Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 26 November 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

It is reported that the Sultan of Turkey has offered, after effecting the promised reforms, to vjf&tbe London and European capitals to arrange for the better government of his Empire. The Sultan has rebuked the Go* vernor of Anatolia for tolerating the disorders in that province, and has warned him that he will ba held responsible for any recurrence of the trouble. In the second match for the Single Sculling Championship, Ba* bear beat Hanlan by a length. Twenty villages north-west of Aleppo have been burned and their inhabitants massacred. The Kurds are massing on the banks of the Euphrates. The Porte denies the truth of the statement that the Arabs in the Yemen distriot, Arabia, have defeated the Turks. Russia and France have refused a request by Austria that the varipus Embassies should act in case of emergency, or in the event of an extensive naval demonstration. They' gave as the reason for their refusal that they do not desire to delegate their control, and they add that the Powers continue in perfect accord with regard to the Armenian difficulty. The Sebastopol fleet has been recommissioned, and the troops at Odessa ordered to be ready for servioe. There are 40 European warships in the Levant. Anarchy prevails at Albagia, and the redifs of Angora refuse to joia the colours.

A fresh massacre is reported from the Marash district, and 200 Armenian! have been killed at Aintab. The Kurds destroyed five villages in the Van district, and 10,000 people are missing.