LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2426, 28 January 1888, Page 2

LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

f P.l' KI.KOTKIO TELKlill U'H—Coi'VniGHT). London, January 20. Two thousand peasants, armed with enik-'l-i a:i'i revolvers, havn assembled at ({alcMiT.-xrli. iti order to pn.-vent t\u arrest of Father Stephens. General Uourko has rtiport-'d that Poland is unfit to be a basis of offensive war, but iscipable of affording excellent defences. He estimates that 20.000,000 roubles will be required to complete its defences. U is stale! that the Caucasian armies h:ivo rec ivnd orders to proceed to the Austrian frontier. A military loan of two Imncired and fifty million marks hns been submitted to the Federal Council of the German Empire. Prince Ferdinand is on a visit to Philippopolis, and has met with a cordial reception. Ijulpr.irian affairs are attracting a good deal of attention in political circles, and a general rising against Prince Ferdinand is anticipated. L-.id Randolph Churchill affirms that the feeling in St. Petersburg is a distinctly pacific one. The Rothschilds have formed a syndicate to lend thirty million Hoi-ins to Hungary. At the Postal-Conference Sir William lutzherbert said the Canadians were iinxinua to co-operative with Australia to lay a Pacific cable. Resolutions with reference to cable and mail subsidies and ocean rates of postage from Adelaide were passed. L:>rd Brassey praised the colonial defences and eulogised the soldierly qualities, of the Australians. The Duke of Cambridge, and Lord Charles Beresford agreed with him in the necessity for increasing the defences of the ocean routes. It is reported that the Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, M.P. for Sleaford, and Chancellor of the ])uchy of Lancaster in Lord Salisbury's h'r.-a Ministry, will succeed Sir Win, Robinson as Governor of South Australia. Victoria and New South Wales butter is averaging 9d per lb. Lord Brassey in a letter deprecates the alienation of the public lands in colonies. In consequence of the raids made by bodies of Thibetans into SiUkim, a small military expedition has been organised to proceed to that State and open up Thibet for the road through the Telapha Pass. Mr J. R. Cox, M.P., has, after a short examination, been remanded to Ennis, where ho will be brought up on Friday. A Bill authorising a vr.te for the representation of the United States at Melbourne Centennial Exhibition has passed Congress. The Court of Appeal has decided against ii priest in France being entitled to marry.