HOME AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 26 May 1888, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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jt'er Jhiecmc Teiegrupn—yjujjy-uyu'* United Press Association. London, May 24. The Bishop of Dunedin will preach at Westminster Abbey on June 24th. Berlin, May 24. Germany is strictly enforcing the decision that all foreigners crossing the French frontier must have passports. Sx Petersburg, May 24.

The Yiedomo ti, an official organ declares that England’s navy is unable to defend her coastal ports, the coaling stations, and the colonies, and the commercial depots. The same paper expresses an opinion that Germany is seeking lo secure Russia’s financial ruin, so that she will be compelled to fight. The paper Svett (?) states that there is nothing in the recent skirmish in Afghanistan to create alarm, but England must reconcile the idea that Russia is advancing on Herat, and that England should arrange for an amicable delimitation of Afghanistan. Paris, May 23. Le Gaulois, in an article on the European situation, asserts that England’s only vulnerable point is the weakness of her colonies, and that only through them can she be attacked. Calcutta, May 24. The loss on the British side in the fight with the Thibetans was three killed and seven wounded.