Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 18 May 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

The Kote tfettt 15 the Porte by Gbeat Britain, Russia and France respecting reforms in Armenia insists on one-third of the officials being Christians ; and that the Great Powers shall have the right of vdfco in the selection of Governors. It also demands a mixed gendarmerie, regular assizes, prison inspection, that the Kurds be disarmed, that the sufferers by the recent atrocities be reimbursed, and the appointment of a commission to watch over the administration of Arraeuia. The Commission has discovered in Gellygoozan a burial pit containing the remains of inhabitants massacred in several of the destroyed villages. In response to a petition from Polish Catholics, the Pope has sent an address to the Czar praying for the release of a large number of priests who have been sent to Siberia for political offences. Majesto, the paramount chief of the neighbourhood of Zout9panberg, in the northeast of the Transvaal, who at the head of a large force resisted coercion by the Transvaal authorities, has expelled the Transvaal Commission from his district. An expedition under General Joubert is preparing to suppress and punish the natives. The force will consist of 8000 whites and 10,000 natives. Heavy fighting is expected. Majesto's men are aimed with the latest weapons bought from Portuguese. Great Britain, Russia and France intend to establish Consulates in Armenia, and their representatives will supervise the carrying out of the necessary reforms. They also insist on the establishment of communes to control the administration of the laws, and on the collection of taxes locally, none of such matters to be referred to Constantinople.