THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7639, 3 February 1903, Page 2

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

WHAT IS THE LITTLE GAME ? Press Association—Copyright. Perth, Monday. Con-st.vxtixo?le, Monday. It is believed that live more Russian torpedo boats have passed throu-di tho Dardanelles. ° RUSSIAN CUT-PURSES. St. Petersburg, Sunday. There has been an alarming increase in brigandage in the Caucasus, even garrison towns having to pay a regular tribute to bands of brigands. Attacks on stations and trains on the St. Ladiskavkas railway are frequent, and many travellers have been killed. THE UNSETTLED EAST. London, Monday. The Pretender to the Morocco throne has suspended his advance to Fez and retreated to his old position in order to secure the safety of his rear communications, wliieh are being menaced. Mulai Arapa, the Sultan of Morocco's uncle, is trying to stem the anti-Christian movement which has been prevalent in the direction of Algiers, owing to the French Minister of Foreign Afiairs giving an ominous Avarning that France would protect Algeria against fanaticism, and even invade Morocco if necessary. Lord Lansdowne's (British Minister for War) and M. Declassed policy are said to be identical Avith a vieAv of ensuring quiet at Tangier and the southern shores of the straits of Gibraltar. UNCLE SAM PERTURBED. New York, Monday. America is agitated at the new 3 that German agents at Santiago "proposed the immediate purchase of the Chilian battleship Captian Prat, the cruiser Esmeralda, and also tbe Chilian warship now being built in Europe. Baron Stermberg, German Ambassador, in the course of a gushing interview, said the Monroe doctrine was understood as Avell in Germany as in America, and that foreign Powers would strictly observe the limits placed on their action. He said that land-grab-bing Avould bring disaster -to Germany. WHAT MUST IT BE TO BE THERE ? Melbourne, Monday. 165.4 degrees of heat Avere registered in the city yesterday in the sun, the highsst for 25 years. MARCONI EXPERIMENT. Brisbane. Monday. Successful wireless telegraph experiments have been, niade between Brisbane and Lytton. SHARPFISH v. TEASER, London, Sunday. The torpedo destroyers Teaser and Sharpfish collided at the Portsmouth dockyard. The Teaser's bows Avere badly damaged, but the Sharpfish Avas only slightly knocked about.