Foreign.
Eight candidates have been nominated for the Presidency of the French Bepublic. They include M. Sadi-Carnot (now President), M. Casimir-Perier (Premier), M. Dupuy (Presidant of the Chamber of Deputies), M. Challerael-Lacour, (President of the Senate), and M. Melin. The Czar was requested by the countries forming the Triple Alliance to convene a congres3 to consider the advisability of general disarmament throughout Europe, but he refused to entertain the suggestion. The French police have seized forged bank notes to the value of a quarter of a million francs. It is reported that the Ozar refused to a^ree to the disarmament proposals of the Triple Alliance unless Germany and France" first abandoned their quarrel. General Goggio, an officer in the Italian Army, has been arrested at Monaco on suspicion of being a spy. A number of incriminating doouments were found in his possession. Coxey's labour army is expeoted to assemble in Washington on May Day, and the Government are afraid that this will lead to disorder.
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Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1894, Page 2
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165Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1894, Page 2
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