GERMANY.
Berlin, December 11. General Von Caprivi, in his speech on the treaties in the Reichstag, Bald the Triple Alliance would be unable bo live under a condition of economic warfare, and be asserted the loss of revenue to Germany by the new treaty would be under a million. The wars of the future weuld be fought on the tariffs. The ratification of the treaties by large majorities is certain. December 12. The calculations of Professor Andover, pf Berlin, from the results of his observations of the transit of Venus in 1882, give the sun's distance from the earth as 92,043,074 miles.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9155, 16 December 1891, Page 3
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