Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 28 February 1899, Page 2

Foreign.

SNUBBED BY. THE CZAR. A deputation of Finlanders pro* posed to wait upon the Czar in order to protaflt against the Ruasianising f thA Finnish institution and people. Hi* Majesty, however, deolined to see the party. A PRIEST SENT TO SIBERIA. Father Beliafrvitcb, a Roman Catholic priest at Kovno, in Russian Poland, who was arrested in October last for flagellating and imprisoning * woman because she had illicit relations with persons belonging to •he Orthodox Russian creed, has been npnt>nc*d to eight yeara' exile in Sib rU for the offence. THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN. It is not intended to attack the Khalifa in the desert. Ghneral Hunter regards him as a nuioance, but not dangerous. The British troops at Cairo are ready to prooepd to the front if the necessity shonld arise. PRESIDENT FAURE'S FUNERAL. The funeral of the late President Faure was a magnificent and impressive spectacle. The oar jftiriog tfw coffio WW

immediately followed by a mourning coach containing Madama Faurc and the bereaved family, after which mma vehicles containing M. Loubet [the new-elected President), the foreign Ambassadors, the special envoys of other nations, the French Cabinet, the members of the Senate a,ud Chamber of Deputies and the civil, military and naval functionaries. A solemn service was held in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Archbishop of Paris (Cardinal Richard officiating. Enormous crowds listened to tbe orations" in the Pere La Chaise Cemetery, where the interment took place. Complete order prevailed throughout the proceedings, and President Loubet was repeatedly cheered. The Generals failed to create a demonstration in favour of the army. Fighting between the Dreyfusitee and anti-Dreyfu9ites is proceeding in Paris, and 400 arrests have been made. .