EUROPEAN NEWS.
', (A f GB. SPECIALS ) : (UNJTBD PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) /■'"'■' London, Dec. 28. The Ilbert Bill, which provides for the tiial of Europeans by Indian .Native Mxgistrates, is the subject of keen dis cussion m In(Jia, and th* compromise recently arrived Ht by which Europe»ns can b« tried by Native Mngisbates, provided that tho majority of the jury are EuropcHtis, is viewed with disfavour by the natives. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs lias repudiated the clnim put forward by France to Ecrobes (?) The preparations which Admiral Oorbert, French Cominander-in-Chief, is making for a vigorous attack upon JJacninh, the ■trongholdof the Black Fla(?p. has Jed, it i« reported to the evacuation of that place by the Chinese. ~ ~~ Sou t ay, which was recently captured after a protracted' cor flic t has' been garrisoned with French soldier*. The Marquis Tseng still remains m Pana, but he has not renewed his negotiations with the French authorities for the settlement of the difficulty between r China and France. . ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 33, 8 January 1884, Page 3
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