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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 91, 19 January 1888, Page 3

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EUROPEAN WAR CLOUDS. RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY. FRANCE & ITALY*" GROWLING" By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. [THB UNITED PBKBB ASSOCIATION.] Received, Januarj 19,12.40 p.m. Suakin, January 17. The Italian troops have been ordered to await the attack of the enemy, and not take any offensive action. The garrison will remain on the defensive, and,all outposts have been strongly entrenched. London, January 18. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has retired from the Cabinet. TheTainui has arrived. Bkblix, January 18. It is officially stated by the military authorities that the Russian troops on the frontier far outnumber those of Germany. The Austrian Emporer, addressing the Bed Cross Societies, said the peace of Europe was preserved. Sofia, January 18. General Ignatiff and Prince Nikila, of Montenegro, were connected with the recent raid on the town of Bourgas. ; : Viiui»A, January 17. The Austrian PresS ridicules the optimist statements contained in the Russian Budget and thinks so far from it feeing a proof of peace is rather a blind to their true intentions. ; Comments in the French Press with reference to th« Consular dispute continues in the,most irritating terms. JPabis, January 18. M. Floureus, Minister of the Interior, has announced that the French Ambassador will be withdrawn if the Italian judges carry out their threat of again opening the French Consulate dispute which involves the Tunisian question. The situation is becoming grave.