Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 26 November 1892, Page 2

Foreign.

Abomey was evacuated by the natives, and the French troops entered the capital without opposition. It is reported that the King Behazin it a prisoner, and has agreed to the French deiiiaudsi The Egyptian Budget, shows a surplus of half a million sterling. Count d' vubigny has wired to M. Eibot that his negotiations with the Sultan of Morocco have resulted happily. All the European States will profit from the commercial advantages secured equally with France. Mr Grover Cleveland, the President elect, has left New York in order to avoid the crush of officeseekers. He threatens to close his town residence. . Owing to the restrictions placed upon them, half the Chinese merchants carrying on business in San Francisco have decided to retire. Mr Cleveland states that £36,000, 000 will be required next year for pensions alone. He enjoins the necessity of economical administration upon his follower;?. Quite a sensation was caused in New York, at Messrs Guion and Co., the Liverpool shipowners, notifying that they will withdraw their fleet of vessels from the New York trade, owing to the harassing rules recently introduced by President Harrison respecting the immigrant and general passenger traffic.