London.

Manawatu Herald, 27 October 1894, Page 2

London.

Foreign. There is great excitement in Moscow owing to the rumours which are current that the Czarewitch refuse* to ascend the throne. I The Czar, it is said, is hastening the marriage with a view to compel his son to abandon his idea of renunciation of the throne". Tba Imperial Council >idvise that the second sou, Grand Duke George, should renounce his rights as heirpresumptive in favour of his brother Grand Duke Michael. The Russian cruiser Kubanatez has been allowed to pass the Dardanelles to join Admiral Avellan's fleet in the Mediterranean. A bulletin of October 25 h states that the Czir passed a good night, but that his appetite i«* no better. Tllnre is no increase of somnolence, but the dropsy is slightly worse. He lives chiefly on buttermilk. The Czarewitch ha* signed all the State papers since Thursday last. Id has been reported that the marriage of the Czarewitch and Prince Mix was celebrated on Wednesday, but this has not been confirmed. The Grand Date George, second son of th« Cztr, has renounced his right as heir presumptive in favour of his younger brother, Grand Duke Michael. A manifesto signed by the party of " Russian Righto,' 1 and secretly circulated in St. Petersburg, demands ibe restoration of the popu ar rights u-mrpad by a despotic Government. The fund* in the hands of the Paris banks belonging to the Irish Parry, and regarding which there has bee i great difference of opinion at to whom they should be hand>d, hive v.Mitually been placed to the uredi. of Mr Justin McCarthy