CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 139, 22 November 1884, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

L bl ijk itLWRIQ TELEGiaAPH.-^-CbPYRiGHT.') (SPECIAL TO UNITED : TBESS l ASSOCIATION.) ;-.,;.{, ; LONDON, N0V.,20. Mr F. W. Chesson, the secretary o^ thY Aborigines Protection Society, has urged upon Major General Scratchley the necessity for inquiring into the recent kidnapping of natives from New Guinea, Major General Scratch^ ley replied that he had been chiefly appointed -as High Commissioner for the purpose of protecting the native inhabitants, and he alse felt confident that the colonies would assist him m his endeavors to suppress the kidnapping practices. 1 r At the Berlin Congo Conference, the German Government have decided to recognise the neutrality of the tJongo. , „ ' In consequence of the firm action " of the English authorities rad*.. snatching troops to the Isle bfSkye the efftc^ has l?een to overawe the crofters "there; ; %U^ „ . „ Choler>has at Toledo and Farceloni m Sflaii, but is now v abating m Paris; , M . n U lloi - Tlie homeward mails via ouez and, Brmdisi,' dated , Melbourne, October 9, were : deUvered here to- . The Homeward mails via San , Francisco from Auckland, Oct. 14, were delivered yesterday. I In the House of Commons last > iiight Mr 01aldstone replying ta a ; 1 question announced that. he h preparing plans f6r the - tion of the Egyptiaia ftaance ajd; ' that they would be subt^ittedtothe, 'Powers. It 'would,^ ho>eyer,,. be 1 premature Jo disclose' the s#ss*?& measures, be proposed tv W^ mend. ; . ; ■••■•.•.•. l^-r --i ::■;■:■■ U-----v •: BEaLiNi -Niw; 201 ; •;; •i -.A rpjjg Reichstag was opeiie^' to--day by Emperor William. In his address bri the occasion^His Majesty expressed his conviction that prolonged peace would be enjoyed by the European Powers. ... ;