Foreign,

Manawatu Herald, 19 December 1895, Page 2

Foreign,

Kurds are openly selling plunder obtained in Armenia in Constantinople afid the sight- has so excited the lowest classes of Moslems that they are ready to attack the bazaars the first chance they get. Constantinople is in a state verging on panic, and. even a street brawl causes shopkeepers to barricade their houses. Martial law is virtually being observed. A national relief fund for |he assistance of the Armenians is being formed in the United States. The Cubans have inflicted another defeat on the Spaniards, routing a column of the Government troops, and killing half and capturing the remainder. A national subscription is being made in Italy to defray the expense of the campaign in Abyssinia. The Ashantees who have been threatening the settlements on the Gold Coast have been expelled from the district. The bridges over the rivers on the way to Ashantee have been destroyed by floods, but nevertheless the British troops continue to advance. News from the Gold Coast states that a portion of the Ashantee carriers have deserted. The River Prah natives attacked the Houpsa nplioe at Appam, but were repulsed. The chief, Samory, remains neutral. Colonel Sir F. 0. Scott's forces, just sent from England, will form the northern column, and another party will be formed from the troops maintained on the coast. These two forces will converge on Coomassie Owing to their refusal to help him, King Frempeh, of Coomassie, fought the Adausis south of Coomassie, and there was great slaughter. Further details of the disaster in Erythrea, the Italian possession in Africa^ show that Major Toselli, after securing the wounded, faced the enemy again, surrounded by his native attendants. When the cartridges were exhausted, Major Toselli wa3 killed, and the rest committed suicide. Italy requests the right of passage for her troops through Somaliland. The Shoas hold as prisoners several officers who were attached to the Italian force. It is reported that Russia and Germany are surveying Kiaochan Bay (on the south coast of the ShanTung Peninsula), to .A-seertaiu- if it is suitable for a naval station. The Russian Squadron in thase waters out-numbers the English warships. The Chinese Government has agreed to the Russian Pacific Squadron wintering to the south of the Slian-Tung Peninsula.