The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-27
SOME FOREIGN NEWS Mr.,

s'an correspondence Chicago Record
GERMANY.--Germans are my
turbed over Brazil and the design, :. ~
countrys territory and commas. = AU
they impute to the United sts,.. 'sna
many's self-interest, in view Of Il. ~
man colonization in Southern Brs,u
ables this country to keenly svm,.., y
with the Brazilians In their rs,.s.'
at the United States gunboat w,,,,,sus
expedition, without governmental as s'Ol !
sion, up the Amazon to n d,st.s u'''
before attained by foreign wa ivy
The Berlin Neueste Nachricbten ,.' 'sl
devoted almost page to letter fro,. nv y
correspondent at Rio de Janeiro non II
he said: ~ which
THE person will do Brazil a f.v,
shall advise this republic to mats sf va
contract with Germany, on a real .asN s'lu
OASIS, so that In case Of troubla hs.A'E
Brazil and any foreign State na.Nen
may come 10 the republics assistanr.
make such contract with Enelara io
be absurd, whereas, allied with C,s,,s SuQ
Brazil would have nothing 20 faar ss,,
| ically. and commercially wound hs poll'
benefited The United States recens s.e NY
the gunboat Wilmington to the so,s:, ~
lantic station. Captain Goodrich ha.. A.
up the Amazon to Manaos. bevora -u u,ie
town foreign vessel never nasssa 'u.sa
get permission from the Rio goyernm.,,.g
go farther would take too long, So he 4.
tened on the 2ooo sea miles from the a.
iantic coast, and he did not turn his nj.
unli ne reached the Andes moun,s,s
chaln' In an air line only few hunSrss
miles from the Pacific ocean. Tho ch.s
OF ms commander stirred UP bad boos
and no wonder, for Brazil consiSsr. sv ~
expedition violation of her tsr,,,s. =,
rights" lame. C a.sA
Frankfort-on-the Main, July 10. M
BELGIUM.-The international m,r,.-.
committee, whose headquarters ia 81 Nv.
werp, has organized the third iptor,,
tional maritime conference, TO take Ma.
at London today, tomorrow and SATURDAY.
with the object of unifying maritime Law
in respect to collisions and shin owners
liabilities. AT the first conference in isl
the questions for debate were chosen All
last year eight of them were satisiactorllv
solved, while three were adjourned to M
coming conference. The London confsr.
ence viii have to deal with the most an.
iicult questions raised by the international
committee-'the law of collisions when
Doth ships are to blame, and the rlght
ana remedies OF cargo in such cases. and
the Limitation of ship owners liability
AS to the first, the principal question Ia h
settled is, ought the cargo to be entifIS
to proceed Jointly and severally against
both vessels in order TO obtain full cu.
pensation? AS to the Limitation Of shin
owners liability, the Importance Of la
Question can not be overestlmated. I'll.
English law differs on this point from That
of all the continental countries and The
United States, the statutes OF all the lat.
ter admitting that the liability Of the shlp b
owner is limited to the value Of the shlD
and her freight.
Harry Tuck Sherman
Antwerp, July 20.
FRANCE.-There Is a French colony
Tahiti, which has no direct communicates
with France. Lost in the middle OF tbs
Pacific ocean. 5000 leagues from Eurcpe
the malls reach the island by sailing yes'
sells from San Francisco. There is feel.
ing in official circles here that unless
is done to change this state Of
things Tahiti will become Amerlcanilh
because, as Paris paper says 1.-THE colony
keeps up very close commercial relations
with the United States 1t is therefor
to establish a steamship line
,etween the colony and France. The imam
cial side of the enterprise is already pretty
we'll advanced. This state of things xsl
illustrates the chaos which exists 10
French colonial affairs. Thus while zoe
lavy department commands the troops
he colonies are administered by the MN
ster for the colonies. The lack Of CO.
onial army also greatly weakens ~
French colonial system. Vice Admiral ~
Iuverville the retiring chief Of the genera
staff of the French navy department ~
ust permitted the publication OF prly's
etter in which he pronounccs shls lack
'f unity "a national peril"
Paris, July 10. Theodore stanton
~
MEXICO.-The deserted palace OF @a''
hal Bazaine in this city, which mas peuA
losed for about thirty five years, was "
pened yesterday and is being occups'
low by large cigarette concern, propAvs
he largest in Mexico. Bazaine wa =
barge of $4,000 French troops durins ,. ~
designed to support MaSinli. ..r
.fter the fall OF the empire the Me MAJ,
government, considering Bazaine llu ssn,
onfscated his property, covering sr
1000 square yards. Last May
transferred to syndicate OF spanish
aoco manufacturers, which proposes
nothing but cigarettes, p MA.
lg out about 100000 day. All ,ne -
hinery is American. Z. =. ou'''
City of Mexico, July Is.
49,
AUSTRIA.-The CELESTIAL passion W.
! the duchy of Lower Austria wn'p
entity began their summer season ~.
hich are attracting thousands o. 49,
nd foreign visitors, have already eesr nsa
,nded by 400 American visitors, w r,ueh
unreasonable of whom shower 81.
notion at the representations, wn, Wy. ~ ~
reduced with great dramatic enees ~.
+herwise rude and unsophistica.ea n,
airy. Although in Its infancy, : ribes.
ired by competent critics that In =, f,bsr.
'al plays bid fair to rival those " n b.
in Bavaria and HoeIl.. ,t,.ors
pmia. The cycle consists OF tw WI ~
presentations, and the new M,.ras+
l audience Of 800. William j.
July s.