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Russia has offered the Shah of Persia half a million to pay off the holders of the British tobacco monopoly, receiving the Customs revenue by way of security. It is supposed that Russ'a by this plan hopes to destroy British in fluence in Persia.
The French troops have defeated with heavy loss the native troopi of
The natives of Uganda are fighting with those converted to the Catholic religion. Captain litigant suppressed the outbreak, and King Mwanga has been deposed. The French authorities are experiencing a difficulty in fl -"" ■judffes^*- 1 ' , , ,--_ " uU "? _ - .» «»Ke tfte trial of ftavachal, theleadei' of the Anarchists. Intelligence to hand states that the King of Dahomey has warned ] the French that he will destroy Portonovo and all the French settlements in the event of war. The Catholic natives of Uganda, headed by Mwanga, killed some of foremost of the Protestants. Captain Lugard interposed, and the bishops and clergy, with a number of their followers, escaped to the island. The Protestants then returned the attack and a bloody fight ensued. Captain Lugard, who rescued several of the priests and bishops, has nominated a successor to the deposed King Mwanga.
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Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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193Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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