London.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 October 1891, Page 2

London.

Mr Gladstone considers the liquor system a national calamity. Mr DeCobain, M.P., has not yot returned to surrender himself according to announcement. The Chinese Government has made immense gifts of land to the Jesuit missions, and will give monetary compensation to the other sufferers by the recent riots. Russia proposes to build a railway from Kovno to Australeusk. The sale of the Moscow Gazette has been prohibited, on the ground that the paper has contravened press regulations. The strike of labourers at Carron Wharf is assuming serious dimensions. The dispute is about payment for the dinner hour. Said Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, declares that if Lord Salisbury will consent to re- open tho question of the British evacuation of. Esrypt, care will be taken that tin j English, now in occupation, will nor- j be succeeded by any other Power. I

An operation on Bislio;> Selwyn has boen successful, and tbx* doctor.; anticipate his complete- recovery ; h::l it will be necessary for him to tak~ rest for a year.

Salvation Army riots were ronewe 1 at Eastbourne, and many people received injuries.

The of Turkey has ordered drastic measures to be taken to repress brigandage. Rewards are offered for the capture of robbers, dead or alive.

The Times considers the withdrawal of the British East African Company from Uganda a national calamity, which must result in anarchy in Central Africa and the massacre of the missionaries. The Government must assist to avert the catastrophe, which is due to the expense entailed on the Company by German rivalry. News from Burmah gives appalling accounts of the famine in that country. Two million people are reported to be starving, and brigandage is rampant everywhere.