NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 628, 4 July 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[Special to the Standard.]

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Several thousand Clyde ironworkers have struck. The Rev. Spurgeon has suffered a relapse. M. De Lesseps is ill from the effects of the threatened prosecution. The Queen personally invested Mrs Grimwood with rhe order of the Red Cross at Windsor, and invited her to lunch. Considerable excitement has been occasioned in China consequent on the occupation of Luang Prating, one of the Siam States, by the French. It is now stated that the Emperor did not intend to dismiss Prince Bismarck when the rupture occurred between them. A severe famine is feared in Madras in consequence of the drought preventing the sowing of food grains. Mr Hammond (seceder) and Mr Kettle (Parnellite) have been nominated for the Carlow constituency, rendered vacant by the death of the O’Gorman Mahon. The United States Government has refused to recognise the Chilian rebels as belligerents. The Czar has decreed that all foreigners in South-west Russia must become naturalised subjects, or they will be expelled from the country. The ukase is said to be aimed at the Germans [who reside there in great numbers. It is officially announced that Western Australia will shortly issue a quarter of four per cent debentures not below par. Bishop Doyle is of opinion that the Catholic schools system in the United States is inferior to that in Australasia. The Financial News says that in future the colonies will find the pocket ol John Bull is inexorably closed and

buttoned against his promising offsprings. The Archbishop of Canterbury does not believe in free education, on the ground that it will enfeeble the Churches’ hold over the people. It is reported that the proposal of the Admiralty authorities that an arrangement should be entered into with the Orient Company, with the view of the Company manning and working the Indian troopships, has been abandoned. The Emperor of Germany's yacht will compete for the Queen’s prize at the

Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta at Cowes next week. The Rev. Johnston has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for stealing jewellery. The body of James Makersey, a millionaire once largely concerned in the Erie Railway, has been exhumed at Liverpool. His life was insured for one million, companies interested believe that he committed suicide by poison, which would have made the policies void. The wool sales progress firmly. Competition on French account is firmly active now. The total quantity catalogued to date is 255,000 bales, the total quantity withdrawn to date is 16,000 bales. The Novoye Vemeya urges that unless France and Russia arrange an alliance, the Central Powers, relying on the impotence of their opponents, will render a European war inevitable. Intense activity is being displayed in perfecting the new Russian military system. Two hundred and sixty thousand recruits will be enrolled by autumn. Additional ironclads are beingconstructed, and large quantities of rye purchased. England's attitude towards the Triple Alliance is regarded in Berlin as certain to ensure peace for six years.