Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 17 November 1892, Page 2

Foreign.

A bomb has been fomid iri tlie Ceiiti-a^MarUet.. dt JWis; I'he French Chaniber has abolished the privilege of exemption from arrost hitherto enjoyed by officers of the Legion of Honour. Tl!i3 niea : surq is the outcome of the trial of M. J.Je Lesseps in connection with the Panama Canal scheme.

A Russian firm have built an electric vessel which they c^aim will be able to make the voyage from Liverpool to New York in 28 hours.

The Kirghiz tribes in Central Asia are said to be in a starving condition.

The United Stateg will shortly declare a protectorate over Hawaii. The warship Ranger Will go to Samoa instead of the Alliance, the latter remaining at Honolulu.

Colonel Dodds has been authorised to arranged a peace with the Dahonieyans on Condition that certain points along the coast are ceded to France, that France be allowed to appoint official residents in Kana and Abomey, that trade routes be constructed, and that the custom of human sacrifices be abolished.

Mr Cleveland's total poll was 430,---000 votes over General Harrison's.

Several Republican Senators are inclined to support the Free Wool Bill now before the Finance Committee, and as the President is believed to have approved of some of the Bills before the Senate for admission of raw materials free, it is thought that the Wool Bill may become law this winter.

A great fire has occurred in Tokio (Yeddo), by which GOO houses were destroyed.