HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9603, 18 December 1896, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright IRISH TAXATION. London, December 17. Mr Carson, M.P. for Dublin University, speaking on tbe question of Irish taxation, said his Irish friends were too ready to assume that an injustice existed, as the Unionists were not entitled to claim separate treatment. BETIBEMENT OF AN AMBASSADOB. Baron de Gourcel, the French Ambassador to London, is retiring. The cause is unknown. RUSSIA IN AFRICA. An Aden correspondent of the Times states that the* Russian cruiser Zaporohetz has annexed a square mile of the coast at Rehita, and removed the signs of Italian protection. AN IMPROVED BULLET. The Indian Military Department has approved of a bullet invented by Captain Bertie Gordon Clay, and considers that it will be a great improvement on that now in use in the LeeMetford rifles. THE FRENCH NAVY. Pabis, December 17. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Besnard said France would be unable to confront the navy of the Triple Alliance everywhere, and if Germany increased the number of her warships it was imperative for France to do likewise. APOLOGY TO GERMANY. Beelin, December 17. Portugal has apologised to Germany for the affront offered to the German flag m Delagoa Bay. TURKISH AFFAIRS. Constantinople, December 17, The Porte professes that to grant an amnesty to '"'" 9000 Armeniala prisoners would provoke a Moslem rising. BOERS ASSEMBLING. Peetoeia, December 17. Many Boers are assembling at Paardekraal to celebrate Dingan's day. There is, however, not much excitement in the Rand. INCENDIARISM. Capetown, December 17. The fire at Mr Cecil Rhodes's residence was the result of incendiarism. His Zimbabye relics were destroyed. CUBAN AFFAIRS. Washington, December 16. A Cuban league, which has been formed in New York, includes Messrs Theodore Roosevelt, Chauncey Depew, andAstor. A number. of Tammany Hall followers advocate autonomy for the island. The attempt of a jingo member to prevent the Congress adjourning failed. The insurgents have refused the offers of American volunteers, but ask for supplies. THE PANAMA CANAL. New York, December 17. Four thousand navvies are employed on the Panama Canal.