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Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42792, 17 October 1905, Page 3

Latest Cablegrams.

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London, Yesterday. The King and Queen have returned . Jo London. . I V Times correspondent in the Caucasus, describing the rioting states that Prince Loius Napoleon ordered the ■ troops to shoot to kill, not to frighten t or wound, declaring “I must teach these wild beasts that they must live like human beings.” Lord Lansdowne : declines to make any communication to . the press regarding irresponsible newspaper statements. It is fully admitted m political circles that in the eveDt of an Unjustifiable attack, Britain and France are prepared to ranslate their professions. . Sir Edward Grey, in a speech at Manchester said that if the Liberals returned to office they would enter no engagements ir consistent with or prejudicial to the Anglo-Japanese treaty or entente with France. Sir Robert Reid, in a letter to the Times, insists that it is essentially to. the interest ef (Great) Britain to make private property immure from capture v at sea unless really contraband or des* tined to a beleaguered fortress. Berlin, Yesterday. . The Electric factory strike is ended

owing to hardware manufacturers’ pressure. A semi-official statement publisher! in.Berlinimpliesithat Germany has accepted Lord Lansdowne’s spontaneous declaration that Britain made no offer to France and the incident is considered closed:

Paris, Yesterday. Wireless communication is established between the Eiffel Tower, Chalons, Yerdum. Saint Menchould and the eastern frontier of France, Experiments with a steerable balloon showed that it is possible to reconnoitre military operations. Between Taul and Nancy the balloon travelled at 22 miles an hour.

Constantinople, Yesterday. Bulgarian ex-chief strongly advised his countrymen in Macedonia to follow Britain’s advice as only a disinterested power of the Porte has reiterated its refusal to accept the Powers’ financial control of Macedonia, on the ground that it is interference with the internal administration of the Empire. \. StiPetersburg, Yesterday.

Russian troops arrested an armed Japanese foraging party in the Neutral Zoue of the province of Nankin for conf Seating fodder and cattle. Russian troops are about to reoccupy the .northern half of Saghalien, ”A Council of the Russian Empire, at the Czar’s command, suspended the bulk of its legislative labours and retuinei those bills which are await- 1 ing consideration to the Ministerial Department for introduction to At he Duma.