Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 4 July 1896, Page 2

Foreign.

The Pope has issued an encyclical lettor, in which he declares that the Church will not relax any part of its doctrine or discipline in -order to secure reunion with the Anglioan communion. His Holiness olaims the absolute submission of the faithful to the episcopal orders, and he denounces as a lawless and disorderly crowd all those who fail to own the authority of St. Peter. Cardinal Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, commenting on the letter, says it dispels the haey theories and delusive hopes that have been entertained. The St. Petersburg Gazette patf forward the startling claim that Afghanistan and Turkiatan must ba reunited to Bokhara, even at the cost of war. In the Cortes, Marshal Oampoa said it waa preferable that America should recognise the Cuban rebels than permit quasi-complicity with filibustering. Senor Canovas, the Premier, said he would have accepted a scheme of autonomy before the rebellion, and was quite prepared to adopt reforms when quietude was restored in Cuba. The rescue party working in the Wilkesbarre Mine, Pennsylvania, where the roof fell in, entombing upwards of 100 miners, are able to hoar the noise made by the unfortunate men rapping, but up to the present fresh falls have prevented rescue. . „..'.. The work is being vigorously car* ried on, and it is hoped that at least some of the men will be got out alive.