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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 179, 29 January 1895, Page 2

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« — A CORN TAX. A TREAT FOR OFFENDERS. RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY. THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR ANNIVERSARY. THE SULTAN ENRAGED. (PEB PBEBS ASSOCIATION.} London. January 28 The Morning Post trusts the Conference of Premiers at Hobart will discuss the question of contributing to the cost of the Imperial defence. Obituary — Professor Caley, mathematician of Cambridge University. Mr J. F. O'Brien, M.P., declares it is not true that be accepted money from Lord Tweecltnouth for any purpose, and complains that he was incorrectly reported. Paris, January 28. A message sent by the President to-day to Ribofc, fclie New Premier, abstains from any formal statement, but promises an amnesty to political and strike offenders. The Ribot Ministry is composed of moderate Republicans who are opposed to the policy of concentration. Ueklin, January 28. The Kaiser has issued an emotional manifesto to the army respecting the anniversary of the Franco-German war. The decorating of Berlin and other ob- I servances are ordered. Constantinople, January 28. The Sultan is reported to be incensed at Lord Kimberley refusing to arrest the members of the Armenian societies in England. St. Petersburg, January 28. The cau&e of De Gier's death was heart disease, complicated by inflammation of the lungs. It is not believed his death will cause any change in Russia's Foreign Policy. Madrid, January 28. Spain proposes to increase the duty on wheat to half a dollar per hectolitre.