BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2471, 18 February 1881, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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The Head Centre Resuscitated.

London, Feb. 10. Stephens the former Eeniau Head Cetitre is now at Paris.

Parnell’s Policy. Mr Parnell has addressed a letter to the League at Dublin, in which he urges themembers to maintain a passive attitudeof resistance to the coercive measuresproposed to bo adopted by Government, in Ireland, and moreover, to use every means to foster agrarian agitation of themasses, not only in Ireland but throughout Great Britain. The mail bags Ransacked. In the House of Commons last night, the Homo Secretary, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, in reply to a question made a statement in the course of which he virtually admitted that letters suspected to contain treasonable correspondence had been opened in transit through the post. The statement gave

rise to a lengthy discussion in the House. The Press generally refer to the matter at length in their leading articles. Various opinions are being expressed as to the action of the Government. Affairs In the Transvaal* The “Daily News ” of to-day pub lishes a paragraph stating that Government has received telegrams from Sir George Colly containing proposals for peace by the Boers, and says that the proposals are now being discussed by the Cabinet. Kilkenny Cats. Hews has been received from Beyrout, in Syria, that troubles have arisen between the Christians and Turks, and several conflicts have taken place, resulting in loss of life to both sides. ' Old Cutthroats Converted. Berlin, Feb, 15. The German Parliament was opened by the Emperor to-day, who, in his speech on the occasion, strongly affirmed the fact that a general agreement exists among the Great Powers to use every possible effort in the direction of the maintenance of European peace.