FOREIGN | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 41.

FOREIGN.

—The last demand of the Turkish Government upon the “great” powers is the right to board foreign vessels in Turkish waters for the purpose of searching for Armenian refugees.

—A telegram from Southampton, dated the 7th inst., reports a fierce gale along the southern coast of England, doing much damage to shipping. Large quantities of wreckage were floating in various harbors.

—A Lima, Peru, despatch of the 6th inst. says a destructive fire had occurred at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and that fifteen squares, including the most valuable edifices, had been burned. The loss is estimated at $50,000,000, and 35,000 people are said to be left destitute. Several lives were lost, but the exact number is not known.

—A late Madrid despatch announces a disruption of the ministry. The causes assigned are, dissatisfaction at the long-drawn-out contest in Cuba, and the outbreak in the Philippine Islands, which have caused riotous manifestations in several home cities. The failure of the government to place the last proposed Cuban loan seems to have hastened the fall of the cabinet.

—The visit of the czar and czarina to France, last week, was the occasion of immense enthusiasm, the French people endeavoring to outdo all other nations on the route of the imperial tour. This, notwithstanding the fact that at the capitals of most of the other governments, the royal couple were visiting royal relatives. It appears somewhat anomalous that the closest sympathy should exist between an absolute monarchy and a republic, but it is not a new spectacle. The best foreign friend the United States Government had during the civil war was Russia. A former czar once stated that there is but two legitimate systems of government, absolute monarchy, and government by the people.

—Advices from Mazatlan, Mexico, report extensive floods in the state of Sinaloa. All the rivers in the state are said to have been flooded, and several villages and many farmhouses washed away. Over one hundred dead bodies had been found, and there was much suffering on the part of those who had lost their homes. Much damage to shipping is also reported. A public appeal was made by the government for relief.

—The “Eastern Question,” or what to do with Turkey, is still a mooted question in England. Mr. Gladstone wants Great Britain to take the initiative by recalling her representative at Constantinople and sending home the Turkish representative at London, and then making independent demands for reform measures. While there is much popular applause at these sentiments, there is considerable dissension from public men. Even Lord Roseberry, the recognized leader of Mr. Gladstone’s Liberal Party, has resigned the leadership because he does not agree with the ex-premier’s proposition. While there is much speculation as to the outcome of the great controversy, it should be remembered that “the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.”