Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 15 June 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

The Parisian press declares that th« terms of the Franco-Russian treaty will be published after the fetes at the opening of the Kiel Canal.

It is reported that ifc embodies a military oonvantion. The GauhU statei that China

will allaw ftr^ne'e 1 i'd UiPjlotl in the Pescadores, and perhaps the whole of the group, the inhabitants of which are given to assisting the Tonquin pirates.

Great Britain, France and Buseia demand the p&yttietit of ati iudettltiity for tli6 recent assadlt dd the foreign Consuls at Jeddah; and . alsb the disat-tiiaiiießi; of tlie Beaduitis. The Porte pleads that it would be a difficult matter to disarm the Bedouins.

A detachment of 800 Cape Motinled Bides art proceeding to Ponlioland to arrest ft number of natives for opposing the" payment of taies; The coniDiefttidl titeaty Between Russia and Japan has been concluded and signed. { The foreign mission stations at Chingtu, Kaiting and Yochu in the province of Se-Chueth were looted, the viceroy (Lin) refusing to protect them until it wa& too latai t The missionaries are believed to be safe. The Chinese officials incited the mob at Chingtu. The treaty which Japan has etltered into with HUssia is identical with that betWeeh Japan and Great Britain, and contains the most favoured nation clause.

The Busso Chinese loan is guaranteed by the Chinese Customs, in addition to Russia's absolute guarantee, and is redeemable in 86 years. The Boers quelled the Zoutspanberg rebellion after severe fighting, in which the chief of the rebels was killed-.