Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1899, Page 2

Foreign.

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. M. Loubet's P.esideotal massage ;o P.»ili*m«at is colorless. He urges .olerance and concord. He eulogises V)t* Army And B pnblioanism. \NGLO-AMERICAN CONGRESS. The Anglo American 0 ingress in* adjourned till midsummer. It < hoped by that time that greater » rmmy wilt prevail in regard to he Oinidian American tariff armgeranta, upon whioh the Cod. I'es* has so fir b^n unable to ar ye at ho agreprn nfc. A KHEDIVAL HEIR. Th* P ine >8* Ik :- »4 H m n, wife 4 the Ko^dive of E,'yp , h<i< given »it-th to a *on. Ta« young priuce U leir-preserap'ive to th* throne. THE PHILIPPINES. The An-ticiu forces a*. Manila liv suffering from heat, dygentry and fnver. Tbpy are also being inra3Ppd by guerilla tuctics of the -'•Hppiei'w. PRESIDENT FAURE'S DEATH. Tha lying«io-Btate of President Paure'a b >dy, in his death ch*mber i«. the Eiysee Palace, n att^nled by o inn iv* nnmb'rß f»f Der>"n . I- i« Hfltinw'.fd rha< 60 00f» persons 1-8 d through the cham )er in ona My. ROYAL VISITORS TO EGYPT. Hi-iftfyal digtioes* '»i* Dik-of Conoftugbt, third «oc of B«rMaj«ity

who, with the Duchess, is touring Egypt and tbe Soudan, has arrived at Oradurman, where the Royal visitors were given an enthusiastic reception. The Duke, who U a general of the British army, reviewed the British and Egyptian forces etationed at Omdurman to the number of 9000.