CABLE NEWS.
French Press on the Convict Bill Canadian Agitation Another Dynamite Outrage Mr Redmond's Advice (by electric telegraph.— copyright.) (special to uniiei> pit ess avocation,) London, March 9. The Bepublique Francaise ridicules the protest ot the Australian Colonies against the Recidivistes scheme, and -says it is not worthy of being seriously discussed. Another French journal contends that the convict question is only used as a protest to aid m obtaining, the an . ncxaiion of the New Hebrides. The farmers m Manitoba are agitating tor separation from the Dominion . , of Canada, although they desire to remain a British colony, Sir Henry Parkes has written to a Paris paper, pointing out that the sending of French convicts to New , Caledonia- is : regarded as a serious grievance by the Australian colonies. • March 10. Mr John Redmond, M,P., has stated that any renewal by the Land League of a policy of outrage will effectually alienate Australasian sympathy. An attempt to blow up the Conipte de Paris with dynamite failed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 91, 12 March 1884, Page 2
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166CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 91, 12 March 1884, Page 2
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