FOREIGN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3485, 15 April 1890, Page 2

FOREIGN.

. AVasbinotoh, April 11. The House of Representatives, has to a large extent curtailed, a scheme favorably reported on by .'the Naval Committee of the Sonata for largely iiicrenßing the navy of the United States,

Mozambique, April 12, The local dealers Imvo been forbidden by the Portuguese authorities to supply provisions to the British warships.

■ Pekin, April 12. The Marquis Tseng, late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Pekin to tho Court of Bt. James, died to-day; ageds3,

.Bbbun, April 13, It is considered here that Stanley is a covert foe and enemy to Germany and his expedition for the relief o'f Eniiu Pasha is regarded as a disguise to a huge British scheme of commercial annexation of the equatorial 'provinces,

The Emperor reooivod an ovation on his arrival at Wiesbaden,

It is understood Von Capiivi and. Count Kalnocky havo formally reviewed tho Triple Alliance, and it is hoped England will co-operate, Thopissport system in Alsace 1j to be abolished immediately, , . The Kolni6che Zeitung attaoks the Emperor r and eulogises Prince Bismarck,. ■' ; -' '■'•••■'

. '■- StpEiEnsßuno,April 18. The Bussian Goveruuierit will.sub-' sidiso tho Dannbian Steamship Cooi pany on the condition their vessels are available as wai ships, It in officially stated the complaints of the students are baseless, In all 140 havo been expelled. Paris, April 18. H. M. dtnnlpy bus arrived at Cannes, where he was welcomed by tho Prince of Wales. Zanzibar, April 12, Dr Parke declares that tho injury received to tho eyes by Emiu Pasha is incurable, and. tho cataract will produce blindness ut the expirution of tho year, AUSTRALIAN. , Sydney, April 13, Mr Jack Thompson, tho well-known sporting nmn, died to-day,