Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 14 May 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

The Cape Government proposes -to include frozen mutton meat in the category of preserved meats, thus raising the duty 2d per lb, provided other parties consent. Tho farmers are alarmed at the imports from the Australian colonies. A Russian Note to the Porte requests that reforms shall be carried out in Armenia, and adds that France and Great Britain concur in this view. The Sultan is said to be astounded at the concerted action of the Powers named. The French religious orders are intensely excited concerning the proposed taxation affecting themselves, and are disputing it. The cardinal, priests, bishops and 150,000 monks are affected by ifc. Bishop Puget urges that the tax be paid under protest, as refusal means war against the State, and a casus belli between Frauce and the Vatican. The British Columbian Government complains that the United States has nofc yet paid the Behring Sea award, and that the fishermen are therefore practically penniless, ahd are unable to refit for the present season. -The Hon, Mr Foster, Minister of Finanoe in the Canadian Government,' states' that Newfoundland has agreed to the union with the Dominion.