Special Cables.
♦ (PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION". London. Mar-h 17. Mr J. Hennrtter Heaton says his pro posals for an Imperial penny post apply to outward mails, and he does not thiuk they will affect colonial revenue. Asked their opinion regarding the proposed Pacific cable through British territory, Major-Geueral Sirßedvers Buller and General Sir Evelyn Wood said they considered such a line would be of imniense strategic importance in case of war. Mr H. Campbell-Banuerman. Secretary of State for the War Department, was interviewed by Mr Robert Reid, the Victorian delegate, and informed that gentleman that he approved of federated forces in Australia under one commander. He promised to assist the Pacific cable scheme. Speaking in the House of Commons, Sir Charles Dilke said the War Office was taking an optimistic view of the defence question, and that it was essential that experts should be appointed to guide Ministers in dealing with the defence of the country. Pibis. March 17 The Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of 111 votes, rejected a proposal made by M. Goblet toabolishthe Senate. Berlin, March 17. The Reichstag Las ratified fcbe ternis of the commercial treaty with Russia. The decision was arrived at on the voices, no division being called for.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 268, 20 March 1894, Page 3
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205Special Cables. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 268, 20 March 1894, Page 3
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