International.—Reports from Guatemala indicate that the rebellion under Prospero Morales is not meeting with success. According to these reports two battles have been fought, in both of which the insurgents have been beaten. The losses are reported to be 80 men killed among the government forces and 120 of the insurgents. A massacre has been reported in the western part of Guatemala, in which 40 persons were killed by the Indians……The steamer Hiawatha has returned from the scene of the Bourgogne disaster, where she had gone for the purpose of burying the bodies of the victims which were floating in the sea. A large number were given sea burial by the crew of this vessel……The Turkish Government has finally decided to repudiate the American claim for damages sustained by American missionaries during the Armenian massacres……A despatch from Madrid states that the Spanish Government has taken the preliminary steps for the court-martialing of General Toral for surrendering to General Shafter……Dr. Lilienfeld, of Vienna, claims to have discovered a process of making artificial albumen, which is the most vital constituent of the human body. If true, this is regarded as one of the most important discoveries of the present day……In view of the gravity of the positions taken by Russia and England over the question of interference in China, the English Admiralty is arranging for placing the fleet in readiness for any emergency. All officers and men on furlough or on half pay have been assigned to ships and instructed to be in readiness to join the fleet at the earliest possible moment……Russia having been granted by China a franchise for building a railroad in Northern China, and the natives having revolted against the building, Russia has been given the right to assist with her troops in quelling the disturbance. Russia has thus been given the desired pretext for local intervention. The Russian Government having brought pressure to bear upon China to prevent the granting of a franchise to an English syndicate for building a railroad in the province of New Chwang, England has offered to protect China from the encroachments of any foreign power which might result from granting the railway franchise. Russia has also forbidden the shah of Persia to accept a loan from a British bank with which he was on the point of signing a contract; and she has secured from Emperor Menelek, of Abyssinia, a protectorate over Raheita, near the entrance to the Red Sea, which will enable her to divide with England the control of the Suez Canal, and, in case of war, prevent England sending a fleet through the canal. All these are but indications of an increased tension in the relations between England and Russia. The belief is general in the Orient that these two powers must clash in the near future……The congress of Colombia has voted to pay the Cerruti claim which Italy has been pressing with threats of forcible collection, and the incident is regarded closed.
