Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 6 January 1894, Page 2

Foreign.

On Monday last 2000 warrants to search th_& residences of Anarchists were executed in the French pro-

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Dhree Anarchists'; charged with beidg concerned iri the exp"losidri of a, dynamite Jtoiiib ft the Spfttiish JDHaniber of Deputies in .Ap'rii lasfej Uave been convicted and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. The news of the death of Conimander Raaf at BllluWayo is conftrnied.

Information has been received that Lobengula's brother told Mr Selous the well known hunter, that Captain Wilson's detachment had been wiped out of existence.

Mr Cecil Rhodes, Premier of the Colony, declares that he will resolutely oppose Lord Ripon's settlement of the Matabele question if it is adverse to the wishes of the colonists. He says he must satisfy the desires of the colonists, who were prepared to shed their lives' blood in subduing the country. The natives report that seven of Captain Wilson's detachment escaped in the direction of the Hartley Hills. The Czar has ordered the construction of 30 torpedo boats to strengthen the Baltic fleet. Sicily is virtually in a state of revolt, and General Marra has been invested with plenary powers to suppress the disorder. The Sicilian rebellion is extending. The rioters burned the town halls at Mazara and other places. The police charged them with bayonets, and five were killed. Forty thousand troops are now stationed in Sicily, and the disarmament of all the residents has been ordered.