Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume I, Number 2, 15 September 1880 — FOREIGN NEWS. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN NEWS.

Ihe point8 ol mtere6t on the toreign Dews reeently to band eonneee them8elvee- with the forth coming Presidential eleetion in Amenea. tbe seigq of Candabar by Ayoob Khan, the 6till un8ettled Montenegrin diffieulty aDd the 8tate of Ireland. Ae the date of the eleetion approaehes both llepuhlieane and Democrate &re anxiou8ly eounting their unbatched ehiekene. Tbere are only about balf a dozen States that ar®i> coDeiuered doubtful, and the reeult in tbese ap^iear8 to be very doubtful indeed. lf the Democfacy 8bould carry New York the Republicane ean bardly bave a victory unleee they eeeuee all the otber doubtf ul Htates. Evidently thie wijl be the eloeeee conteet ever witneBSed in the Statee Secretaric8 Schurz,and l'homeon bave been epeakingjnSan FranciBoo and elBewbere in the interewa oP the Republican partv and Preeident IJayeB hae eommenced a tour of tbe Western Statee and Territorie8 whieli howeyer hae been deelared to be offioial ratiier tbaD politfcal. Tbe woakneee of the liopuhliean party at tbie date lie8 in the vory element whieh liae until lately heen itā HiairiHtay , the nuppon of the moneyed iiien and Uie great corporationB and )and monopoliala. lhore 18 a continually inten8ifying epirit abroad m the Statefi oj aritagor(iHin, mt tmy jn(jceti eay of bitter l)&tred, to Eheeo elanuea, a?jd^whero tho i)emooratfi havc receivod aeeeoaiono to thoir ranke, thia bae been the inoving oauee, Ibe ruent dofeat of the jiritinh troope and thoir retr<at jnto citadel at Candahar whero tboy woro at ,]„1U ,J' )unt advicee oloeoiy beuiepcd bv tiie in«urgent AfgbanH undor Ayoob Khan ban turned al) eye/i iijjiori Afgbani«tan. .. Tbe roin^b'ob ^crc /'H'P^aehin^ (Jundahar wU kL ?? * U\ Wd ln,m th« (Voriti«r wiii by thie tiuio bavo reiiovod tbe boHiopod garrieon. Wo aJuio«t take thiu ior gmittHiJ)«cjiueo 1

sbould tbe Britilb arms~ BU8tain anotber defoatv however tempor&ry it might prove, it would " nevertbele68 be a disaster of most serious magnitude. After the warning already received no Britieh commander is like to deal rasbly witb hie troops aDd the worst tbat we expect to hear is that Ayoob Khan ha8 8ueceeded in drawing ofixbi8 f -troopg to -fa6tDes808--wbere t-beir -ppeaeoee- wHl5ifK a standing menaee. Tbe followiDg are tbe ] latet telegraphic diBpat<!he8 from tbe seat of war. " Simīa, Aug. 'Jl. — General Stnart,a .bradqirnrter8- ' has been e«(.iblished at, Jella]abad. AU wtd:T .■ 1 wiih his eommanil and the cnunt'ry quiet. Aeeording to intor-mation brought by natives. General Roberis. on his wny to the relief ol' Candabar, bas passed Gbuzne nnopposed. Mahomed Jan and: ■ T1 a'sb i me Khan \v ere hove!-Ing""6n 'iris"Qaiik." lt is stated tbat. the tribesmen. being impatient. " ATatTb~~Kham ~1i;īS' resoTv"bd lo' make an āUaeK on Candahar before relief ean ftrrjve, General Phayre has started for Khojak t.o arrange for an early advanee trom the so,uth to suecor Candabar. Simla, Aug. 22. — It is reported froni Quettajhat tbe Cana»har garrison ba's niade a sortie, inflieting heavy losseson the Heratese. The number of the Britisb casualties is unknown. It is believed tbat • tribes nortb of the Khojak pass have eollected to attaek the eommanieations witb Pisbin. London, Aug. 22. — A dispatch from Quetta says the_.natives report tbat Ayoob Khan is not only ra'tSiDg works againsFCandabar, 6uf. islntrencbing his own position, and ,intends to give bat.tle wh'enthe reinforeing eolnmn arrives. It- will be a very tortunate eireum8tance if affairs are settled in European Turkey without renewed bloodshed. The Porte is obstinate, tbp poliey of inertDess has secured.so i»ueh -delay, that it is clung to tenaeiou6ly even when to all apppearanees the only result thatcan be expected must be penal. If the Great Pqwers en£orce " . their wishes - witb the poĪDt of the bayonet, ' Turkey niust yield at onee or be driven out o; Europe. There are only two rationaI theoriee as to eonduet of the Turkisb Government. Either they are by continual negotiation and delay striving to. put oft' the evil day aa long a& possible in tbe hope that Bome1complicatiōn may vV- - arise lavorable to their ' interest8, or they fear the fanaticism of tbeir own people and desire it

■ to -appear that tbey are dri'ven to a final surrender ,ot tbeir objectionB to tbe' sacrifice of tbat 'territory whieh under the treaty they are now bound to relinqui8h. Ifthe latter be the mo?ing cause of their action or inaction tbcy will bo„ doubt foree the. allied Powors. to make sonieactuaJ demoD8tration oPwarlike intentiou8 before they give way. In lreland mattere appear to remain very mueh the eame ae laet montb. The Irish meoabere bave beeD making an arrangement for a campaigii_of talk in England recognizing at laei tbat their eause caD never win unless. they eōnvince the middle elaeeee in England and Scotlaiid b 0 . yeaUy.. ho)d , pplitieal pōwep in' thoBfi ' — eountrie8 that their eauee isju8t. Tbe Libera! Government now in - ^ower'In Britain bae found the Irish contingent ev,en more troublesome. in Parbament than tbeir predeces8ore did. The hueineae in Committee of aupply on 26th ult., wae obstructed in order . to wring promi«e« from Government, that the Conetabulary In lreland should not agaitf be madev"u«e of, .n« they havc- ■/ lately ibeen, The Government refueed to mako any promiBee and the debate wae degraded into & trial ofj3hyeicftl Btrengtb between tbe Irifih mem - Dere ana tne flupporterfl of fche Government, aiad wāe protracted ti)j 1 a.h. o.f tbc fo))owipg day witbout reault. ; : L_1.