Mesa free press., 1898-12-02
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

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FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
According to late oriental advices
there is trouble brewing between Chi
ma and Thibet.
The Prince Of Wales has passed his
ffty-seventh birthday, and still he has
to wait for the crown.
Canada's new Governor General,
Lord Minto, with his family and suite,
reached Montreal last week.
Count de Rascon, Spanish ambassa-
dor in London, denies that the Carl
lists have raised loan there.
Ii Hung Chang has been ordered to
the capital of Shang Tung to prevent
future inundations of the Hoang Ho
which is regarded as virtually shelv-
ing Ii.
The spectacle of the Sultan Of Tur-
key and the Kaiser raising their re-
spective flags on their abode Of the Vir-
gin Mary is something calculated to
stupefy the intellect and paralyze the
digestion, declares the Boston Herald.
The Londo Times refers to the Span
ish suggestion of arbitration in the
Philippines as obviously futile and
absurd" and says that the Spanish
cabinet is prolonging negotiations in
order to familiarize the public mind
with inevitable concessions.
La Petit Republique, Paris paper,
says that during the recent trial Of M
Zola for libel, Comte Ezterhazy was
overheard to say that General Billot,
former Minister of War, gave him
$4,000 for forging the bordereau.
Lieutenant Gourko, formerly of the
Russian navy, under arrest for an at
tempt to murder a Russian State Sec
retary at Monte Carlo, has been found
dead in his cell. He was seized with
violent sickness after visit from his
brother.
A Paris paper declares that neither
the United States nor Great Britain
can stand alone in the Far East and
that "protectionist America will be
compelled to accept the open door
policy in the Philippines for the sake
of British help in China"
1t is rumored in Paris that Emperor
William wanted an invitation to
France as a preliminary to a visit in
1900; also that the idea of sending q
squandron to salute him in French wa
ter was abandoned on account of the
strong opposition of the Chamber OF
Deputies.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Secre-
tary of State for War, has issued the
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of a battalion of 1000 Chinese to serve
under British officers at Wei-Hai-Wei
! the recently acquired British naval
station on the north coast of Shang-
Tung promontory.
The announcement that two advo-
Gates will be sent to assist Dreyfus in
preparing his defense indicates that
he will not be taken to Paris. The Sc
cret dossier will be demanded, and the
government will see that it does not
gain publicity that would be danger
GUS from an international point OF
view.
It is stated that Great Britain has
suggested that the railway between
Shanghai-Kwan and Tien-Tsin, al
ready working, and the mines in the
vicinity of the railway, should stand as
security for the loan under negotiation
for the construction Of the railway be-
tween Nieuchwang and Shanghai
Kwan. Russia has assented to this
and discussion on the details Of inc
agreement is progressing.
West China Is still in very dis
turbed state. The band chief, Yuh
Man Toi, has emissaries through
out the province of Szchuen
and in many of the cities his procla-
nation is posted, calling on the people
! to expel foreigners who are enemies OF
the people and seeking the partition OF
| the empire. Yuh Man Toi promises
great deliverance and even undertakes
to have the Japan war indemnity re-
paid.
+ Almost all the Madrid papers depre-
cate the dilatory proceedings at Paris
expressing their belief that the United
! States will decline arbitration and urg-
| ing the government to yield quickly
| since it is impossible for Spain to re-
new the struggle or to expect European
assistance, and furthermore because it
would be better to cease wasting
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upon Spain's domestic affairs and the
restoration of her finances.
At meeting Of the Forum Club
composed of the prominent colored cit
izens of st. Louis, resolutions were
adopted for the appointment of a COM
mittee to draft an address to President
Mckinley asking his intervention in
behalf of humanity and good govern
ment. This will be signed by colored
citizens of the entire country and will
be sent to members Of Congress. The
race riots in South Carolina will be
discussed at meetings in New York
and other large cities.
The Nicaragua Canal syndicate, OF
which William r. Grace Is chairman
is confident of building the canal
Grace says his syndicate has been
granted absolute and exclusive right
by the Nicaraguan government, and all
statements to the effect that the con-
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