London.

Manawatu Herald, 6 August 1896, Page 2

London.

The Powers are exchanging views respecting the rising in Crete. They are waiting to see the effect of the warning given to Greece before deciding on what measures shall be taken. The Embassies have instructed the Consuls to prevent bloodshed at Cacea. The Sultan has vetoed the Notes sent by his Government to Greece. New Zaaland lamb is quoted at 4|3 per lb. Hemp is in dull demand. New Zealand basils stand at Bd. The Uganda Railway Bill has passed its third reading aud fiual stage in the House of Commons. News has been received of the starting from the northernmost point of Spitzbergen of M. Andree, the Swedish aeronaut, who, with Dr Ackholw and Herr Nils Steindberg,

proposes to travel through tc the North Pole in their specially constructed balloon. Li Hung Cbang, the Chinese Viceroy and diplomatist, has arrived in London. The Times publishes an interview with Li Hung Chang. He states that he wants England to concede higher import duties on the ground that the value of silver, since the agreement with China was signed, has been reduced one-half. The increased revenue would be largely spent on the purchase of military stores, the creation of a new army and navy, and the building of warships in England on English lines to be manned by English officers. The Viceroy states he has already i signed contracts for rifles in Franca i and artillery in Germany. He expressed his surprise at the sympathy snown in England with Japan in the late war.