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Haiti, — i8th : The insurrection was suppressed. General 
Firmin, the rebel leader, fled from Haiti with about 200 
followers. 
Holland. — 10th : Mr. Kruger’s birthday was celebrated at 
Utrecht, the Boer Generals being present. — 14th : Mr. Kruger 
left Utrecht for Mentone. The Hague Arbitration Court, in 
the question between Mexico and the United States, awarded 
the latter $1,420,682. 
Italy. — 7th: Mr, H. White was appointed United States 
Ambassador at Rome. 
Japan. — 17th : Negotiations were made for establishing 
extensive trade relations with Russia. 27th : General Oku 
and three staff officers were selected to be present at the Delhi 
Durbar. 28th : An agreement was made by England, Germany, 
France, and Japan to refer to the Hague Tribunal the treaty 
clauses relative to perpetual leases to foreigners. 
Palestine.— 16th : An outbreak of cholera was reported at 
Gaza. 
Russia. — 6th : Cases of plague were reported at Odessa. 
Servia. — 14th: The Vuitch Ministry resigned. — 20th: A 
new Cabinet was formed, with M. Velimirovitch (Radical) as 
Premier and Minister of Public Works. 
Siam. — 7th : A convention was signed in Paris for the adjust- 
ment of all questions between France and Siam. 
Spain. — 20th : The first sod of a new railway from Madrid 
to Bilbao was cut at Burgos. 
Switzerland. — 26th : The general election of the National 
Council took place, showing a strong Radical-Democratic 
majority. 
Turkey. — 2nd : The Sultan ordered an increase of the 
military forces in Macedonia. — 8th: An insurrection broke out 
in Macedonia, An irad6 was issued ordering the conversion of 
the 1886 Customs Loan. — 20th : It was reported that Jankoff, 
the Macedonian rebel leader, had been captured. 27th : The 
British Ambassador requested the withdrawal of Turkish troops 
from the borders of Aden. 
United States. — 1st : Great scarcity of coal existed in 
New York, in consequence of the strike. — and: The new 
Atlantic Shipping Company was incorporated at Trenton, N.J. 
— 3rd: President Roosevelt held a conference at the White 
House with a view to the settlement of the coal strike.— 4th : 
Arrangements were made for large importations of coal from 
England and Canada. — 14th : The coal operators agreed to the 
appointment of a commission to consider all questions at issue. 
— 16th : The coal strike was ended, arbitration being accepted. 
Venezuela. — 17th: After seven days’ fighting the revolu- 
tionists under General Mendoza were defeated by President 
Castro at La Victoria. 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
London. — On the 3rd inst. at the London Institution, 
Professor Flinders Petrie will lecture on “ The Earliest Kings of 
Egypt." — On the 8th the German Emperor is expected to arrive 
in England. — On the 9th inst. the King’s birthday will be 
celebrated at all foreign stations. — Monday, November 10th, is 
Lord Mayor’s day. — On the 19th inst. Lord Selborne will 
preside at a meeting at King's College in aid of the appeal for 
the endowment of the College. On the same date Sir W. H. 
Preece will address the opening meeting of the Society of Arts. 
Reading. — On the 5th inst., a statue of the King will be 
unveiled at Reading. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Egypt. — The Assuan Dam. — S ir John Aird and Co. have 
received a telegram from their agent in Egypt, stating that the 
formal opening of the great Nile reservoir and dam at Assuan 
will take place on Wednesday, December 10, and not on 
December 9, as had been reported. It is definitely settled that 
the Duke of Connaught will perform the ceremony. The 
invitations, which will number about 400, will be issued by the 
Egyptian Government, and the guests will probably travel to 
Assuan in river boats. 
Greece. — The opening of the exhibition to be held in Athens 
next year has been further postponed from the 15th March to 
the 25th March, 1903. 
Peru. — The inauguration of the Exhibition of the Industrial 
Applications of Alcohol, at Lima, has been postponed until the 
1st January, 1903. 
