CABLE NEWS.
TKE EGYPTION COMMAND. THE CEUSTESfi IN THE Pacific. Fenian threats, the riot at port said, ... o'donovan rossa's plans. (by electric telegraph. — copyright.) (special to united press association.) London, April 30. Lieut-General F. C. A. Stephenson, C.8., succeeds Lieut-General Sir Archibald Alison, X.C.8., m his command m Egypt. The Hawaiian Government have protested against tbe cxc ssive emi^rat.on of Chinese to the Sandwich Islands. A threat has been made to blow up Guildhall on the 6th of May, Extra guards have therefore been placed on duty. A disturbance has occurred between the native population of Port Said, and two persons have been killed, and thirty wounded. The marines from two of the Mediterranean Fleet — Iris and Falcon — were landed, along with the Gatling guns, and it is believed that these measures averted a very serious massacre. . : , . . The Republic Francais believes that tf ew Guinea will be made a penal settlement, and it treats the annexation as an accomplished fact. At a caucus of the dynamite faction m America, G'Donovan Rossa declared that the pans for carrying out further outrages were niaturp.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 124, 2 May 1883, Page 2
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182CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 124, 2 May 1883, Page 2
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