Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 3 September 1892, Page 2

Foreign.

General Yanoff s troops will pass the winter in the Pamirs.

The Standard's St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that no exchange of views has taken place between the Russian and British Ministers of Foreign affairs respecting the Pamirs. It is stated that Eussia claims the territory occupied by General Yanoff's expedition, on the grounds that it formerly belonged to the rulers of Lahokand, and the latter is now under protection. China maintains that the territory belongs to Kashgaria. Another report is current that Bussia has assured Lord Hosebery, the Secretary for the Foreign Office that she has no desire to trespass upon British interests. The population of Sorawak has broken out in revolt against the Ameer. Six thousand Italian troops are employed in thoroughly stamping out the brigandage which has bo long been the curse of Sicily. The Sultan of Morocco's troops inflicted a crushing defeat on the Augherites, captured their stores, and burned several villages, including that belonging to Imam, who commanded the rebels, and who afterwards escaped. Eighty of the troops were killed, chiefly in an ambuscade prepared for them. It is also reported that in the recent engagement the Augherites had all the best of the fighting, killing 200 of the Sultan's infantry and capturing 60. Cholera has appeared at the following towns in Germany :— Schleswig, Magdeburg, and Neustadt; also at Pilsen, in Austria. Business in Hamburg is at a standstill, and the loss to trad© is estimated at several million marks.' The daily burials in Hamburg extend far into the night, and the number is steadily increasing. ! In St. Petersburg numerous soldiers are dying from cholera, and tbe total number of deaths in Russia since the outbreak of the disease is 150,000. The hospitals of Hamburg are

horribly overcrowded, and in an insanitary condition. There is no room for proper attendance, and the patients' clothes cannot be removed. The bedding is insufficient, and in a filthy condition. In one room 200 corpses were lying mingled with the living. Schools are being converted into hospitals. A Russian gunboat seized American and Canadian sealers at Copper Island. The crews were treated with great cruelty. The Ameer's troops have defeated the Hazaras at Kamsin with heavy loss. The Ameer's loss at Kamsin was 500, killed. , .