Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 26 March 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

A message to the Times confirms the report of the heavy fighting in Lima» and it gives the total killed and wounded aa 2000. Details of the fighting ahow that the rebels en tered the city under the cover of darkness, and seized a church, and fired from its towers into the streets. Other detachments sacked clubs and shops. After two days' fighting the diplomatic corps arranged an armistice to enable the dead to be buried. Scores of bodies were piled in a heap in the streets and cremated. The loss on both sides was about 8000 men killed. A new Government has been installed in office, and everything is reported to be quiet in the city. Slatin Bey, who escaped from Orudurman, '. has been created a Pasha. He has impressed upon the Khedive that a strong force of men and well-arranged plans are absolutely necessary to ensure success in the military operations against the Mahdi. The Prussian Diet passed a motion congratulating Prince Bismarck on the anniversary of his birthday.. A scene of excitement took place !n the R^ieh^ag, wh;re the SociaU ists rejected the President's motion congratulating the Prince by a ...majority of 17. President Vitne then resigned. There was a crowded attendance at the time, and the galleries were well filled. The Emperor has wired to the Prince that he is most profoundly indignant at the action- of the Reichstag, which he says is com pletely opposed to the feelings of all Germans who bad the interest of the State at heart. Prince Bismarck, in replying to .he Emperor, changed an unkindly action into a source of joyful satis* faction. China and Japan. Chinese scouts report that the Japanese are close to Einchow. The ' hinese are preparing to make a stand at the Shako river. The Japanese are blockading Tamsui, in Formosa. Owing to the intense wav spirit prevalent, it is feared the peace negotiations, which have begun at Shiraonoseki, will result fruitlessly. A resolution has been tabled in the Japanese Parliament to the effect that the time for peace negotiaj tions has not yetarrhed. The Japanese have attacked the Pescadores group of islands between China and Formosa. The Chinese are laying torpedoes t at Amoy.

The Japanese, in attempting to ■ land at the Pescadores, were repulsed, with a slight loss. Bisings have taken place in Sou* them China, where the troops were repulsed by the rebels, who are noW besieging Muluk. „_ , France has established a post on the right bank of the Me-Kong River* thus securing control of the neutral gone* — —