Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1899, Page 2

Foreign.

ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The tone of the French press towards Great. Britain has much improved. Li 9 Temps urges that 1 equitable negotiations should be ( entered into for an amicable settlement of outstanding difficulties. ; INDIA'S CURRENCY. ] Lord Gurzon of Kedleston, the j newly- appointed Viceroy, informed a , meeting of the Bengal Chamber of ] Commerce that, in his opinion, the , circumstances were favourable to the ( adoption of a gold standard (or India. | NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSION. ( Publication of Journal Egyptian i •—the last of the Anglophobe news- -i papers published — has been stopped. < REVOLT IN SAMOA. 1 The German newspapers allege i that the objections of the missionaries < in Samoa to Mataafa as King is because he is a Catholic. THE PHILIPPINES. A congress of the Filipino Com- c ' mittee, held at Hong Kong, vetoed f

American annexation. The sag.. licion was expressed that M'Kinley'a ction in appointing a commission to oqaire into the condition, and tbnt aeans be adopted for the future dmini3tration of the Philippines pas merely a ruse to gain time. THE DREYFUS CASE. Eaterhazy gave evidence before the Jourt of Cassation with refjdj|pcfl|g|| \ lis relations with mambers^oit ttl3 general staff of the army, anjj Schwartz Eoppen, the attache to the German Embassy in Paris. AFFAIRS IN CRETE. Prince George of Crete has visits ■ number of Christian churches and A. ahommedan Mosques in the priulipal towns of the island. The visitg vere made amid the indescribable inthusiasm of the populace. Christian vomen and children scattered flpwpri) md perfumes along his path, nil The Moslems appear quite recontiled to the new order of affaira.