Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 21 May 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

Owing to the improvement in trade Messrs Carnegie have advanced the wages of the men employed at their steel works at Homestead, near Pittsburg, by 10 per cent. The Pope has issued a letter ordering oalholic3 to take no part in ihe Italian general election owing to the refusal of the Government to grunt him liberty. . ; The United States Government is.i anxious to arrange with England for : the joint administration and patrolling of the Behring Sea fisheries. A French torpedo boat capsized at Rochfort, and four of the crew were drownod. Separate Notes have bsen sent by England, Russia and France to the Sultan demanding an early reply, and announcing a firm intention of enforcing reforms in Armenia. It is believed that the Sultan is trying to get the demands modified. Ifc is reported that Clink ri Pasha, formerly Turkish Ambassador at St. Petersburg, has been appointed Commissioner of Armenia, China objects to European control of her Customs revenue as security I for the loan. Franco, Germany and Russia oppose the proposals of an American syndicate that the latter advance the amount of the indemnity demanded by Japan from China in .return for cartain railway concessions in Ohina. The Japanese Imperial Guard* proceed to Formosa, in consequence of a revolt which has broken out; in the north of the island. A rebel King has been proclaimed, and thousands are said to be flocking to his standard. Chinese soldiers broke out in revolt at Shanhaikwan, and are looting the city, from which the residents are fleeing. Russia has laid torpedoes at the entrance to Vladivostock. The Russian press demands that a protectorate ba established over Corea. -