| Show AFFAIRS OF INTEREST incidents of the past week in foreign lands RIOT IN constantinople doubt expressed ns as to the genuineness of the report that the assault on tile the bank was mado made by arms arme blaus slavo slave trade in zanzibar will not be abolished pinion opinion O us as to the effect of treo free silver coinage upon england change of tone 0 of tho the press london aug SO special london cable letter copyrighted ISM by the associated pi ess I 1 Poll politically leally the past week lias has been tile the liveliest ot of EL a long ions time the bombardment ot of a palate palace of tile tho sultan or of zanzibar the rioting in and about constantinople ment ot of the lie troubles in rhodesia to th beginning of 0 the czars azars tout tour of 0 europe atrid tile the advance of the expedition tion up the nile have provided columns of 0 interesting news dally tho the zanzibar incident and tile tho constantinople stantin ople ma massacres marcu cume come like a couple or of tornadoes the british pleas pi ess is 1 unanimous in expressing the opinion that dial the lh attack upon the ottoman bank has done am measurable harm to th armenian Armenla ji cause and news or of fretia ala massacres a ores ot of armenians Armen ians in ulo tho provinces Is hourly expected d the liberal newspapers however express the iho gravest doubts at the of the bank aristr afi aar they believe Is was got up by agents the speaker today sas sa the official account ascribing the affair to the armenian agitators 1 Is stamped st ol 01 aped lit in every way a rd a falsehood and a nd a certain proof that it Is a tissue ot of lies in that the ot of tile the bank otter after their capture ii laeko cie on lyard boad sir edgar vincents yacht this Is id not the way the sultan bals dals with rebels caught red handed if thee the e pilson ers leally ea ily revola bevc itka d against the sultan aul laii they would not hae lived tell minutes after their surrender and the I 1 resistible ri esis tible Is that tile men were m ere t s cret ly y acting under palace ardi a arid and that tha t the licit ilot was prompted insider luo Ino ider to atford an all excuse tor for another inas massacre sacro T OF ZANZIBAR regarding the bombardment ot of tile the palace ot of zanzibar it api appeals jears that the iho government in spite of the pressure brought to bear upon it from jingo quarters does riot not intend to make zanzibar A british colony tho the present sultan la Is a mere in the hands handi 0 of the british officials and the ho present besteni of government Is cheaper than a colonial government arid and it will still please the natives better belter as they want to lie e under a mohammedan sultan the greatest difficulty in I 1 the lit way ot of a colony at ai zanzibar Is in the lh fact act that it would entail the ihei immediate med late abolition ot of elavery slav cry thich aou would d he b cert certain atil to lead to trouble said khalid tile the suppressed r mado made it a very clever move in ili taking refuge lit in the german consulate as according ace to the german he be will NN I 1 11 only be handed oer mer to the british on tho the clatters guarantee guar that lie he will wl 11 lie be it bated it if not as it a prince waging aging v war a gRit great at any ally lute lot as it 11 political prisoner clitis lie could not be executed according to the idlest news front from zanzibar said khalid had a revolutionary center at zanzibar tor for months past in ia a mosque near the french consulate and had tin been waiting tor an which was furnished hint him in tile tho demill death of the sultan to inake an all outbreak the situation ot of affairs sit in Is dally daily more thu the loading leading chiefs are carrying out cut their arranged arran arrangements gem it pis elili air cecil rhodes to lay down domn their arms over I 1 09 kraals have surrendered and others ai a 0 an paring to do so it la Is announced that france lias has signed it a twelve icar treaty of commerce with japan by which france agrees to i enounce consular jurisdiction and the french concessions et at the dpn ports within three years and tile the two countries cc bange tho the niest niost favored nation treatment france Is thus s put upon the same saine footing as lile united states ADVANCE UP LP TILE THE the advance of tile the expedition up lip the nile nil has been seriously retarded by unheard of weather during I 1 ile past 1 eccli I eck A heavy cyclone swept tile the advance mail calop with nith hardly any wain at cling lne and a sandstorm followed loll owed by R L hundreds hundred 5 of huts and tents destroyed tel tt of the new railroad lall road and cut oft off telegraphic tel graphic communication with tile the tiong lor for tm vetal days in political pc circles it Is believed that the italy and brazil will be amicably ai ranged as italy with her abyssinian trouble baill till un ed has quite ellough to do without engaging in with brazil t spec lally in ill view vieve of the aile lifite of tile the italian exchequer from rio 1110 do de janeiro it 11 Is stated that it Is not bf bleed there will be any silious complications compi leat ions as the brazilian government Is if determined that in the material ma lenil damage bub talked by italians adrid nl the insults tu to the italian lab flag shall bo be fairly dealt with nith and that amends amenda wilt nill be made EFFECT KI OV OF FREE COINAGE leeral leading london bankets banket G and brokers hae been asked aked what effect the coinage of 0 silver would have upon american met lean unil and interests interess lit in Ln angland gland tho the manager nia nasr of oc said england nn eland lillne agold a gold country naturally beels claimed at any attempt pt to pay Ar american n debts at half their va value it would have a elect upon such securities and ill fu fact thib liluis was waa foreseen by UM ila months a otro and our dealings lave been lery cry blight the broo arc e colt colange vige of silver would haie hae nery