GENERAL NEWS.
CABLES.
GENERAL ITEMS. (Per Press Association.—Cnpyritjht.) Berlin", April 19. Dr Leyds, the Transvaal Envoy, has arrived in Berlin. He declares the situation in South Africa to be very critical. St Petersburg, April 19. Great preparations are being made for the reception of the Emperor of Austria, who arrives on a visit to the Czar on the 27th instant. The German Emperor visits the Austrian Emperor. Paris, April 19. The French newspapers, commenting on the visits of the Emperors to Russia, express fear of the renewal of the iiidisirhanil or union of Emperors. Cairo, April 19. The Egyptian expeditionary force against the Dervishes in the Soudan advances to Abu Hamed, between the fourth and fifth cataracts of the Nile, in July. Pretoria, April 20. A suggestion has been made to President Kruger that Davies and Sampson, two reform agitators imprisoned in Pretoria gaol, should be liberated as a jubilee offering in connection with the Queen's Record Reign. President Kruger replied that unless the fines were paid an additional year will be added to their sentence.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 302, 21 April 1897, Page 3
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176GENERAL NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 302, 21 April 1897, Page 3
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