NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 449, 3 May 1890, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL TO STANDARD.]

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Martial law has been abolished in Crete.

Lord Salisbury has informed the Turkish (government that it is impossible to ■hasten the evacuation of Egypt. The supporters of General Boulanger have urged him to return to Paris in order to take part in the Labor celebrations. M. Wanga has placed Uganda exclusively within the influence of the British East Africa Company. Dr Barry, speaking at a dinner given at King’s College, said his experience in Australia had been a very bitter one, and he found the people to be very crude.

In the House ofCommons the Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Bill passed the second reading by a majority of 67. A new Licensing Bill introduced into the House of Commons by Lord Randolph Churchill, provides that two-thirds of the householders may veto the granting of publicans’ licenses. It also contains provision for the registration of clubs, with a maximum fee of

In Berlin strikes of various trades have taken place owing to the refusal of the masters to grant the men a holiday on the occasion of the Labor demonstration. Several of the masters, in order to prevent trouble, have conceded the men’s demands.

The Pope has written to the Archbishop of Cologne requesting him to exhort the Bishops to mediate in the strikes which are taking place in the various parts of the continent.

The Marquis of Mores, who was arrested on a charge of inciting the French army to join the anarchists, had a letter in his possession which will implicate the Due D’Orleans in a Royalist conspiracy which was to take place during the Labor celebrations. A warrant has been issued for the latter’s arrest.

The Newmarket Spring Meeting was continued to-day. The following was the result of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes—Merry’s Surefoot I, Rothschild's Le Lord 2, Duke of Westminster’s Bluegreen 3. White’s Narellan and Kirkham were scratched.

The King of Dahomey is willing to give up the French prisoners which he holds in exchange for the Dahomeyans in the hands of the French. The latest news is to the effect that the town of Whydah has been shelled by the French.

The French Government have discovered an anarchist stock of iron-tipped bludgeons and revolvers which were secreted in Paris. M. Constans is confident that the measures taken by the Government will prevent any outrage being committed during the labor demonstration, and he threatens to arrest 5000 foreign anarchists. Louis Michel, who recently delivered a seditious speech to anarchists, advocating that the use of dynamite was essential to the attainment of their objects, has been arrested in Paris.

It is expected that 150,000 people will parade the streets of Vienna, advocating the Eight Hours system. As’ disturbances are feared, the whole of the Austrian army has been placed on garrison duty. Orders have been given for the soldiers to remain in barracks in Madrid, in readiness to put down any disorder that may arise at the Labor demonstration.

In Paris 61 trades will be represented. Trades which will.not be represented total up to 87. John Burns and Michael Davitt will deliver addresses at the Labor demonstration in London on Sunday, in favor of legislation ?fixing eight hours as a day’s work. The organised union are opposed to this step. Those who are in favor of legislation' fixing eight hours as a day’s work, and those who are against it, will occupy separate at the Labor celebration on Sunday. The Socialists will support the view taken by fhe former. (Per Nelson Bros., Hastings.] The London mutton market has declined. Best quality is at 4%d; beef: hinds, ; fores, 4d.