Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 20 June 1895, Page 3

Foreign.

lshe Ameer of Afghanistan has confiscated Umra' Khan's treasure and property. •• It is expected in Calcutta that Greaf Britain will withdraw from Chitral.

The Czar of Russia has conferred the Qrder of St. Andrew on President Faure, .»: " ~

The French press interpret '„ the decoration of President Faure as a direct admission on the part of the Czar of alliance with France.

It "is reported that the Sultan concedes to the European Powers the control of reforms in Armenia, conditionally on 'such control being limited to three years. ; . . The interview between Prinze Bismarck and- Mr Gladstone has been prevented owing to the delioate.health of both veteran statesmen. -

The Black Flags, are threatening foreigners in Formosa. A party of British marines has

been landed on the island.

The Egyptian Committee in Paris, in a manifesto just issued, appeals to the Government to negotiate with "be other Powers with the view of declaring the neutrality of the entire Nile Basin. . r The Foreign Minister of Bulgaria has notifta|U;hft,, Embassies of the Europeraffpers that popular feeling is |Ui^ig;>.agttinßt Tnrkish misrutea^l|abedontav that it may pampeffiro dgsnateb ot a Bulgarian army into the country. The Haarlem Ship Canal, connecting the Hudson River with Long Island and passing round Northern New York, was opened on Tuesday. The ceremony was an imposing fme* Th% -procession of ships was lour mHes long. ' The new Chinese loan is to be issued in Paris on the 27 th. The Czar's Embassy, when prerenting President Faure with the Order of St. Andrew, referred to the happy relations existing between France and Russia, but made no allusion to an. alliance. A Suicide " Club has been discovered yj New York* Five members committed suicide (his year alone. Btporti are current in Hamburg that.tta intend to attempt tf greatbhtrage at the opening gftho Baltic Catial. The |)uke of York sailed today to represent; the Qu^een at the ceremony. Tbe^enoh*andßußsian squadrons met in <Jie BaHtic* and entered Kiel together. . *':'■* :