BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-03-28

! SCS oStuoa'J lhOuSduuS vi OiPCGOS OCl
ween Tschi foy and Tia la in the YeHor
sea. A
-In-sgs tcryiew~cclehraied between
reporter of said London news paper
and the Minister Plcnipotentary of the
Celestial Empire abolt QI--n Vito ia,
he the Minister said. that the late war
with japan ha. bled considerably China
and consequently the challenge by Italy
inducing China to cochiet will be a
war Of life or death.
- The diplomat in question believes
in the possibility of Italy bombarding
some Of Ohina's ports but opines also
that she. Italy will not be able to pene
trate in the interior Of China, where she
will be certainly conqueren by the ar
my organized on a modern war footing
and differed by foreigners in it major
ity Germans, and by the terrible Mon
gols who have aheady commenced as
king to be armed for war.
The Spanish Minister of the Navy
Department put yesterday in to hands
Of the Queen a decree to be sigred aut
horizing Que hundred appointments,
among the chiefs and officers in the In
fantry Marine Corps.
The Spanish Government has asked
the Transatlantic Company for the
ships necessary for the repatriation of
the P;l;erine prisoners.
BY the Ministry of War a Military
commission has been apptinted to leave
Spain for the Philippine Archipelago
with view Of interviewing Aguinaldo,
and receiving the prisoners
AT the samo time, the Economical
Maritime Society will appoint another
commission which will trent with the
civil prisoners: ::
The RedzCross has made important
gifts Of winter clothing for the prisoners.
The Commission which the Society
will name will take said articles to the
prisoners.
Both Comissions will leave in the
auxiliary cruiser Patriot which is avail
tir G orders in Valencia.
In said ship will 60 the sum claimed
by Aguinaldo for the liberty of the pri-
sone-s.
The president OF the Spani. Cabi
net Mr. Silvela has addressed to the
French Minister Plenipotenciary in Ma
did, supplcating him to notify his 60
vernment the gratitude which the Spa
nish Government owes to the Consul Of
the French Republic in Manila whose
disinterested policy united to those OF
General Rios has succeeded, under the
conditions proposed to the generahsimo,
to procnre the ransom of the prisoners
In Bern two trains struck near the
Saint Gothard.
Amony the destroyed Wagons. eigh-
teen dead persons wee extracted.
The injured are calculated to double
thai amount.
The Emperor Williams left yester-
day durnig the night from Hubbertus
took for the capitai leaving the Empress
who continues weak in said town.
According to Rhinish Papers, The
Gazette de Vos, William II, will remain
in Berlin whilst the Italo Chinese con
Aict continues being the question Of the
day. 4.
In European Chancery, il. is Won
dered al that the Minister PlenipotiAry
Of the Celestial Empire at the Quirinal
in leaving his charge did not place it that
Iof protecting his subjects who are very
numerous in Italy, ints the hands of So
me foreign diplomat.
1t is feared that at the breaking out
hostiites in the Red Sea by bombar
ding few ports, the Italians exalted by
patriotic fervour may organise ven
delta against the subjects OF the Celes-
tial Empire who reside in the Italians
peninsula.