London.
Tha " Times " states that tb> Tian'vaal Government has di-rtri-bu-fd £740,000 in bribery in Europ ( *o prevent the lease to Great Britain ••f Drilngoa Bay (t.he outlet of thnrincipil railway from the Trans v.-ml), which is now owned by Portu gnl, but over which Britain has the preemptive right in case of that Power parting with it. M. de Blowitz, correspondent at Paris for the •• Times," declares that the Court of Cassation will order ex.Captain Dreyfug to be tried by a fresh court-martial. He adds that he is convinced the prisoner will then receive a fair trial. The " Daily Chronicle " combats the arguments pub forward by the Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes for an Imperial guarantee for the loan of £2,000,000 which is about to be raised for the construction of the Buluwayo-Tanganyika railway. The journal in its comments on the subject states that Rhodesia has been a gigantic failure. Tne "Timea" says that Great Britain will not object to Germany acquiring the Caroline Islands from Spain. The Berlin correspondent of the 14 D.iily News " sjiates that Germany has nnde haste to increase her army because the Czar's staunchest sup porter in his peace proposals made no reduction in her proposed new armaments.
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Manawatu Herald, 19 January 1899, Page 2
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202London. Manawatu Herald, 19 January 1899, Page 2
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