Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 13 August 1896, Page 2

Foreign.

One thousand armed Moslems murdered thirty Christians in Bfc. * John's Monastery, Crete. " They also plundered and set fit&- - lo the churches, and burned a priejft* f" alive after mutilating him. * : - ■ Many sacred pictures were de* ~ stroyed by fire by Moslems. Eight officers of the Athens garrison have sailed for Crete, and the steamer conveying them als6 ~ carries a large quantity of arms and ammunition. The Italian cruiser Etna has. captured the Dutch steamer Deolwijt, with 40,000 rifles on board, which were intended for use in Abyssinia. The rumour that Prince Hob. en - lohe has resigned the Chancellorship is denied. Colonel Abdullah, noted for his cruelty towards the Christians, has been appointed Governor ot HeraJjleion. Great heat has been experienced throughout the United States, and 71 deatb.3 are recorded in New York city and Brooklyn in one day. News has been received than an infuriated crowd mobbed Hahneville Gaol, New Orleans, and seized and lynched three Italian prison ers charged with the murder of Americans. The Cretan rebels are trying to

establish a provisional Government under the Presidency of Viloudakes, who is a leader of the party. The Premier, Don Antonio Canovas del Castillo, said that if the Spaniards were weary of the war in Cuba he would leave public life for ever. He believed, however, that the country was willing to exhaust its resources to maintain the integrity of its Empire. S6nor Sagasta shares with Don Canovas, the Prime Minister, the fears of conflict with the United States respecting Cuba f and considers alliance with France impossible.