London, Nov. 15. The Royal Niger Company lias sent an expedition to attack Arku, the headquarters of the slave trading prince Idah. Prince Henry of Orleans and Major Leontifu, recently appointed by the Negus as Governor-General of the equatorial pro vinces of Abyssinia, are- organising an expedition to proceed to Africa with the object of anticipating the occupation of Khartoum by the forces under General Kitchener and also of the Great Lake region. Prince Henry relies upon a concession from King Menelik of Abyssinia. Mr Cunningham Graham while travelling in the Atlas Mountains, North-west Africa, was taken prisoner by the Moors, but released after ten days' imprisonment.
LABOR TROUBLES.
London, Nov. 16. The Employers Federation has postponed the preliminary meeting of the conference, which was to have taken place to-day, between the representatives of the employers and the engineers. The Hon. Mr Ritchie says both sides are inclined to approach each other in a conciliatory spirit. If they do not agree upon a chairman satisfactory to both parties, they will be willing to appoint a chairman for each side.