Portuguese East Africa. — A permanent exhibition of 
manufacturers' samples will be opened at Lourenfo Marques, 
Delagoa Bay, on 1st January next, under the auspices of 
Messrs. Bell, Bell and Co., a merchant firm of excellent repute, 
the Portuguese Government having made a free grant of land 
for the purpose. The project is induced by the consideration 
that the position of Delagoa Bay as the natural port of the 
Transvaal makes it the rendezvous of purchasers from up-country 
centres, and it is anticipated that large numbers of merchants 
and their buyers will pay constant visits there to replenish stocks, 
etc. To these visitors the exhibition cannot fail to prove a great 
centre of both attraction and usefulness. The charges for space 
will vary from ^'2 to £5 per foot frontage (3 ft. depth) per 
annum, at which very moderate rates a considerable amount of 
space has already been leased to English, American, German, 
and French firms. Messrs. Bell, Bell and Co., who are being 
energetically supported by the local Consuls, offer to act as 
manufacturers’ agents, samples being carried by their travellers 
on periodical journeys, and circulars and price lists discreetly 
distributed. Full particulars may be obtained at the London 
■office, no, Cannon-street, E.C. 
NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. 
NAVAL. 
Captain H. J. May, C.B., has been promoted to the rank 
of Rear-Admiral, with seniority of September 22. 
The Magpie , gunboat, will be paid off into the division ol 
the Devonport Dockyard Reserve on November 7. 
The Admiralty has announced the following retirement and 
consequent promotions : — 
Admiral of the Fleet the Right Honourable Richard Janies, 
Earl of Clan william, G.C. B. , G.C.M.G. , has been placed on 
the Retired List. Dated October 3, 1902. 
Consequent thereon the following promotions have been 
made from the same date, namely : — 
In pursuance of His Majesty's pleasure, Admiral Sir James 
Elphinstone Erskine, K.C. B. , to be Admiral of the Fleet. 
Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford, 
G.C.B. , to be Admiral in His Majesty's Fleet, 
Rear-Admiral the Right Honourable Lord Charles William 
Delapoer Beresford, C. B,, to be Vice-Admiral in His Majesty s 
Fleet. 
Captain the Honourable Hedworth Lambton, C.V.O., C. Ik, 
to be Rear-Admiral in His Majesty's Fleet. 
Captain Charles James Norcock to be Rear-Admiral on the 
Retired List. 
Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, G.C. B., O.M., has 
been appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to 
His Majesty, in place of Admiral Sir James Elphinstone Erskine, 
K.C. Ik, promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet. 
The Latona, cruiser, Captain R. H. S. Bacon, D S.O. , was 
commissioned, on the 14th inst. , at Portsmouth as parent ship 
of the submarines. 
The Good Hope , cruiser, will be commissioned at Portsmouth 
on November 5 as flagship of Rear-Admiral W. H. Fawkes, who 
will assume command of the Cruiser Squadron. 
The Intrepid , cruiser, Captain R. B. Farquhar, left Ply- 
mouth on the 14th ult. for the Mediterranean, where she will 
relieve the Barham , cruiser. Commander W. C. Pakenham. 
The Flora , cruiser, is to be commissioned at Devonport on 
November n to relieve the Bhccton , cruiser, Captain E. J. Fleet, 
on the Pacific Station. 
Rear-Admiral R. N. Custance has been selected for the 
post of Rear-Admiral in the Mediterranean Fleet, vice Rear- 
Admiral Burges Watson, deceased. 
Captain H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg has been 
selected for the post of Director of Naval Intelligence, to 
succeed Rear-Admiral R. N. Custance. 
The Good Service Pension of ^150 a year, vacant by the 
retirement of Captain C. J. Norcock, has been awarded to 
Captain G. W. Russell. 
The Drake , armoured cruiser, is to be ready for commission 
at Portsmouth in January instead of December. This will 
enable the crew to have their Christmas leave before joining the 
ship. 
The Niobe, cruiser, Captain J. Denison, will be paid off 
into the Devonport Dockyard Reserve on December 18, and the 
Hogue will be commissioned on the following day to take her 
place in the Channel Squadron. 
The Star , torpedo-boat-destroyer, was commissioned at 
Portsmouth on the 13th ult. by Lieutenant and Commander 
R. W. Myburgh and the crew of the Wizard , torpedo-boat- 
destrover, which was recently in collision with the German liner 
Kron Prinz Wilhelm. 
The Crescent, cruiser, was paid off at Portsmouth on the 
3rd ult. by Captain H. H. Campbell, and the crew' went on 
54 days’ leave. According to the present arrangements the 
refit of the Crescent will be carried out at Portsmouth 
Dockyard. 
