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Manawatu Herald, 6 April 1895, Page 2

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Prince Bismarck received a million letters and ten thousand telegrams. The Kaiser has wired to Prince Bismarck "God bless and render you happy in the evening of your life. You are a man who will eve» remain the pride of the German people. 1 ' In the»Senate M. Loubefc said the French colonies were costing , three million per annum, and the atriount wa3 increasing every year. The time had arrived when they should consider whether for the mere sake of vain glory unprofitable colonies wore worth preserving. It 13 reported that the Sultan intends to unite the provinces of Armenia into one Government, the gendarmerie to include both Christians and Moslems.

The Canadian GoveramettUprok tests vigorously against the American proposal for an international con* ference on the Bearing Sea fisheries as subversive of the award oi the Arbitration Court at Pariß.

Nubar Pasha has informed an interviewer that the British are absolute masters of Egypt, and that if they evacuated the country it would be necessary to replace them by other Europeans. The Standard's Berlin correspond* ent says it is believed there that France intends to seize the Upper Nile country as a hostage for the evacuation of Egypt. Sir Alex. Mackenzie, Chief Commissioner of Bunnah, speaking at Rangoon, said that Burinah was being dragged into the vortex of European politics. His successors: would soon have problems to solve equal to those presented in North West India.