mission have called upon President Mckinley
at the White House, who greeted them cor
daily,
New York, Dec. 6th.-London news re-
ports that Lord Kitchener of Khartoum
returns to Egypt per s.s "Himalaya' on
the 9Th instant. and that doubtless the
Gordon Memorial College fund will be com
pleted before then, it already exceeding
seventy thousand sterling, including fifty
pounds from MIR. Hooley.
Paris news states that NJ. Deloucle an
nounces that Frenchmtn will ale found
institutions at Khartoum and Fashoda to be
called "Ecole de France" and "Ecole Mar
cband" analogous to The French schools at
Cairo,so as to maintain the predominanoe of
the French language i" Egypt; no opposi-
ton to the scheme is expected from Eng
land.
The London "Daily Mail discussing the
above expresses the opinion that it contin-
ues the policy Of pinpricks by France which