CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 3 December 1898, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London.

The Right Hon A. J. Balfonr, First L"»rd of the Treasury, in th* <nnrge of a speech at Bristol, said that Great Britain had no controversy with either the French nation or its Government, bat only with the Colonial party. The Fushoda, incident, he said ought to serve a 9 a beacon of warning to foreign statesmen. They were mistaken if they supposed that British patience were unlimited. Lord Kitchener, of Khartoum, Sirdar of the Egyptian army, had appealed to the public— through the newspapers— for £100,000, with which he proposes to establish the Gordon College at Kbartoom, to perpetuate the memory of the late General Gordon. Her Majesty the Queen has consented to act ax patron | if the institution, and H EH. the Prince of Wales as vice-patrpn. Lord Salisbury has written to Lord Kitchener approving the proj°er and expressing his belief that it will prove an admirable civilizing mission. He hopei'tbat wealthy Englishmen will support the proposal. The Baroneß9 Burdet^Ooutfa ha? •ippealed to the women of England to aid Lord Kitchener. Th B ironed also addressed a meeting at Edinburgh, and in the course o< her epeeoh asked the colonieß to contrihute to the fund. The Gordon Memorial Fund has now reached the sum of £40,000.