IMPORTANT NEWS.
THEWARYOTE. \ GLADSTONE'S SPEECH. THE VOTE PASSED WITHOUT A DIVISION, THE OUTLOOK OMINOUS* PREPARING FOR WAR. THE PRINCE OF WALES RETURNING to IRELAND. THE BRITISH FORCES BEING WITHDRAWN from SOUDAN,
London, April 28. In the House of Commons last night Mr Gladstone urged the adoption of the extraordinary vote of credit of eleven million sterling in a most powerful speech on the AngloI Russian situation, in which he dwelt strongly on the necessity for Englandtobe prepared to carry out to the utmost extent the pledge of support which had been accorded by the Government to the Ameer of Afghanistan. Mr Gladstone added, however, that notwithstanding the preparations which were being made, Her Majesty's Government were striving by all means in their power to bring about an amicable, but at the same time, honourable settle.
ment of the difficulty. The vote of credit was afterwards passed by the House without a division. In view of tne possibility of war, Field Marshall, His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, is returning from Ireland at once. Cairo, April 28. In pursuance of instructions from the War Office preparations are being made for the withdrawal of British forces from Soudan.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 123, 29 April 1885, Page 2
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197IMPORTANT NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 123, 29 April 1885, Page 2
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