People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1896 — REFUSE INDEMNITY. [ARTICLE]

REFUSE INDEMNITY.

ITALY WILL NOT AGREE TO MENELEK'S DEMANDS. Badlnl’a Speech In the Chamber or Deputies Has Prod need a Good Jm presalon French Fleet to dtay ai Home—Jameson's Trial. Rome, March 25. —On account of tv excessive pecuniary demands ma< e . Menelek it is improbable peace wdl concluded. Sigs. Ricotti and Ruu.:i. who are in accord with the king, i*. i.i refuse the payment of any money indemnity. The diplomatic corps is extremely well satisfied with the speech made by Sig. Rudini in the chamber Saturday. He caused an especially good effect in Berlin and Vienna and has done much to strengthen the ministry. The premier said in effect: “I am the firm friend of Great Britain and the triple alliance and reports to the contrary are simply absurd. We desire to live on good terms with France.” Friendly to Arbitration. London, March 25. —At the annual meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom, a resolution was passed expressing the appreciation of tfci Associated Chambers of Commerce at the friendly feeling displayed by the Chamber of Commerce of New York, and recording their strong desire that a method be found acceptable to both nations for settling in a conciliatory spirit any differences which may arise. Bofir* Becoming Uneasy. London, March 25.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall" Gazette from Johannesburg says the Transvaal burghers are assuming an alarming attitude. It 1b added that strong feeling exists among the Dutch of South Africa and that they are nerving themselves for a supreme struggle with Great Britain.

Japanese Defeat Rebels. Yokohama, March 25. —The rebels recently attacked the Japanese near Fusan. After several days’ fighting the rebels were repulsed. Many Japanese have been murdered and Japanese warships have been sent to the scene of the disturbance. French Fleet Will Be at Hand. Paris, March 25. —M. Lockroy, the minister of marine, has announced that the French northern squadron would not go to its usual cruising grounds, but would shortly proceed to the English channel and the Bay of Biscay. Panneefote May Go to London. London, March 25. —It is . reported here that the British ambassador at Washington, Sir Julian Pauncefote. will shortly come to London to discuss with the government certain features of the Venezuelan question. 1 * i' ! y f'‘Kayser Has Not Resigned. Berlin, March 25.—There is no foundation for the report circulated in the United States by a news" agency that Dr. Kayser, director of the colonial department, has resigned.