Berlin, February 27.
A report coming from Washington, that Chinn has approached Germany Karpe about arranging pourparlers with the Governments of the United States and Germany with regard to Mancharia, is unfounded.
February 28.
The Prussian Herrenhaus has passed tHe Polish Bill. elhred Jend of six per cent, besides The Hamburg-America Line has de-
patting aside for writing off and reserves tHe amount of 18,000,000 marks.
The French Government has ordered the landing of an additional 5,000 troops from Algeria. as reinforcements in other places of Morocco than Casablanca.
Fe 29.
The " Norddeutache Allgemeine Zeitung" announces that the publicati ofa White Book about Moroces is imler It will give explanations with the attacks made by the Paris in connexion with thy The German Goreroment emphatically repudiates the statement of the "New York Herald", that Germany doll America have offered to take diplomatic steps with regard to the Man-chanan question. The United States Government is publishing a similar! denial.
It is officially announced in St. Petersburg, that) Russia will spend 30,000,000 roubles per year for the reconstruction of her navy.
Two floating docks of 20,000 tons each have been ordered by the Washington authorities. Simultaneously it is announced that the United States will establish a naval station in Pearl Harbour, near Honolaln, The United States Government is issuing invitations for an international tuberculosis congress in September next.
The death is announced of Pauline Lucea, the famous singer, at the age of sixty-four.
London, February 29, Mr. Taylor, x.r. speaking at meeting of the Anti-Opiam League held jin the Hotel Cecil, eulogized the (hinese reforms, quoting as the blackest opium spots in China those places which were under British influence. Not single opiam den bad been closed in the international settlement of Shanghai, while Hongkong, which was under absolute British power, continued to license opium dens. The meeting has passed a resolution urging that the attention of the Government should be directed to these abuses.
Berlin, March 1.
The German Emperor will start for Corfu from Venice on the 241h instant, An Officer of the steamer Hakata treacheronaly assassin eta Marsalis Maru, Ottoakatami, (?) has Leen
The Japanese Consul is investigating the case.
March 2.
The wedding of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Priocess Eleonore of Reuss-Késtritz was performed in Gora according to both Catholic and Protestant rites. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the German "The reactionary intrigues tending to and the Tear.
force the Russian Premier, M. Stolypin, to resign have again been frustrated.
The French Government has officially intimated to the other Powers, who signed the Algeciras treaty, their intention to despatch more troops to Morocco.
The United States fleet has left Callao for Magdalona Bay, where it is expected to arrive about the 20th inst, and where it will go through gunnery practice for about thirty days, Chicago, March 8.
An anarchist stabbed the Chicago Chief of Police, Mr. Shippy, twice, shot Mr. Shippy's son dead and wounded his coachman. The ist was then killed. The city is in a state of terrorism. Fifty anarchists have been arrested. Thirty per cent of the workers in Chicago are out of employment. Washington, March 8.
Commander Sims, in his evidence before the Naval Committee of the Senate, stated that the Nery is in an amazing condition. The armour of the ships is too thin, and the ammunition hoists are dangerous. The markemanthis at the bottle "of Santiago, be averted, was disgraceful. it of nina thousand shots fired there were only one hundred and eighty hits,
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