CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 112, 14 March 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

« 3y Electric Telegraph.— Copyright frKH UNITISI) PHI46S ASSOCIATION.) London, March 11. England' and France have arrived at' in agreement' respecting 1 the claims of the atter in Newfoundland. The terms : of the settlement will be published shortly. The Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company have declared a divi* lend of 90 per cent for the year. Mrs Jackson, whose abduction caused some stir this week, has been reconciled bo her husband. At the Colonial Institute, after the reading of Major-General Edward's paper on Defence, Sir William F. D. Jervois claimed that the scheme was. identical with his advice in 1880. Raids on Australia are improbable, especially on a large scale. The sole land defences required are forces at the capitals and Thursday Islands, which should •be .under Federal control. He claimed credit for advising the doubling of the Australian naval forces in 1881. Sir C. Dilke, who also spoke on the subject, thought that light cruisers would frequently attack Australia. The Duke of Cambridge advocates a vigorous policy in the Soudan. Mr Justin Macarthy opened the programme which was announced this week. The majority of Irish priests were present. Mr Seaton charged Mr Parnell with supporting the Tories. - Archbishop Walsh declared that Mr Parnell's behaviour was destructive to the Irish cause. The Prince of Wales was in the company of Sir Charles Dilke and his wife today in Rotten Row. - Suakim,. March 11. The remainder of the rebels haye submitted. Valparaiso, March 10. A rebel Government is being formed at Iquique. They intend to confiscate the property of their opponents. Berlin, March 11. Bismarck has consented to 7 be nominated for the Reichstag. - Belgrade, March 11. Ex-King Milan charges M/Garascha•nine, a prominent politician, with complicity in the strangling of two women. Mr Garaachanine will probably be prose cuted.