EUROPEAN TOPICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 9909, 15 December 1892, Page 5

EUROPEAN TOPICS.

[Special to Press Association.) ST PETERSBURG, Dsc. 13. The death rate from cholera in Russia amounts to 2500 a week. The Russian Press urges that the time ia opportune to strike England, to settle the Dardanelles question, on the India frontier. BUCHAREST, Dec. 13. Prince Ferdinand, of Eoumania, who is betrothed to Princess Marie of Edinburgh, agreeing to his children being educated in the Catholic faith, the Pope will grant a dispensation for the marriage. BERLIN, Dec. 13. Prince Bismarck, in the course of an interview with a Parisian journalist, declared that, in the event o£ a Franco-German war, Russia would hurry her fleet to the Mediterranean. He urged Franco to content herself with a great African Empire. Prince Bismarck, in the course of an interview with a Parisian journalist, is reported to have suggested an alliance between France and Germany, and the latter inducing war between Russia and England over the Balkans. PARIS, Dec. 13. A Committee of the Chamber of Deputies supported, by a large majority, the Bill conferring judicial and stringent punitive powers on the Panama Canal Company Committee. M. Bourgeois, the new Minister for Justice, strongly opposed the measure, but his arguments were of no avail. The Press accuses M. Rouvier of accepting bribes in connection with the Panama Canal Lottery Bill. Dec. 14, The Gauhis publishes what are alleged to be the details of Baron Reinach’s last hours. In these it is stated that he swallowed 'poison owing to the Panama prosecution. M. Rouvier has resigned his connection with the Panama Canal Company. French 'newspapers declare that Baron Eeinach committed suicide, vainly asking MM. Rouvier, Clemenceau and Hers to use their influence with the Press not to attack him. BRUSSELS, Dec. 13. Street fighting has occurred at Ghent, thirty Socialists and five police being wounded.