Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 14 March 1896, Page 2

Foreign.

The North German Gazette, in an * inspired article, declares that the ' Italian reverses in Abyssinia will not affect Italy's position iu the T.iple Alliance. Venezuela's case has been submitted to the Commission. It consists merely of diplomatic despatches without evidence. The New York pres3 recognises the strength of the British case. The trial of seven journalists at Paris on a charge of levying blackmail in connection with what is known aa-.Jhe Lebaudy scandal is proceeding. The evidence is bringing out remarkable revelations, the chief of which was the existence of a plot to induce M. Lebaudy to desert from the army. Tho Austrian Government is urgently impressing upon the Emperor of Germany tha desirability of effecting a reconciliation with Greafc Britain. The Emperor Francis will have an audience with Queen Victoria at Nice. The district of Janina, in Albania, i3 in a disturbed state, and the Turkish troops have been compelled to retire froni Berat, a town of about ten thousand inhabitants. It is stated that Russia is actively engaged in sending reinforcements to the Far East, though she has 90,000 troops already concentrated on the Pacific littoral. The Ameer of Afghanistan is sending the Royal Family presents of the valne of £120,000 in recognition of the kindness shown to his son Nasrullah Khan during his vis-it to England.