Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 2 March 1899, Page 2

Foreign.

THE PHILIPPINES. Admiral Dewey's message to tbe Government was not intended for mhlication. Hi* inference is re >ud : ated at "Berlin. General Otis, in command of the \raerican land forces in the Philip lines, writes that affairs at Manila ire quiet, and there is no need for ■ nxiety. The Americans under General Otis iave now occupied the town of CM>n. Twelve hundred suspected inoeniiarists have been arrested. General Gom< z, the Cuban leader, las gone to Washington to seek a guarantee for the loans of Cuba, and for a shortened occupation of the sland by the Americans. FRANCE. Both the Organist and Bonaoartiat parties are angry at the tternpfc of M. Deroulde to raise an n«urrection. M. de Caspaignac denounces the • t tempt to corrupt the army. The Duke, of Orleans has returned t > Turin in rii=gust. THE FRENCH PRETENDERS. H. Fabre, the Magistrate who i< inquiring into the Anti-Semitic ■ j »gne and o'hpr cnn=piracies>, ha•aused the police to make numerou-'l.->micili»ry visits. The vHta have led to the seizure f tbe Duke of Orleans' lettprs of nstnicuons and the lists of corami^eeft. M. Andre Buff -ft, the Duke^ Mpr^pentativp, declared that threirc f imprisonment would not deter the loyalists from conspiring. THE SOUDAN. Th^ Khalifa i* raiding the inhabitants for grain and cattle within 16

miles of Omdurman. He is not, however, expected to make an immediate advance. The taxation imposed in the Sou dan, owing to the deficit already re. ported, is oanojng discontent, which favours the Khalifa's mov^oipnt. ACCIDENT IN SWITZERLAND. Six workmen have been killed in thg Jnngfrau tunnel, through a blasting flccid'-nfc. CHINESE TROUBLES. R c^ntly the British Ambassador at Pekin protested against the appointment of Cbangyi as Huyufen'e sacceß9or to the directorship with H*nehpn<»ng, on th« Northern Riilway Company. The Tsung-Lf-Ya-men promised the appointment w^s not to be made. It is now stated* dispite the promise, that the appointment of Chingyi as a director will shortly h" announced. SPANISH AFFAIRS. General Monte3erra has warned the Chamber that if attacks on the army are continued, the army will know how to act. Senor Robledo protested agaum military dictation. His speech received uproarious applause in the Chamber and galleries The R -publicans warmly commend Louoearching for the repression of disorder. MUSSULMAN OPPRESSION. The Porte has ordered that the Protestant missionaries in Asia Minor mast be expelled and the orphanage? closed if the slightest infringement of the regulations occurs. Thirteen thousand people are starving at Van.