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Id the Chamber of Deputies, M. Delcasse, formerly Minister for the Colonies, condemned the naval estimates, deolaring that ie was impossible to rival Great Britain, and that France was unable to keep up (quipping new vessels for long. To protect; the vulnerable points it would ba necessary to build 20 large vessels of great speed immediately, namely, four ironclads of 25 knots, two of 27 knots and a number of torpedo catchers. M. Blowitz, the Time*' Paria correspondent, telegraphs that the speech of M. Dclcaase has caused a serious impression, and that it is evid-nt Great Britain is regarded as a probable antagonist. Ruperts received in Madrid state that ihe United States has permitted 64 filibustering parties to organise and land in Cuba, or otherwise the rebellion would have been ended. Thu iusurgents accuse General Macao's doctors of treachery, and declare that of the whole of his party there was only one who escaped.
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Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1896, Page 2
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155Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1896, Page 2
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