NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 435, 29 March 1890, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL TO STANDARD,] BRITISH AND"FOREIGN. CLEVER MOVE BY RUSSIA. BISMARCK'S POPULARITY. THE KAISER AND THE LABOR QUESTION. ATROCITIES IN SIBERIA. Russia has obtained a monopoly of the Persian railways. Major Panitia, head of the recent Bulgarian conspiracy, has made full a confession. Mr Davitt is acting as mediator between the Liverpool dock owners and the men on strike. Von Caprivi has been appointed President and Foreign Minister for Germany. New Zealand frozen mutton is quoted in London at $d per lb. It is rumored that the Czar is appointing a Commission to inquire into the recent atrocities in Siberia.

The German Ambassador informed the Austrian Emperor of the Kaiser’s intention to adhere to the Triple Alliance. The Home Rule Peers have signed a protest against entering a report of the Parnell Commission on the journals of the House of Lords. The Pope felicitates the Kaiser in trying to improve the condition of the working classes, but adds that a solution of the difficulty requires the powerful assistance of the Church. Prince Bismarck, after his farewell audience with the Emperor, had a tremendous reception by the populace. He has accepted a Dukedom as a second title. Oxford won the University boat race by a length. The Cambridge crew were favorites and led at the start, but Oxford gradually wore their opponents down. The water was choppy. The Spanish Chamber has passed a Bill conferring universal suffrage. It is not expected to be opposed in the Senate. It is understood that should the Berlin Conference adopt Emperor William’s programme the effect will merely be to bring foreign factory labor legislation up to the level of the factory laws of Great Britain, thus enabling the latter to compete fully with other manufacturing countries.