LATEST FROM EUROPE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1252, 13 May 1884, Page 3

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[REUTER’S TKLBGR AMS COPYRIGHT. 1 Shipping. London, May 11. Arrived—Ship Hurunui, from Wellington (Jan. 14th). A Franco-Ohinese Treaty. London, May 12. In its issue this morning the Tunes publishes a telegram from its special correspondent announcing that a treaty has been concluded at Tientsin between France and China for the cessation of hostilities and the settlement of the Tonquin difficulty. By the terms of the treaty it is agreed that China shall recognise the French protectorate over Tonquin and Anara with existing frontiers, and that the towns of Kuanghai, Quang Tung and Yunnan shall be opened to international trade. It was also agreed that the French Government shall waive its claim to a war indemnity. The Egyptian Conference. It has transpired that the Porte consented to forego its demand that the projected Conference on Egyptian affairs should take place at Constantinople, and agreed to the proposal that the delegates should meet in London. The War in Tonquin. Paris, May 11. Telegrams from Tonquin state that numerous skirmishes have of late taken place between the French troops and a large force of Anamese pirates, culminating in a battle, which extended over four days. The French ultimately were victorious, and their loss is inconsiderable. It is believed that the natives suffered heavily. Death of Midhat Pasha. Constantinople, May 11. Intelligence has been received here of the death of Midhat Pasha, who in 1881 was found guilty of the murder of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz, and was sentenced to exile. Affairs in the Soudan. Cairo, May 11. The statement that the military authorities have received an order from the Fritish Government to make preparations for the despatch of an expedition into the Soudan under the command of Lord Wolseley, has been ascertained to be incorrect; such order, however, is expected hourly. The latest intelligence from Soudan caused much alarm here. It is to the effect that the Mahdi has ordered Osman Digna, a leading rebel chief in the Eastern Soudan, to attack and capture Pongola, and thence to advance into Upper Egypt Nothing as yet is known regarding the force that Osman Digna lias now at his command.