Mesa free press., 1898-12-16
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

1t is reported that Emperor William
intends to write an account of his Pal
estine tour for publication The Bis
marck memoirs have not created much
of sensation.
The new German army bill shows the
Prussian peace contingent will be in
creased by II 400 men and $3.50 horses,
and the Saxon by 2073 men. Herr Rich
ter calls this Germany's answer to the
Cars disarmament proposal
The Campania Transatlantica has
chartered the steamers Hapsburg, Full
da and Werra, belonging to the North
and will use them for the repatriation
of the Spanish troops in Cuba in De-
cember.
Court circles in Greece are busy with
the reported engagement between
Prince George of Greece and Princess
Victoria of Wales. The event would be
popular in England, but the Princess
Victoria is self-willed and her matri-
monial prospects are a source of anx
iety
A dispatch says the Bank of Spain
has agreed to make the government an
other advance of 6O,O0O,OOO pesetas for
expenses of evacuation. The Spaniards
have a deep conviction that Spain has
been wronged by the victor, who has
spared nothing to make the defeat
more CALLING.
The ImparciaI announces that the
government intends to retain the Caro-
lines and will only sell them in case it
reaches an advantageous offer and they
become burden to Spain. The paper
adds: "The government heretofore has
not received such a proposition, but
expects to do So"
The two men arrested in London for
having in their possession jewelry sto-
len from the Duchess of Sutherland on
the Paris train gave their names as
Johnson and Lippman. About $4,000
worth of the stolen jewels has been re-
covered. One of the prisoners is con-
sidered one of the cleverest jewelry
thieves in Europe.
In the Vienna Reichsrath Count Ho-
henstein said that while the expulsion
of Austrians from Prussia was severe
it was not a fragrant violation of the
principles of international law. How
ever, it was hoped that the protest of
the Foreign Office would cause greater
consideration to be shown to Austri-
ans; but if not, the government will
energetically protect the rights OF
AustrianS.
! The Gar of Russia, replying to the
! Sultan's telegram Of November 26th,
urging the Car to abandon his inten-
tion of sending Prince George of Greece
as high commissioner of the powers,
declares that the friendly sentiments
of Russia. toward Turkey are un-.
changed and, while Prince George is
going to Crete as commissioner Of the
four powers, the Sultan's rights of SOW
ereignty will be safe-guarded.
The independent party of the Fill
ipinos is not disposed to accept the re-
| Commissioners at Paris, judging from
the tone of the native press. Independ-
cia published a particularly bombastic
leading article to the effect that the
the Filipinos will decline to permit
their homes to be bought and sold like
merchandise. 1t then repeats that the
Filipinos are ready to fight in defense
of their rights and asserts that the
government and people are unanimous
in claiming nothing less than inde-
pendence.
The attempt to affect coalition be-
tween the States of Nicaragua, Hondu-
ras and Salvador, to be conducted un-
der a common administration and
known as the United States of Central
America, has failed completely. The
Federal organizers formally declared
the union dissolved, the three states
resuming respectively absolute SOW
ereignty. The collapse is due to the
failure of the troops of Honduras, act
ing in behalf of the Federal organizers
to suppress the outbreak in Salvador
against the proposed federation and to
force Salvador into the union. The
prospects are peaceful.
The increasing use of fruit as food
is one of the notable things in mod
ern commerce. A generation ago fruit
/ was a luxury only the well-to-do
thought of. Now it is staple in most
households Philadelphia capital has
lust organized third great company,
the object of which is the importation
of fruit from the West Indies. So
marked is this development that the
finest grocery houses now handle
lines of fresh fruit. All grocers will
be forced to this 80 as to compensate
for the loss of other trade incident to
this general use of fruit as food. 1t
takes the place partly of. bread and
partly of meat.
Aguinalos nimbleness in asking for
ST ,5OO,O 900 of Spain's $4,000, 900 is excit-
ing much talk in Madrid. He wants it
ostensibly for the release of imprisoned
friars. He has several hundred prison
ers, including clericals and civilians.
The former, he has said, are the most
active and revengeful agents in sacri-
ficing the lives and honor of innocent
natives. He has heretofore based his
rights to hold them prisoners on the
hope that Spain would liberate the Fill
ipinos in return and cease ''torturing
and shooting the natives" There il
much curiosity among the officials in
Madrid to know just whom the insur-
gent chief is going to negotiate with
for his 100000, now that Spain will
hox oil