CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS,

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 12 September 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS,

London. It is rep red that England increases the Mediterranean fleet. The Standard, in referring to the Eastern difficulty, declares England U able to safeguard her individual interests, andit advises that additional troops should be despatched to Egypt, and suggests the Great Powers ought to assist on an equal right with regard to the Dardanelles. The Marquis of Salisbury declares that Russia bns no exclusive right to the Dardanelles. It is considere.l unlikely.- that "Germany or Austria will move in the matter. The Russian Government denies that the opening of the Dardanelles applies except to the volunteer fleet and raprchant vessels. TheSt Petersburg pre3s is jubilant at the Russian triumph over the Triple Alliance, and insist on the necessity of ending tho Bulgarian quarrel by force if necessary. • It is reported that arrangements are being made at Warsaw to manoeuvre 150,000 troops. A Russian loan of 000,000,000 francs (£24.000,000 stevli -gi has been arranged in France. The Kul -arians arc alarm dn 1 t'-o deraaii'l of the Euss : an press fo; intervention in Bulgaria by fore «. The Daily Chronicle's <:orre;p ndent atR rnosays th eTt -lian Government has instructed its Ambassador* at Constantinople to support Fn^l mil. Thel'nliau press Inpe a vigilant watch will I o U-epfc over the Rus ia i intrigues in the TCnst-,

Danish butter is i.ss per cv.t higher than at the save time last year, aud the prospects of the New Zealand article is excellent-

Much oftlioNew £ealsnd cheese imported is being retailed as American at Liverpool, realising the best price as Amfrican:

A., Gfteek IJtattsinan has assured the Paris correspondent of the London Times, that unless the Sultan concedes justice to the Cretans, tho Greek fleet will tab-' the matter in its own frauds 1 .

It is rumoured that the contract of the Enssian loan provides for the tr nsfer of £7,000,000 worth of gold from Paris to St. Petersburg by the end of tho year* Sir W. 4 4 White, British Ambassador, demands that the Pdrte should apologise for firing bn JJr'itiSh tilers chant Vessels passing the I)ai dandles in July last, and in the meantime declines to visit the Sultan's palace.

Russia is massing troops on the Austrian and German frontiers.

A seminary for Roman Catholic priests has been opened in Surrey. This is the first establishment ot the kind in England since the Keforma-< tion.

Tho Parnellitos only succeeded in obtaining £3000 towards establishing A daily paper. They will therefore start an evening paper instead of a morning.

Wo I is very firm, opeuiug rates being well maintained i