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Mi de Staal, Russian Ambassador in London, succeeds the late M. de Giers as Minister for Foreign Affairs. THe Kurdish chief Chefken terrorised the Armenians in Ceserea. His followers devastated villages, outraged women and demolished a convent in Nichau. The House of Representatives of the United States, by a majority of 81, has decliued to pay the award made to Great Britain by the Behring Sea Commission. China and Japan. Li Hdng Chang has returned to Pekin, and been graciously received by the Emperor. When retiring after having had an audience with the Emperor, Li Hung Chang declared that his life Was always at his master's disposal. Prince Kung has been interviewed in Pekin. He admitted that the war has been mismanaged, and laid the blame on some ot the highest officials, who were 1 incompetent. China, he said. was ? awake to her weakness. Yet if' Japan's terms for peace were exorbitant, she would fight to the end. It was impossible that Heaven would allow Japan inordinate success. The Chinese in the vicinity of Haicheng have been reinforced by thirty-four thousand men.
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Manawatu Herald, 2 March 1895, Page 3
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183Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 2 March 1895, Page 3
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