Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 25 June 1896, Page 2

Foreign.

Spain is angry at the display of the Cuban flag at the St. Louis Republican Convention. In order to be prepared for emergencies, the Government is pushing on the completion of five ironclads. A spe«ial despatch received here from Shanghai says that the British and German Ministers at Pekin have protested against the action of Russia in occupying part of the foreshore at Chefoo, contrary to treaty rights. Mr Loe, United States Consul in Cuba, declares that the Spanish are unable to protect the foreigners in Cuba, and expresses the opinion that autonomy will not be sufficient. The Government supporters, he says, are losing ground, and many of them have been forced to join the insurgents. The deficiency in the Spanish revenue for the year is 25,000,000 pesetas. The report of tbe massacre of Turkish troop? by the Druses who had broken out in revolt i 3 now confirmed. The massacre took place near Damascus. Mohammedan Arab 3 united with the Druses and surrounded the Turkish battalion. The rebels hava burned the Government Buildings in Suvendia to avenge the action of the Porte towards the Druses, which the latter regarded as treacherous. The Turks have lost five hundred men in a conflict with the Druses at Hauran. t "■■■