EUROPEAN TOPICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9646, 11 February 1892, Page 5

EUROPEAN TOPICS.

THE ANARCHISTS. [Special to Press Association.] PARIS, Feb. 9. Mr Reid, the United States Minister in Paris, is suffering from influenza. BERLIN, Fbb. 9. The Reichstag has ratified the Postal Convention arranged in Vienna last year. [Received Peb. 10, at 7.80 p-mj MADRID, Per. 9. The Spanish Government is taking steps to repress interference with the liberty of labour. ROME, Fbb. 9. The Pope has warned the French bishops not to encroach on the civil rights of the State. The nominal value of real estate in the city of Rome is returned at three hundred millions. [Received Feb. 11, at 1.15 a.m.] LONDON, Feb. 10. It is alleged that the Pope is dividing England into two Provinces for ecclesiastical purposes. MADRID, Fbb. 10. The Bishop of Cadiz has implored the Queen of Spain to reprieve the Anarchists condemned to death for the attack on Xeres. Ministers insist on their execution. The Anarchists and workmen of Barcelona are parading the streets. PARIS, Fbb. 10. An Anarchist editor has been sentenced to ten months* imprisonment for inciting to pillage and murder. ST PETERSBURG, Fbb. 10. The Russian squadron in the Pacific is being increased. The Czar has sent decorations to the workmen at St Etienne, in France, who denounced two Englishmen who were convicted of trying secretly to obtain the design of the new Russian rifle. BERLIN, Feb, 10, The hostility of Prussian teachers to the Education Bill has been silenced. VIENNA. Fbb. 10. It is expected that Austria will obtain sufficient gold in two years to establish a currency without disturbing the market.