CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 19 November 1895, Page 2

CON DENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. Mr T. Healy has been expelled f )tn h ■ N itional Federation by 47 5O 40. M Hftaly and Mr Arthur O'Cono ir, M.P. tor Donegil Eist, weiv exp^-d fr m 'be Parliamentary rSoimuiuee by 38 iir24. ' Speaking at Bfiniol, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of tne Ex ch-qucr, paid hit did ujt expect that i h^ Budget would contain any pro pfisal for increased taxation. Canada is subsidising cattle steamers to enable the export trade to be kept going daring the winter months. Foreign. The Atntrua G »veinmsnt has iftkea the initiatory' tuepi in tha di-

I rection of urging*the Powers to act quickly respecting reforms in Arme- | nia, but not to jappf oach the Dardanelles. • A correspondent of the Daily Ntiot telegraphs that at Erzeroum many of the bodies of Armenians were i Blrinned, and those of women burnt in petroleum. Five Russian warships have been ordered to Smyra. The assembling of the fleets is re« | garded as a prelude to decisive action ! by the Powers. ! America is disposed to join in the demonstration. i Fresh massacres are reported daily, but the Embassies are htlpless owing to the influence of the palace menials, who have the ear of the Sultan. The garrison of th« Dardanelles has been doubled, and search lights have been placed on the' summits of Mount Eleas and the island of Tensdos. A large store of Armenian bombs is reported to have been discovered at Arabkia. It is supposed that they were intended for the destruction of the military depot. The Kurds are virtually masters of the district of Vail. The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard says there is a universal demand for the termination of the system of government through Palace favourites and the proclamation of a Constitution. Two French warships are aground at Hyeres, in the Mediterranean. Tugs are at work endeavouring to tow them off.