Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 28 March 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

M. Deloncle, the well-known French statesman, who is on a visit to Cairo, asserts that that city ig certain to become a centre of hostility to the British. The distorted condition of the country is en. couraging to France, and gives hope of ultimately seeing a French gar* rison on the Nile. The French Government haa r sanctioned the Credit Fonder lottery loan of 250 million francs. A fight took place at Tokat, in Asia Minor, between Mussulmans and Armenian Christians, in which 40 men were killed or wounded. Great Britain and the United ' States are arranging a new treaty respecting the Behring Sea. Sir Chas. Tapper, TSlinister for Marine and Fisheries in the Canadian Government, and Mr Foster, the Canadian Minister of Finance, visit Washington to co-operate with Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minis* ter there, in the negotiations on the subject. The miners in Liege have gone out on strike. Frequent collisona took place batween strikers and police, and even* tually the police had to fire on the inob, with the result that many of _. the latter were killed. A packet containing details of the plans for a mobilisation of French troops on the Alpine frontier has been stolen by spies. ,; r • i; . , .^ Senator Chandler, ex-Secretary of the American Navy, claims that if Great Britain seized Nicaragua with a view to ultimately acquiring authority over the Canal, war would become possible. America must ally herself with Russia, both in her own interests and in order to restrict the aggressive colonisation of England. The Bight Hoq Sir Philip Currie, British Ambassador at Constant!* .% nople, had two hours' conversation with the Saltan. It is believed ha oonvinced him of the reality of the atrocities in Armenia. " " The Kaiser's message to Prince Bismarck, expressing profound in* dignation at the rejection of the; motion congratulating the Prince on^ ' his birthday, is regarded as in open .. conflict with the Beiehstag. *«".» The Clericals and Socialists joined^ against those who wished to con*?gratulate Prince Bismarck in this :« hope that the Chancellor, owing to the clamour, would instruct the •».. Chamber to dissolve. The Paris and Vienna press regrets the decision of Prince Hohenlohe to oppose a dissolution. About four handved members of the Beiehstag and the Prussian Diet waited on Prince Bismarck ,ai&* ; Fredericksruhe and offered- their c, felicitations. .-,->. ■■■:, The the course of his reply the! aged statesman urged upon them the importance of developing national feeling.