little effect upon london 01 tile the dealings in ili americans adva bince the iho beginning of the year been ex cx tier nely light it 11 would however have tile the tendency ten denry to make a rueh ruah in disposing of such A prominent me mb r of tile bimetallic league lemark ked cd ono ot of th tile mot mo mc t striking facts here in ili connection with nith tile the united states riceld election has been tile iho marked chanen c h an a in the last lall few rw dayt in the atI lLull ot of the london finies toward tile c andl clates till now the time evidently coldi ally under the of their new kew boik cores has ridiculed mr bryans candidature and pooh me iho free coffier lh r agitation as a farce anti and the times it Is now to ing impartial communications coin anti n icat loni MR as to flip chet pit cution in tile tho united and IB as to tho the dwor pacts of alif tit the entha ely et was chown in ili an all issup ot of the ill times will ahli li it tit in summing up tile H that lit in its opinion tile the chancel trances of maj it kill and mr aryan are perfectly pl eatn still and whlor ahil it did nut not in any A way ay indorse indo iio mr 1 ryang views it defended the at melr jv still and ma maj inai j nur iter of hla madison square namen arlen i speech against UIL the attacks of tile tha rail pall liall gazette arid and other sold gold papers dv dr claring alua lip hr great tact and judgment find and would probably p lit in consequence er secure some free liver tie ilc publican votes which would havo have been thrown hint him it if he luja adopted the aino tone cane as at chicago A BLANK ni AKs The pasi wyk week hao belij it L octal blak lvery olie cue ot if who is if not enjoying a visit to the rort of the vonti continent nent Is either grouse on the moors moon cleer stalking on tilt the bills or preparing tor for the artridge shoo shooting which opens in ber london la is baiett ot of royalty and the members or oc tile the royal family will remain aes fin until C 11 the reunion rt at balmoral early in october to welcome tho the czir czar and cailoa Ca CAa ilna the queen starts on oil tuesday ty for or balmoral ono one of tho the topics of conversation to Is the he r rupture aturo of sir ar robert hobert reels week old engager tent nt to ella daughter of lord ashton it hits set the tongue of society wagging ran nip idly and has ha colled called forth the bubli Iu bli shii in thy the dlly daily news ot of which lord ashton li is pait pail owner of a announcing that the engagement we aoa 8 unauthorized unauthorised and that there la Is not ill remotest possibility of such it a marriage taking place it II la Is now reported that the rupture was caused by the francees fiancees fian cees receipt of a lotter letter from a lady w who ho vaa lag a friend of 0 sirs mrs langtry and A abington baird the young lady it II appears appear showed this letter to her father and the latter promptly gave it to sir robert reel peel who mas staying at hoelands Hy elands lands the lovers alist met a month alzo and ll it was a case 0 of f love at fit nisi st sight sir robert ini united lied lady ashton anti ami miss F ella 1111 to brayton Bray ion arid and on the third lay day of their visit hw he proposed and was accepted lord ashton consented to the enga emen t and brorn promised to supplement sir robert peel feel a income of by giving his daughter beally ASTOR AND PRINCESS VICTORIA the discussion or tile the rumor of the possible marriage of william waldorf astor to princess victoria of wales lias hs been d by a loading leading society e ty journal which regards tile match as quite possible saying it will give tile tho greatest satiR satisfaction faction to all gent in fit the iho english speaking adding there has been more laore than one royal marriage in rope juiling the past few years which was wa riot not so as would be the anar lilagi of the daughter of a future kins king to it man mail of good physical and at al commercial character a and d who under euch w would u ld speedily be promoted to a duke dukedom dono the first prize of 0 the paris exposition was won by a man named jonval a rag mere merchant hant at al dunkirk it li is that emperor william villiam and the prince ot of wales have ben been b en exchanging telegrams of an unfriendly character relative to the fatality in the solent by which baron ledwitz lost his life in ili a collision between his yacht I 1 if olde and ami emperor williams yacht meteor the emperor Is inquiring into the affair on his own account NOTE AND PERSONAL the pitiable mental and physical condition of the recently irish political lotical prisoners Is resulting in d demands M ands for an inquiry into tho the prison sy ceic and the a affair pi lq ilk likely ly to be a burning buining question in the next parlea parliament the duko duke and duchess of marlborough tire are preparing EL a great fete of a lunique character which I 1 Is 1 to take place at al on september eth the entertainment Is for the members of 0 the associated Conserva conservative e clubs and two thousand people are ekpo expo expected ct ed at the luncheon which will be a f eat caturi u re of tile the affair emello mile zola has bag amble achieved ved ono ot of bla 11 ambitions ills novel rome ha has bern been placed on the index expurgate alus tile the season has now arrived when the american tourists begin to turn their faces homeward hoinesn rd tacia e have haac riot not b been een so many travelers trav cleis eleis ironi front the un united lied states this ipar as twylie gwehe months ago 90 and many ot of the larger london hotels have suffered in consequence Vi loii barretts Bai retla new play daughters D all gh of babilon Ba lilon la Is now neaily deafly completed and mill w hi be seen een dorlag ills his forthcoming american tour lour tile the idle apprentice which jos joseph e ph hatton has for weedon gro smith li is now noir finished And will b be a produced 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