Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 21 November 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

Arton, who was implicated in the Panama Canal frauds, has been arrested in London. China has completed the paymerr of the indemnity to Japan for surrendering thp Liaotong Peninsula. The Porte has made a beginning with the scheme of reform, and the" U a cessation of turbulent outbreak Thirty-six more members of th< Young Turkish Party have been tied up in sacks and drowned. The Armenians state that 100,000 of their countrymen are dying ii starvation and exposure, and thf\ have asked to be permitted to presen a petition to the Queen of England praying for help and protection. A force of 40,000 Cerats, armed with Martini-Henry rifles, inflicted three defeats on the Turks in th< Yemen district, Arabia, and are now beaipging Sana, the capital. The Sultan has ordered the mobilisation of five hundred thousand troop?. H>* is furious at his Ministers pro testing that there are no funds t< carry out the military arrangements, and is trying to borrow a million sterling. A number of seditious placards, which have been posted on the

mosques in the city, were afterwards placed on the Sultan's table in th« palace. Germany is sending an ironclad to Levant. The Congo State Government has promised to have Major Lothaire^ tried for the execution of Stokes.