The Transvaal is again demanding
attention. The Boers have been mak
ing many attacks upon the native
chiefs, and many Englishmen feel that
it is the duty of their country to inter
fere for the protection of the
The government, however, is very
much disinclined to assume new obli
gations in that quarter, Lord Derby
saying that the use of force would
only tend to create an African Ire
land.
SOCIALISM IN FRANCE.
The various phases of anarchism in
different European countries contin
ues to engage attention. The social
ists in Paris are very active, and a
“Black Hand” eociety has been dis
covered in northern Portugal, while no
less than 1,200 persons have been ar
rested in the Spanish province of An
dulusia alone for complicity iu the an
archist movement. The Russian gov
ernment has proposed the the other
powers that an international detective
force be organised to coupe with an
archibts, nihilists, feuiaus and socialists.
Fiance, Switzerland and Austria have
acquiesced in the proposal.
PRINCE GOH'KCHAKOFW.
The suspicion that Prince Gortscha
koff was poisoned is sustained by hie
physician, and it appears that the
Prince himself knew of the theory, for
in his will, made on his deathbed, he
requested the authorities to suppress
any inquiry as to whether or not he
had been poisoned. The Spanish Dy
nastic Left have appointed a commit
tee to manage the party, as Marshal
Serrano desires to resign the leadership.
