Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 21 November 1896, Page 2

Foreign.

Fierce fighting has taken plaot at San Miguel, in Cuba. The Spaniards had 20 killed and 118 wounded. General Weyler is said to be making desperate efforts to bring about deoisive aotion before the United States Oongress meets. The Government proposes to expend eight million roubles on (he navy during the next decade. The Armenian Bishop of Stamboul has been sentenced to death for alleged complicity in the attaok on the Qttoman Bank. The evidence against him is of the most trifling description. The Bishop of Bifclis is also oondemned on suspioion of being implicated in the rising. Belgium proposes to license a gambling house for half a million francs per annum, and a tax of 700 francs per member. In the Reichstag, the Chancellor (Prince Hohenlohe) said that, in accordance with the command of the Emperor, six officers were considering new rules rendering impossible verdicts of the Courts of Honour requiring th« fighting of duels.

This change, he said, was expected to have a wholesome influence outside military circles. He declined to discuss the question of the royal prerogative. The Minister of War defended Lieut. Brusewitz, who killed an engineer in a cafe" at Carlsruhe a short time ago, and said the officer acted in self-defence.