The Admiralty have definitely selected the battleship 
Venerable as flagship of the second in command of the 
Mediterranean Fleet. The Venerable , which has been built 
and equipped at Chatham Dockyard, is to be ready to hoist the 
pennant shortly. She will be manned by a crew of 750 officers 
and men, together with a Rear-Admiral's retinue. 
The Admiralty are about to ask private shipbuilders to 
tender for one or more of a new class of battleship, which will 
be the largest, fastest, and most heavily armed warships ever 
yet constructed. They will be of 18,000 tons displacement, as 
compared with 16,350 tons in the King Edward VII. class. 
One of these vessels will probably be built at Devonport, and 
the rest in private yards. The Admiralty are also asking tenders 
for four “scouts" of 3,000 tons, 23 knots speed, and good 
sea-going qualities. 
The shipbuilding programme of 1902-1903 comprises two 
battleships, two armoured cruisers, two third-class cruisers, 
four “scouts," nine destroyers, and four torpedo-boats. The 
battleships are to be named the New Zealand and the Hindosian, 
the former being built at Portsmouth, and the latter at the yard 
of Messrs. John Brown and Co. at Clydebank. Two similar 
vessels having been named Dominion and Commonwealth in 
honour of Canada and Australia respectively, it was only 
natural that New Zealand and India should be similarly 
honoured ; the first name is new to the Navy List, although 
there had previously been a 'Zealand, a capture from the Dutch. 
Hhidostan is not a new name, there having been at least two 
vessels bearing this designation, one of which is now part of the 
training establishment for naval cadets, the Britannia at 
Dartmouth. The cruisers and “scouts" are not yet arranged 
for, and the report that the two armoured vessels will be called 
the Natal and the Newfoundland is at least premature. The 
nine torpedo-boat-destroyers are to be built, the Cherwell and 
Dee by Messrs. Palmer at Jarrow, the Kennet and Jed by 
Messrs. Thornycroft at Chiswick, the Welland by Messrs. 
Yarrow & Co. , the II 'aveney by Messrs. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. , 
the A run and Blackwater by Messrs. Laird at Birkenhead, and 
the Ve/ox by the Parsons Turbine Company. The nomencla- 
ture in the case of the destroyers follows that of the previous 
programme, all the vessels being named after rivers. The four 
torpedo-boats are to be built by Messrs. J. S. White and Sons, 
of Cowes. 
Austria-Hungary. — The official trials off Pola of the new 
Austrian battleship Habsburg, showed a speed of 19 ‘62 knots. 
A speed of only 18 ’5 knots was required by the contract. The 
vessel, which was built at Trieste, has an armament of 43 guns. 
Two sister ships are in course of construction. 
France. — The Patrie states that the launch of the French 
cruiser K liber, fully equipped with her engines, boilers, guns, 
and military masts, has proved to be a most unfortunate and 
expensive experiment, as the heavy weight borne by the hull 
when out of the water has seriously strained the sides of the 
vessel and weakened the whole construction. It is very doubt- 
ful as to whether the cruiser will ever be equal to the work for 
which she was built. 
Japan. — It is reported in Yokohama that a scheme of 
further naval expansion has been decided on, involving the con- 
struction of four battleships, six first-class cruisers, and various 
small craft. The battleships are to be built in England, the 
cruisers in England, France, and Germany, and the other 
vessels in Japan. 
