Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 7 November 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

It U officially stated that Japan '•vao mt.H C ww. with the Liaotong Peninsula, and proposes to aot in

unison with the Powers in regard to Corea. The Moslems of Kansu destroyed the wires in order to prevent the Chinese mobilising their forces. The Chinese, it is said, are unable to contend against the Mpjlejpag, owing to the lack of arms and stores, and the Emperor, becoming alarmed at the success of the enemy, hai ordered the Eashgar garrison to Kansu to assist in suppressing the rising. Li Hung Chang ha 3 been appointed to direct the movement. The Sultan has proclaimed a moratorium of four months, to allay the commercial panic. The moratorium is made applicable to the Bourse and the banks, and excludes mercantile dealings. The leading banks ignore it. The situation is largely due to the closing of Armenian houses consequent on the congestion of dis* h noured bills. Chefik Effendi is presiding over a Commission which is considering reforms in the Asiatic provinces, where there is a virtual revolution. The Armenians are rising every* where, and at Keuchsoun murdered the Governor and his family. The Armenians are carrying fire and sword in the Mussulman districts in Marash, and the garrison in Zeitoum implores aid. Great Britain has proposed to the United States thai joint action be taken to protect the respective sub* jects of these two Powers in Turkey. Information received by the German Lloyd's Company confirms the c«ws of the drowning of the Young Turkish Party at Constantinople. • The details show that three lighterloads of people were towed out to sea by a launch and thrown overboard. The outrages at Erzeroum have been renewed, and fifty persons Jxave been killed. Armeuians attacked a mosque at Diarbekr, a large town on the upper part of the Tigris, and serious fight* ing took place, resulting in heavy loss of life.