BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[Reuter’s Agency.] Arab and Frenchman. Paris, May 20. Telegrams have been received by the Government from the head-quarters of the French army in Tunis to the effect that the advance of the troops has been vigorously opposed by the native Arab tribes, and that severe fighting has taken place. ; Garibaldi. Bomb, May 20. Garibaldi, the Italian patriot, has written a letter to the Press with reference to the treaty recently signed by the Bey of Tunis and the commander of the French forces in that country, in which he declares that the annexation of Tunis by France would be an insult to Italy, and that the French policy in that respect is threatening to Italian interests. The Irish Land BillLondon. May 20. In the House of Commons yesterday the Irish Land Bill was read a second time, and passed by a majority of 176., Parnell and the members of the extreme Irish party abstained from voting. At a banquet in ( the city yesterday evening the Marquis of Salisbury made a speech, in the course of which he referred to the Irish Land Bill in disparaging terms, and severely denounced the Irish policy of the Government.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2549, 23 May 1881, Page 2
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198BRITISH AND FOREIGN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2549, 23 May 1881, Page 2
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