The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on tbe West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1886. THE NEW-HEBRIDES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1740, 22 June 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on tbe West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1886. THE NEW -HEBRIDES

We are now id possession of more detailed information with regard to the action of the French Government m reference to New Guinea. By .the special telegrams to the Melbourne Age t we learn that the movement* ,,ot the. French m the New -Hebrides are; considered to be enuilar to those of the Ger^^ .man Government at Samoa, wherejrjjaJli attempt wa* recently made to cause a, Native revolt against King Malietoa.' No lurpriee is expressed at the French action, particularly after the intemperate telegram despatched to the Agentr General for Victoria, by Mr Gilliei, Premier of Victoria, whioh was pub. lished m the English newspapers. A •ection of the French Press advocate the seizure of tht New Hebrides; Fvari are entertained that the difficulty which bti arisen b»twteq (hi Governments of England and Fr»t»o» rvUtivt to the N«w Hntprldti in»y bf intequAed by » post

vesseU Dives and Magellan, which recently left Noumea for the New Heb rides, aud the English cruisers which are m the neighbourhood of the islands. The Pall Mall Gazette, referring to comments tbat have beeu madt on the telegrams despatched to England by Mr Gillies, Premier of Victoria,"; relative to the reported action of France m establishing a protectorate over the islands, defends the warmth of feeling displayed -iti: th« despatches, and expresses an opinion that the agreement between thV. English aud French Governments will be abrogated, and that the French occu"pation will .beoomplete the moment that a y Single French soldier i« landed, without the. consent of the English Governmrfitv^ The French Press continue their comments on. the question. La Patrie expresses a hope that M. de Freycinet will ignore the " epileptic fury" of Victoria and thb intrigues of .English cleri cal spies. Le Cri dv Veujplc* takes a more moderate view, and deprecatus any ag}jr»ißive action f/t«r the experiences that France has had m connection with Madagascar and. Tpnqain.