Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 22 January 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

The Due D'Orleana has issued a manifesto, in which he declares the hour is near when the country will revert to Monarchy. In the meantime he advices his supporters to re-elect a man as President who is best able to ptcSi-rvd order, i At the meeting of the National I

Assembly in Yersftillea, the first ballot resulted !— M. Brisson „ . . 844 ; M. Felix Faure „ 216 \ M. Rousseau ... ... 195 This rendered a second ballot necessary, the result of which wa9 : — M. Fattre . . . . 480 M. Brisson . . . . 861 M. Rousseau withdrew from the second ballots M. Fam*e, replying after the election, said he accepted the position with gratitude and a deep sense of the respous'bilities of the position. At the same time he appealed for the support of all parties. The new President received a great ovatioti on his arrival in Paris. He is an Opportunist. He is a shipowner of Havre, and a self-made man. He has a spotless record. Is of Protestant family, though he assured the National Assembly that he was a Catholic. The Times thinks M. Faure will prove a second Carnot, but less austere. M. Faure is the first Protestant elected at the head of the State. M. Dupuy, the Premier, hag resigned. After his election M. Faure said he would cease to belong to any Party, and become an arbiter between Parties without distinction. News has been received that the Italian forces have captured the Abyssinians' camp, with an immense quantity of stores.