LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS
. [BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [RKTJTBR’b TELEGRAMS.] ENGLISH AND FOREIGNLondon, March 25. After a long debate on Zulu affairs, the vote of want of confidence in the Government has been defeated by 156 against 61. The Premier has made a statement con cerning the British policy in Africa. He said confederation, not annexation, was desirable. Sir Bartle Prero was the right man in the right place. He was only blamed because he assumed tho supreme power in tho declaration of war. 05 The Queen has started for Italy. Mandalay is quiet. The King is willing to make any concession since the despatch of the British troops. Tytler, with trilling loss, has successfully attacked 3000 Shinwaris with loss of 200. The negotiations continue with Yakoob Khan. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to assassinate the Chief of the Gendarmes in Petersburg. The assassin escaped, [special to globe.] London, March 26, Lord Oranbrook, replying to the Liberals, condemned Sir Bartle Frere for commencing tho war without waiting the decision of the Cabinet. The relations between Turkey and Greece are critical. The Lords, by a majority of ninety-five, refused to censure the Zulu policy of the Government.
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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1593, 28 March 1879, Page 3
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