Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 4 February 1899, Page 2

Foreign.

MAJOR LOTHAIRE A PRISONER. Advices from the Congo states that Major Lothaire's native soldiers have joined tha insurgent Batelas. Lothairo is a prisoner and wounded. It is believed that Lieut. Doorme and others of the expedition have been killed. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Soma remarkable experiments with wireless telegraphy were made between the Kentish Coast and the Goodwin Sands daring tho stormy weather. THE CHINESE REBELLION. The rebellion in the Szjuchuan province is assuming sarious proportions. T*. j u thousand rebe's be3i'eg"d Shou ehou, a hundred and thirty miles from Nmking. A body of Irap3rial troop-* attempted to capture the rebel town of Kuyang, but w<?re repulsed with sjvere loss, leaving two thousand dead. THE DREYFUS CASE. Oa the introduction of the Dreyfus Case Revision Bill in the Chamber of Deputies, M. Nillerand declared, amid cheers from the Left, that everything in connection with the case must be published. M. Dupuy, Premier, promised to submit the report of M. Mazaou to a committee. He said the sincerity and honour of the Magistrate of the Criminal Chamber placed them above suspicion. The declaration was the signal for cheers and protests. L 9 Bret's Bill deprives the Court of Cassation of p>wer to liberate Dreyfus and leaves the ultimate decision to a Court Martial.