The Lyttelton Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1898.

Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11752, 2 December 1898, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1898.

The bubonic plague has appeared in Madar gascar. The Right Hon A. J. Balfour, speaking at Bristol, said that Great Britain had no controversy either with the French nation or Government, but only with the French Colonial Party. The Fashoda incident ought to serve as a beacon warning foreign atatesmen. They were mistaken if they supposed that British patience Was unlimited. Lord Kitchener has appealed through the London newspapers for the sum of £IOO,OOO to establish a Gordon College at Khartoum, perpetuating the memory of Gordon. The Queen has consented to act as patron .of the proposed institution, and tho Prince of Wales as vice-patron. The Anti-anarchist Conference is systematising laws for the; better supervision of Anaxchi&ts internationally, and the suppression of Anarchist literature. The “Berlin Post'' says that Queensland is a remunerative field for German enterprise, and urges German merchants te compete against English houses for trade. Speaking in the Reichsrath, Count Thun, the Premier, said that if Russia continued to expel Poles and Czechs, Austria would retaliate. It is expected at Washington that Germany will acquire the Caroline Islands, with the exception of Kusai. .. , Mr Chamberlain, in an article m ocribner s Magazine,” says that no permanent AngloAmerican alliahce has been arranged, but the two nations have been brought into closer touch, and will co-operate where their interests are identical. ■ . , . „ Two hundred wrecks occurred during tne recent storm on the coast of New England. The steamer Portland was driven ashore, and a hundred and fourteen lives were lost. The American Government has decided that the Cuban tariff shall be equal to all, and tne same policy will be carried out respecting the Philippines. _________