Foreign,

Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1899, Page 2

Foreign,

ENGLAND AND FRANCE. A letter dealing with the Anglo* French situation written to Sir Henry Campbell Bannprman, has been published in the Figiro. He says nothing can divide us as nations. He anticipates the settlement of outstanding issues satisfactory to both nitton3. THE DREYFUS CASE. One rea9on given for the introduc tion and adoption of M. L?breb's Bill is that a number of French generals had threatened to resign their commands if the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation dealt with the Dr-^vfns revision. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STARVING. A hundred thousand people are in a starving condition in New York. The orange and other fruit crops in the Southern States are ruined. The blizzard has now abated. Several great Atlantic liners have reached New York five days late. They report terrible weather. SECURING EUROPEAN PEACE. General Von Gossler, the Minister of, War, in explaining the Bill for increasing the German army before the Budget Committee, said the French army equalled that of Germany, while Bussia was energetically perfecting hers. The Bill, if passed, would ensure the peace of Europe for years. The committee agreed to fix the strength of the infantry at 625 battalions on a peace footing. RAILWAY ENTERPRISE. Bti3sia is accelerating the construction of the Tran^dspian Railway to the Bindare Libbas, on the Persian Gulf. THE PLAGUE. The plague mortality is increasing in the Bombay provinep. Oat of 7000 inoculated at Mazigen there wa^ only one death. Theplagua panic prevails in South Kolas gold fields. Two thousand five hundred coolies have bolted.