Russia. — The Kronstadtski Viestnik publishes the follow- 
ing particulars of the Russian Navy Estimates for 1903, to which 
have been added some figures for the previous year for the 
purposes of comparison. The total amount of the estimates is 
104,417,791 roubles, or roughly 10^ million pounds sterling, 
against 98,318,984 roubles for 1902 aud 67,050,000 roubles for 
1898. The increase of over six million roubles, as compared 
with the estimates for 1902 is in the main attributable to an 
additional pk million roubles for shipbuilding, armament, and 
repairs of ships ; and two millions additional for maintenance 
of men and expenses of ships afloat. The Kronstadtski Viestnik 
also gives the following particulars of the new Russian cruiser 
Otchakov, which was launched in the presence of the Tsar at 
Sevastopol on the 4th ult. Her length over all is 439 ft. yi in. ; 
on the water line 433 ft. sh > n - 1 beam, 54 ft. 5^ in. ; draught, 
with a full load, 20 ft. y\ in. ; displacement, 6,570 tons ; engines, 
19,500-h.p., supplied by 16 Norman boilers; speed for 150 re- 
volutions, 23 knots ; normal bunker capacity, 720 tons ; special, 
1,100 tons. In building her hull 2,000 tons of Siemens- Marten 
steel have been used. The thickness of her armour deck will 
vary from § in. to in. ; the thickness of the protection for her 
casemates will be 3! in. ; for her turrets, 5 in. ; and for her 
conning tower, 5^ in. She will carry 12 6-in. guns of 45 calibres 
— four in turrets, four in casemates, and four with shields ; 12 
2-95-111. guns ; six 1*85 in. Hotchkiss guns; and two submerged 
torpedo-tubes. She will be fitted with eight turbines worked by 
electric motors and capable of raising 3,800 tons of water in an 
hour, and also with four pumps for the circulation of water in 
her boilers to the extent of 4,000 tons in an hour. She was 
begun on March 7, 1901. 
Spain. — Th eDiario de Barcelona- states that the committee 
appointed to consider the proposal to build what would be 
practically a new Spanish navy, has reported in favour of the 
construction of 12 battleships, ten cruisers, and 76 smaller 
vessels. The Epoca understands that the scheme of Generals 
Navarro and Ferrandiz is that which will be submitted to the 
Cortes. It includes the construction of ten battleships of 
13,000 tons, six to ten cruisers of 3,000 tons, six torpedo-boat 
destroyers of 240 tons, 32 torpedo-boats of 130 tons and 40 of 
70 tons, 20 gunboats of 300 tons for the protection of the coasts, 
the fishing, the Canary and Balearic Islands and Fernando Po ; 
two training ships, mixed steam and sail, for cadets, and three 
sailing ships for training quartermasters and men. The cost of 
building these vessels would be from 20 to 24 millions sterling, 
and the ordinary annual charge for the navy would rise to 
between three and four millions. The chief disagreement 
between the members of the committee was as to the battleships, 
one proposal being that they should be of 14,000 tons displace- 
ment, and another that they should be from 8,000 toio.ooo tons. 
MILITARY. 
Viscount Kitchener, as at present arranged, will reach India 
and take over command of the Indian army on the 28th inst. 
It has been officially notified that, until further orders, all 
cavalry regiments stationed in South Africa, are to be kept up to 
a strength of 700, all ranks. 
Major the Hon. M. O'Brien, Northumberland Fusiliers, has 
been appointed Aide-de-Camp and Military Secretary to Lord 
Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 
Colonel F. J. Graves, late 20th Hussars, has been appointed 
to succeed Colonel J. E. W. Caulfield, in command of the troops 
at Sierra Leone. 
Colonel C. H. Bridge, C.B., has been appointed Director of 
Transport and Supplies, 1st Army Corps, and assumed the 
duties at Aldershot 
Major G. H. Thomas, R.A.M.C., who only recently returned 
from active service in South Africa, has been ordered to 
Bermuda. 
Captain H. F. Crichton, Irish Guards, has been approved 
for appointment as A.D.C. to Lieut. -General Sir T. French, 
commanding the First Army Corps, 
Lieutenant A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Guards, has been nomi- 
nated as A.D.C. to Major-General A. H. Paget, commanding 
the ist Division of the First Army Corps. 
Lieutenant H. D. Pearson, and Second Lieutenant E. w. 
Cox, Royal Engineers, Chatham, have been selected for employ- 
ment on survey work in connexion with the Barotseland 
Boundary Commission. 
Captain S. L. Barry, D.S.O.. 10th Hussars, ha# been 
appointed Assistant Military Secretary and A.D.C. to Lieut.- 
General Sir J, French, commanding the First Army Corps, and 
Captain A. Lawson, Scots Greys, A.D.C. 
Captain J. T. Lutley, 5th Batt. Worcestershire Regiment, 
lately serving with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, has 
been appointed extra A.D.C. to the Governor of the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
Lieut. -Colonel J. H. Cowan, R.E., has been appointed a 
member of the Ordnance Committee, vice Lieut. -Colonel 
C. M’G. Bate, who has vacated on being selected to take up the 
duties of commanding R.E. at Belfast. Colonel Cowan has 
lately returned to England from Wei-bai-wei. 
