Foreign.
The British South Africa Company estimate that it will cost half a million sterling to crush King Lobengula.
The Times states that the British Afrie-i Company requested to allow their territory lo be re absorbed in the first protectorate over Zanzibar.
The Vienna papers allege that the ftussians are making continual en croachments southward ; that their outposts are now within 150 miles of Herat ; and that parties are exploring the course of the Oxus to ascertain to what extent it is navigable.
The negotiations towards the settlement of the Siamese difficulty are for the present at a standstill. It is considered that France is aim* ing at establishing a semi'protectorate over the country.
The French demand from Siam exclusive concessions with repect to the light to construct public works in the provinces of Battambong and Angkor, and on the sight bank of the Mekong.
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Manawatu Herald, 31 August 1893, Page 2
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145Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 31 August 1893, Page 2
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