Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 26 April 1894, Page 2

Foreign.

Count Tallarand Pengord has been arrested in Paris on the charge of .forging bills for two million francs. M. Bouchard, Chairman of the Committee of Enquiry into the state of the French navy, says that none of the torpedoes in use are of a practical typo, and the greatest confusion prevails in the administration of the Naval Department. Two hundred arrests have been made in Poland in connection with the commemoration of the Warsaw revolution. Immense damage has been done in Athens and in the surrounding districts by the earthquakes. The earth tremors continue, and great alarm is felt. Ife is believed that 260 persons have been buried alive in the country districts. The King has decided to visit the various districts which have suffered. Thebes is mined through the earthquakes. The death-roll of the earthquakes in Greece has increased to 302. The loss of life was specially large in the monasteries. It is repented that whole families were engulphad while attending "■ church. j A pier in a Byzantine church at : Daphne was shattered, and its fall wrecked the whole building. , The Lower House is discussing . the un< mpioyed question. In the i meantime further reinforcements of i Coxey's labour army are marching to ■ Washington. Mr Davis, a Kansas member, ! proposed that employment for half a I million men should be found on I public works in order to prevent disorder, but the motiou was rejected. The colliers' strike in the United States has bngun, and a large body of Coxey's men are arranging to assist them. The Omaha Railway Companies have stopped their services, fearing outrages, and the city is thus isolated. The militia has been warned to be in readiness, and the citizens are urged to provide waggons to assist in an exodus from the town. The colliers' strike in America is extending, and about 100,000 men have now loft woi'k. The daily loss by the strike ia already estimated at £25,000. The labour malcontents demand that 500,000,000 do'hrs shall be expended on relief works. The Senate has refused to recoive petitions from Coxey and his army The National Guard in Washing ton is being mobilised with the view of preserving order, if necessary. The City of Paris loan of 200.000, 000 francs at 2| per cent has been subscribed 85 times. Some sensation has been caused in Paris by the President issuing a decree forbidding officials in Diplo inatic Service to marry without obtaining the assent of the authorities. The Premier states that this stap is rendered necessary on account of Gentian Jewesses married fo diplomitists diyclosiiig French secreta. Jabez ialfour, who was recently removed from prison to a private hou-xe on the ground of ill-health, is living at th ■ houso or a Miss Freeman, in Salt-, and it is expected that he will endeavour to escape. j Tho British Consul is watching the residence.