EUROPEAN TOPICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9491, 13 August 1891, Page 5

EUROPEAN TOPICS.

OCCUPATION OP EGYPT. POETEESSBS ON EIRE, [Special to Press Association.] [Received Auguefc 12, at 7.30 p.m,] BERLIN, August 11. Prince Bismarck’s paper asserts that Turkey, at the instigation o£ France, lias declined to endorse the treaty o£ 1887 regarding Egypt. The paper commends Lord Salisbury’s attitude. BRUSSELS, August 11. A telegram received here from the Congo authorities does not confirm the story of tho revolt against the Arabs. VIENNA, August 11. One of M. Batch elf's assassins has been captured in Hungary, and will he extradited to Bulgaria. [Received August 12, at 8 p.m.] PARIS, August 11. M. Coustans has drafted a Bill granting pensions to workmen, and permitting the Government to lend money at 5 per cent to farmers to enablo them to tide over ruinous seasons. [Received August 12, at 8.30 p.m.] ST PETERSBURG, August 11. Russia is building two ironclads, of eleven thousand tons, in the Baltic. WASHINGTON, August 11. The cruiser Charleston has arrived at San Francisco, whence she will depart for China. [Received August 13. at 1 a.m.] PARIS, August 12; The Grand Duke Alexis had a popular reception on making his first public appearance in Paris. The crowd cried out “ Vive la Musse A fire, started by an incendiary, is raging in the fortresses on the south side of Toulon. A thousand soldiers are at work digging trenches to prevent it spreading.