Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 5 October 1893, Page 2

Foreign.

; Under extrame pressure, Siam has agreed to enter into the treaty with [ France. i The French have agreed to • evacuate Chautabrin when the : country is pacified, aud to withdraw the demand for the expulsion of the ! Danish officers in the service of the i Siamese Government. I The French Convention with Siam ' provides for favourable Customs ' duties, and sanctions the carrying , out of works to improve the naviga- . tion of the Mekong. There is a food and coal famine 1 in Eio de Janeiro, but the rebels are reported to be. fully supplied. ' It is estimated that they have | munitions of war sufficient to last six months. Ten bombs have been found in the J streets of Madrid. Pallas, the man j who threw bombs at the troops, has , confessed to the existence of a vast ) plot. The Anarchists have issued a 1 manifesto, threatening terrible ven- [ geance if Pallas is shot. I An impi of Matabeles, seven thoui sand strong, fired on the Chartered 1 Company's scouts near Fort Victoria, and afterwards passed in a northj easterly direction. j. Sir H. Lock has authorised Mr , Jameson, the company's agent, to send a strong contingent to reconnoitre.