Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 20 December 1894, Page 2

Foreign.

The Banking Committee of the House of Representatives of the United Stales approves the Currency. Bill introduced by Mr J. G. Carlisle, the Treasurer. In addition to the sentence imposed upon Debs of three months' imprisonment for his part in the railway strike, other leaders connected with- the strike have been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The Convention of the American Federation of Labour has rejected the Socialist plank in the Federation programme. France has secured the hinterland I behind Dahomey by means of a treaty with King Borgou. It is reported that the Malagasya

wilt accept tha Fwnoh ootttlttioni, being oonvinoed of th« futility of t*« siitanc*. President Kroger, of the Trt&sml, •tates that the new Swaziland Con* f- - Vention winch fie~ haT signed aSißfgg' the Transvaal of suzerainty jy^er Swaziland! and grantVGrtaf Britain poWftr to appoint a constriy 6er ' , many and France will™ not pirmftr-^ Great Britain to annex- the Dtsjagp* rvBay dufcjcl.-.,-. ,; -•\^i. I.H '// The Indian Government' has decided to impose a 5 per cent ad valorem duty on Manchester cottons, accompanied by an excise tax on r the .. low-grade article minufaeJhred I locally. - - - *J; Vice-Admiral de Cuverville, MariW' time Prefect at Cherbourg, and a prominent officer of the navy, has urgecT that the French navy and ",." army should be kept in cbntinijal ' readiness for war with. England. "' Replying to the charges brought against him of complicity in tbjL Banca Homana scandal, Sigtiot' . Crispi declared that Signor Giolitt* '* forged the documents which Were^ under consideration by the .Comr, ! *' mittee of the Chamber of Deputies/ Signor Giolitti has suddenly left ' Italy. ■■■; ''■