THE SUGAR BOUNTIES.

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THE SUGAR BOUNTIES.

London, November 28. Baron de Worms, replying to a deputation from the London Trades Council, thought that the Bounties Conference regarded the bounties as excessive and improper.

RUSSIA AND POLAND. London, November 29. It is reported that one hundred and fifty thousand Russian troops are massed m Poland beyond the ordinary force maintained m that country. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Germany is urging Holland and Belgium to act m concert with the! triple alliance. Persistent reports have been circulated that the English fleet will cooperate wilb the triple alliance on certain conditions. GOLD DISCOVERY IN AFRICA. Missionary reports received from the j territory m the neighborhood of' Mozambique, East Africa, state that some Australian diggers have discovered a goldfield richer than any found in| Australia. Lumps of gold are visible on the field. I (Recoived December 2, 1.5 p.m. THE FRENCH PRESiqgWCY. Paris, Deoember 1. It is generally expected that M. Freycinct will be elected President, The Extremist party, have threatened to erect barricades throughout the city and resort to bloodshed if M, Ferry is elected to the Presidency. SEDITIOUS LANGUAGE. London, December 1. MrR. C. Graham, M.P., North-west Lanarkshire, and Burns, the Socialist leader, have been committed for trial for making use of seditious language at public meetings. David Sheeby v M.P. for Galway, has been arrested on a similar charge.