Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 23 May 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

News from Madagascar states that the French troops are steadily advancing from Mowanga with only trivial loss, and that the Hovaa are displaying only trivial opposition. It is reported that the new canal from the Baltic to the North Sea is unsafe. The banks are breaking away* and thousands of yards of earth are falling into the water and blocking the passage. It is feared that this mishap Will interfere with the official opening. The silver men in 17 American States have agreed to plump for candidates pledged to legalise the coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1. The mine-owners are said to have subscribed £1,000,000 to assist the campaign. Li Lung Chang's son, the Governor of Formosa, has been in* strueted by the Chinese Government to hand the island over to the Japanese. A strong shock of earthquake has been experienced in Florence. The damage was much more serious than at first thought, and in the villages in the vicinity there has been much loss of life. One church collapsed, burying several people who were engaged in prayer. The Great Powers have requested the Japanese Government to notify the additional indemnity required by it for the cession of the Liao-tong Peninsula. The Supreme Court of the United States has maintained the illegality of the income tax. Five Judges opposed the income tax and four favoured it. ;?% The Court held that the direct'- tax of real estate and personal property could not be changed in accordance with representation. Mr Justice Harlan considered the decision would injure the authority of the Government in an emergency, relieve wealth, and wickedly JUV**! the people's right, and lnignteSjfiuse a national disaster. The Naval Board has decided on the compulsory retirement 6f Admiral Mead, of the United States Navy, who publicly declared that he regretted being compelled to remain inactive against the British' aurmg the action of the British troopi in Corinto, Nicaragua. The decision hap: been endorsed by President Cleveland. The earthquake shocks have been felt at Bologna and Pisa. k