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EURIOPEAN TELEGlIAM S.
[FROM TIHE MELDOURNE DAILIES.)
LoNoo', Je . 2i.11
The body of Prince Hlenry, of Batten
burg, soun-in-law of the Queen, who died
at sea of African fever, contracted in the
Ashantee expedition, is etpected to arrive
in EIngland on thile 7th February. A
militnry fnieral will lie accorded to the
remailus, which will be interred at Winld
sor.: Great sympalthy is felt in England
for Prlipecss IlBeatrice at tlhe loss of hIer
lshiani'd: and thile Cnnadtia Ho-tse of
Commdnt at Ottawa, halis passed a resolu
tion of' condoleuce with hlier Majesty and
withbPrineess Beatrice.
The foreign commnittee of tile United
States Senate, is strongly urging that the
European powers shall enforce thie pro.
visions of tie Treaty of Berlin (concludedi
at the close of tie great Russo-Turkish
war), by wielch the guarantors of tihe
treaty are empowered to forcibly intervcne,
in case of necessity arising for the pro
tection of the Clhristian subjectcls of the
Sultan in Armenia.
The statement of the PallMail aa:ettle
that Russia and Turkey have privately
concluded an offensive and defensive alli
once oni the lines of the treaty of Unkiar
Slkelisse, is discredited bothl by the authlo
rities of Downing street ntd by the
Russian legationt in London.
News lhas been received fromi Massowaulh
that the Shoan tribes, which have, since
the defeat of Major Toselli's force, been
strongly and closely pressing the Italian
peosts on whichl General Baltieri retired
his troops to await reinforccmentsi, have
surrounded n body of 900 Italians at
MIakalch, a fortified post southl of lsas
sowah. The Italian troops are in great
peril. The water supplies of tile Italians,
who are in a strong position, are almost
exhausted, and they are reduced to an
allowance of onie glass of wine and water n
mlan per diem. Desperate attempts are
beiig made by the belenguaed troops to
secure additional water supplies under
tile fire of the eclemy, lwho command the
wells. It is feared that thie surrender of
tile Itaalans is imminent.
Telegrams from Washlington reportl that
the United Stateos Goverrnmellnt shows
strong symptoms of a desire to abaidoi
the Jingo policy in respect to the dis
pite withl England, nld that nlotwithstaind
uing the appointment of thie Venezuela
Frontier Commission, the demand that
England shall submit the question to
arbitration is regarded as having prac
tically lapsed. It is furthcer stated that
the United States Government is strongly
urgintg Venezuela to make terms with
England, and end the dispute without
delay.
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