BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 10482, 20 October 1894, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

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[Special to Press Association.] SOCIALISTS AND POLICE. VIENNA, Oct 19.

Ten thousand Socialists, who demanded the extension of the franchise, marched to the Reichsrath. A body of six hundred police surrounded the building, and a fierce fight took place, fifteen of the Socialists being s&bf@d* THE UNITED STATES TARIFF. LONDON, Oot. 19. The New York correspondent of the Daily News states that the Republican leaders, in view of the success of the new tariff, are about to abandon protection. LYNCH LAW. NEW YORK, Oct. 18. A mob is besieging the Washington Courthouse, Ohio, in which a negro prisoner, whom they desire to seize for the purpose of lynching, is being tried. The military are defending the Courthouse. Already eight of the attacking party have been killed and twenty wounded: THE AMEfiR. CALCUTTA, Oct. 18. News from Simla does not confirm the report of the death of the Ameer. THE KAISER AND THE ARMY. BERLIN, Oct. 19. The Kaiser, addressing the soldiers, said many of his personal military measures were misunderstood, but he would triumph eventually, like Frederick the Great. The army was the only support of the monarch.