London.

Manawatu Herald, 21 January 1896, Page 2

London.

Id his speech at Manchester Mr Bftlfour, replying to the remarks of the Dukn of Westminster in oonnec tion with the Armenian outrages, said that concerted action by the Powers had been deferred in hope that the promised reforms by Turkey | would prove successful. France is protesting against the ! suggested oesaioo of Z -ila, a seaport town of Snmaliland to Italy by Great Britain. Zeila is part of the British Protectorate formed on that portion of North-east "Africa in 1885. The reported ctfssion of Zeila by Great Britain is denied, but it is explained that the English officials a low^d th«» passage of I.alian troop -* through th* port. Eng'and and Portugal are parky ing with regard to a new agreement as to African intpreUa. It is rumoured that England has bought Ddlagoa by virtue of pre- , emption. '

New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, nominal ; South Australian ditto, 293, firm; Victorian ditto, 29* 7£d. New Zealand mutton — First quality, BJd; second do, BJd. ; I Lamb, 4|d. I The hemp market is firm ; prioea are unchanged. v The butter market is steady. " Lord Wolseley, Commander-id-I Chief, says he has never known the I British army to be better prepared for war than at present. , The Electrical Engineers' Society has offered to organise a service for national defence. Mr Chamberlain declares that the national difficulty has proved that the old spirit is still alive, and that the resources of the Empire were never better able to meet any emergency. Mr Gladstone and Sir Wm. Harcourt decline to stimulate Great Britain's action ift Armenia. The Queen warned the Sultan in an autograph letter that his throne was endangered unless the reforms were carried out; ' The Sultan replied that the reports of the massacres were exaggerated. News from Ashantee states that the British force has occupied Coomassie without opposition, and that King Prempeh has accepted the British demands. At the wool sales on Friday there was keenest competition at full prices.