NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 596, 18 April 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[bv electric telegraph—special to STANDARD.] BRITISH AND~FOREIGN. Influenza is spreading throughout England and Germany. The Jews are being treated with increasing severity in Russia, and are being expelled from provinces wholesale. Max O’Rell has signed a contract to lecture in Australia. Sir John Pender refuses to make any alteration in the cable rates to New Zealand and Queensland. The Grand Jury at New Orleans has refused to indict the men charged with participation in the recent lynching outrage. The Canadian Government has requested Lord Salisbury to legislate in the direction of rendering the Newfoundland Bait Act inoperative in the case of Canadian fishing vessels. The Katoomba, one of the Australian cruisers, sails on I* riday for a preliminary cruise. Mr Justin McCarthy has written to Parnell, asking him to release the i,ooo of the Irish evicted tenants' relief fund deposited in the Parisian banks. The Anglo-Afri.can treaties are being discussed in the Cortes. The Portuguese Ministry has resigned. President Harrison has accepted the resignation of Mr Hutson as Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr Hebeker has been appointed in his stead. Barry Sullivan, the well-known tragedian, is in a critical state of health. There is no hope held out for his recovery. It is considered that if India abolishes the exportation of opium she will impose cotton duties. The motion is causing great dismay in India.

Earl Kimberley, who was Secretary for India under the last Gladstone Administration, will take the leadership of the Liberal party in the House of Lords until the elections, in place of the late Earl Granville.

Queen Natalie has been ordered to leave Servia during the minority of her son, Alexander, the present King. She states she will not quit the country unless she is compelled by force to do so. It is stated that Mr Stanley will not be appointed Governor of Congo, but that he will make a tour of exploration through that region on his return from Australia. The Russian Government is continuing to spend enormous sums on military preparations, and the construction of a railway to facilitate the mobilisation of troops on the Polish frontier.

Germany is endeavoring to arrange commercial treaties with Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria, so as to bring about the formation of a customs coalition against France. An Italian loan of /a0,c00,000 is being arranged in Berlin. President Balmaceda having been deserted by many of his corps, was signally defeated by the insurgents. The losses on the President’s side were very heavy. The insurgents are now marching on Santiago and Valparaiso. The Aino, bound from Newcastle to Valparaiso, was run ashore by order of the Chilian Government to avoid her capture by insurgents, The owners claim compensation.