Special Cables.
« (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! London, June 14. The British Government have sent a warship to Morocco. News has been rereived that Abdul Aziz, the new Sultan of Morocco, is marchiog his army upon Fez, the capital, where his palace is situated. The Daily J elegraph's correspondent says there is danger of a revolt in Sicily. People are destitute, and the women and children at Lercara are eating hay grass. The Duke of Devonshire contended that owing to the inevitable demands of democratic finance, the heirs to estates would eventually be required to pay duties amounting to 10 or 12 years' income. The Imperial Federation Defence Committee is asking the Government to invite the delegates to the Ottawa Conference to declare that the colonies are willing to share in the cost of the Navy. Mr James Worley has issued a circular suggesting that the shareholders in the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company should appoint two directors and au auditor. St. ThTEBSBUBG, Jane 15. Russia has finally rejected China's claim to the Alichor Pamir. Pauls, June 14. The French declare that Abdul Aziz owed his proclamation as Sultan of I Morocco to English influence. The Journal des Debate thinks that a rising against the new Sultan among the hill tribes of Morocco may be ex pected.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 341, 16 June 1894, Page 2
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215Special Cables. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 341, 16 June 1894, Page 2
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