Colonel W. Peacocke, C.M.G., haying become available 
for general duty on resigning his appointment on the Head- 
quarters Staff in India, has been offered, and has accepted, the 
post of Colonel on the Staff, commanding R.E. in the Transvaal 
and the Orange River Colonies. 
Colonel W. G. Morris, C.M.G.. who, since July, 1900, has 
been Colonel on the Staff, commanding R.E, , Cape Colony, 
has been appointed Civil Surveyor General of the Colony, and 
will be succeeded in his military appointment by Colonel 
C. Hoskyns, who was placed on half-pay from the Corps of 
Roval Engineers, under the five years’ rule, in April, 1900. 
Colonel E. O. F. Hamilton, C.B.. on vacating the command 
of the 2nd Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment, has been 
placed under orders for India, where he will take up the com- 
mand of the Wellington District, Madras, where Colonel 
C. E. Harman, lately placed on half-pay from the command of 
the 2nd Battalion Connaught Rangers, officiates for him until 
his arrival. Colonel Hamilton will have the rank of Brigadier- 
General. . . 
Veterinary-Colonel H. Thomson, C.B., Principal \ etennary 
Surgeon in India, has been selected to succeed Veterinary- 
Colonel F. Duck, C.B. , as Director-General of the Army 
Veterinary Department, the latter officer having completed in 
lune last the five years which are laid down as the limit of 
"appointment under present conditions. Colonel Thomson will 
shortly arrive in England to take up his duties. Veterinary 
Lieut. -Colonel B. L. Glover, C.B., will officiate in India pending 
the appointment of a successor to Colonel Thomson. 
Colonel Sir A. R. F. Dorward, D.S.O., R.E., who has 
been rendering valuable service in China, and was previously in 
command at Wei-hat-wei, has, on vacating command of the 
British troops at Shanghai, been selected for the appointment of 
Colonel on the Staff, commanding the troops in the Straits 
Settlements, with the rank of Brigadier-General. This com- 
mand has been vacant since the beginning of I 9 °P when Major- 
General J. B. B. Dickson, C.B., left Singapore to take up duties 
in the field in South Africa. 
Major-General Sir Alfred Gaselee, who has been on leave 
in England since vacating his command of the British troops in 
China, has obtained permission to proceed to India to take up 
the command of Lucknow 7 District, Bengal, to which he was 
appointed in April, 1901, in recognition of his distinguished 
services in connection with the occupation of Peking, General 
Gaselee will be present and act as umpire at the Indian 
manoeuvres. On his assuming the active duties of his command 
in India, Major-General Sir William Meiklejohn, w : ho has been 
officiating for him, will proceed home. 
A considerable reduction has been carried out in the Staff 
establishment of China consequent upon the reduction of the 
British Forces. The following details have been officially 
approved : — Staff to be retained. — Major-General O’Moore 
Creagh, C.B., commanding; D.A.A.G., Captain D. C. Young, 
ist Batt. 4th Gurkhas; D.A.Q.M.G., Major P. W. D. Drake- 
Broekman, 5th Bengal Light Infantry; D.A.Q.M.G. for 
Military Intelligence, Major A. W. S. Wingate, 14th Bengal 
Lancers ; Intelligence Officer, Lieutenant R. S. St. J ohn, 
4th Punjab Infantry ; Field Engineers, Captains R. E. Picton 
and A. Rolland, R.E. (the latter only till forts are demolished) ; 
Director of Telegraphs, Lieutenant B. W. Mainprise, R.E. ; 
Principal Medical Officer, Colonel P. F. O'Connor, C.B., 
I.M.S. ; Provost Marshal Tien-tsin, Captain E. L. Swifte, 
40th Punjab Infantry ; Principal Ordnance Officer, Captain G, 
G. Wood, R. A. ; Commissariat Officer, Captain F. W. Forteith, 
Supply Transport Corps; Assistant Commissariat Officer, 
Captain H. St. C. Muscroft, xst Central India Horse ; Senior 
Transport Officer, Lieutenant R. L. Birdwood, 2nd Battalion 
ist Gurkhas. The railway staff wall remain as heretofore until 
the transfer of the railways to the Chinese has been carried 
out. 
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