London.

Manawatu Herald, 9 March 1899, Page 2

London.

Elaborate arrangpnvnts are being <n«de to secure the safety of the Q lean on thfl occasion of her ipproaching vi^it to Nice, with » •New to guarding h^r against possibilities of an attack simi ar to tint •ii*de on the Empress of Austria, who 'was stabbed by an A lar^hi? 1 assassin. The Q:ietn will start for B >übgn* m rhut^.d-ty on route for \icp, Tbe Kiuht Hon. J. Chamberlain' oft repeated repi'fsentauon* to FnincH with regard to (he New Ir-»hridi i< » h'lVt* bfipn without re<n t. ! Grea'. Britain would, fche Bec,ret 1 y ! :)f Sfntn for tbe Colonies aayj, glad y •support an international arrangeni j n' i v prohihid the sale of liq-ior and fir anus to ihp natives ; but thI ffiuiiltie* bith ito have been fonnd ii-iiperable. It is not inUnd -d, •nwt-ver, to remove the restriction ■* in H*«ed on Btifc sh traders in the islands. The L >mlon "Times " sfates that the American Confess during it« spssion. which has jn=t closed, killpd many fla»iaot j >l>--. including, it says the Nicaraguan 'anal. This rn^nlf. whs clvi fly owing to i.he finiiDi^s of Mr TJ;oma* Reed, ■■he Speaker of the House of Representatives.' The " Time-? " rpgarl* Mr Speaker K-ed as th-> srr.-nge-u Sp k in the history of America.