London.

Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1892, Page 2

London.

The Spectator says Germany is | taking measures to increase the army by 1 40,000 men in two years, which it thinks indicates a preparation for a prolonged struggle with France. The Church Missionaries decline to withdraw from Uganda. The Government will grant the' British East Africa Company £8,« 000. It is reported that a Commission will be appointed to administer the district. Tom Mann, John Burns, M.P., Geo. Shipton, and Keir Hardie, M.P., have refused to attend the Socialist meeting in Trafalgar Square. Lord Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, is seriously ill, suffering from influenza and gout. Four members of the Life Guards have been arrested at Windsor on charges of mutiny. Lord Hough tou, Viceroy of lieland, was coldly received on his arrival in Dublin. The officials of the (Jastle made their duties an excuse for refraining from welcoming him. It is reported that after the British East African Company evacuates Uganda, a British Commissioner will remain to manage affairs Mr Stanley, speaking at Swansea, warns England that if Ugandu is abandoned altogether and managed by France, Khartoum will soon follow. It is stated that 500 Gilbert Islanders have been shipped to Mexico, where they will be sold to the planters. The Welch coal and iron works are suspending work, owing to the depression. Five mines in the Midlands are idle, and are reducing wages.