Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 19 March 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

I The British authorities ba?« warned the usurper who killed hit brother, the Mehtar, and seized the throne of Chitral, that unless he quits the territory by April the coun* try will be occupied. A large force is being collected to fores the demand. Three thousand Armenians are in the prisons of the Turkish capital. Russia is building four new iron-* clads, sis cruisers and twenty-two torpedo boats. Slatin Bey has escaped from Modurman ; and has reached As* souni. A merchant employed by the Brit* ish Company rescued glatin Bey. Nine previous efforts on Statin's ! part to escape were frustrated.

M. Ribqt intends to introduce several sooiak reforms in* order to combat the Socialistic movement. The United Staie^^olernment has maae ; i^i«iiMr^tt^|^ppn the Sparish Gowrth^t tofpologise t^for the aSßn.#he Spii^warship W in repealed^ firing 6n .^JJnited " States I^a^;WUano^, on the Cuban coast* !|lh^A,rmeiiiati| confined in Turk--24 and doctors.. - They ; . were.. all arrested for political reasons, and none were tried prior to being thrown into prison. The prisoner! are restricted to 21b