TELEGRAPHIC. BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2571, 7 December 1897, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC. BRITISH & FOREIGN.

United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Received December 6th, 9.45 a,m. CAPTAIN DREYFUS. Paris, December 5. General Billot, French Minister of War, made a statement m the Chamber with reference to Captain Dreyfus'scase. He said that Captain Dreyfus was fairly tried and condemned m his soul and conscience as a soldier, and the chief of the army at the time said he regarded the sentence as a just one. He announced that an inquiry had been ordered into the charges made by Dreyfus's brother against Count Esterhazy, Commander of the Artillery, who declared he had been concerned m the authorship of incriminating documents produced at the trial. The Chamber, by a majority of 172, ap proved of the statement of the Minister of War. ARMING THE SOMALIS. The French are supplying the Somalis m East Africa with rifles. Received December 6th, 1 p.m. RECOGNITION OF GALLANTRY. London, December 5 The people of Northamptonshire are erecting a memorial to mark the gallantry of the Northamptonshire Regiment on the Indian frontier. NEW TELEGRAPH LINE. A telegraph corps has sailed for the West Coast of Africa, for the purpose of erecting a telegraph line 350 miles long from Lagos to the hinterland. DR JAMESON. Dr Jameson is returning from the Cape to England. SALE OF A RACEHORSE. The racehorse Emmalea, the property of Mr Arnfield, who was recently disqualified by the Victoria Racing Club, has been sold to Mr C. Hibbert, of Sandown Park, for 400 guineas. Received December 7th, 0.20 a.m. UNIFORMITY OF ARMS. December 6 In connection with the proposal of the Imperial authorities to .convert or exchange the rifles used by the colonial forces so as to secure uniformity of arms throughout the empire, the British Army and Navy Gazette warns Australia no*, to accept any Government offer of single loading Martinis instead of magazine rifles,and states that Canada has already rejected 40,000 rifles of this type. RUSSIAN ARMY SUPPLIES. St. Petersburg, December 5 The Russian Government are purchasing large supplies for the army at San Francisco. The supplies are intended for Vladivostock. SERIOUS FIRE. Christiana, December 5. Afire destroyed a publisher's premises, doing damage to the extent of 400,000 kroner. SENTENCE ON AN EDITOR. Cairo, December 5. The editor of the Egyptian native journal Saika has been sentenced to twenty months' imprisonment for expressing a hope that the British flag will be hoisted over Egypt. Received December 6th, 11 p.m. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Vienna, December 6. Hungary has agreed to renew a provisional augsleich or arrangement for meeting the joint expenditure of Austria and Hungary for one year, pending a settlement of the question and the recent troubles which have arisen m connection therewith by the Reichsrath. Received December 7th, 0.20 a.m. A DASH FOR THE POLE. New York, December 6. Lieutenant Peary, who m 1894 conducted an expedition for the purpose of examining the land stretching northward from the coast of Greenland, has arranged to start another expedition m July next. He expects to be absent for five years having obtained leave of absence from his duties m the American navy for that period. Lieutenant Feary has been provided with £3000 by a New York friend towards the expenses of the expedition. He proposes to take a surgeon as the only European companion, the remainder of the party comprising Eskimos. He intends to leave his ship at Whale Sound, on the north-west coast of Greenland, and from there push along the coast to latitude 81, where he will establish a base of supplies, thence follow the land to the termination of Greenland, making a dash for the pole when a favourable opportunity offers. POLITICAL. Rome, December 6. The Marquis Rudini, the Premier, intends to resign, with a view of reorganising the Cabinet so as to harmonise with the Liberal majority m thfe Chamber ol Deputies. STORM AND WRECKS. A destructive storm at Naples wrecked twenty'flve merchant vessels,

GOVERNOR OF CRETE The French and Italian Governments agree to Russia's nomination of Voivode Bozo Petrovitch, president of the State Council of Montenegro, as Governor of Crete.