GABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1290, 26 June 1884, Page 3

GABLE NEWS.

LATfeST FROM EUROPE. [BRTJTWi’s TEtEORAMB—COPYRIGHT.] The Anglo-French Convention. London, June 23. The following is the substance of the Convention which, as Lord Kimberley announced in the House of Lords on tune i6tb, has been agreed to by the French and English Governments as preliminary to holding the projected European Conference on Egyptian affairs V—By the terms of the ConventionL It is stipulated that the present Iritish occupation shall ceasn and the

British troops be withdrawn ai the be ginning of 1888, if the other Europeai Powers consider that the stability am tranquillity of the country will then b sufficient to warrant the adoption c such a course. With regard to th question of Egyptian finance, it i agreed that in order to secure the con trol of the Egyptian natioial debt, an< extend the control of the Budget, thi office of President of the Egyptiai Council of Ministers shall be held b; an Englishman. The Convention alsc refers to the necessity for ensuring the preservation of Egyptian neutrality ir time of war. In this connection, Eng land engages hereafter to propose th< adoption by the Powers of a treat) similar to that by which, in 1870, Eng land, Prussia and France agreed to respect the neutrality of the Kingdom of Belgium. Similar measures are also to be adopted with a view of maintaining the neutrality of the Suez Canal. Cession of Territory.

London, June 24. In the House of Lords to-dsfy, Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary,’ announced that the British Government had decided to waive its claim to the district of Angra Pequena, on the west coast of A frica, regarding which diplomatic negotiations have been proceeding between the English and German Governments.

Troops for Natal. In the House of Commons, the Hon Evelyn Ashley, Colonial Under-Secre-tary, announced that an additional thousand British troops are now under orders to proceed to Natal to reinforce garrisons in that colony, and that it has been decided to increase the forces in the Reserve territory, Zululand. The Cholera in France. Paris, June 24. General precautions against, the spread of cholera have been taken on the Continent. The mortality at Toulon from the disease is decreasing.