THE AFRICAN QUESTION.
Prut Association.-Eleetrio Ugraph.-Copyrk>l4 London, June 19. It is considered unlikely that the mem' bers of the Opposition will oppose the settlement arrived at between England and Germany with regard to East Africa. Stanley declares that Lord Salisbury lias added half-a-million square miles of territory to the Empire, with immense possibilities of extension in the future. Sir F. Mackinnon warmly approves of the Premier's bargain. The report that Stanley has been appointed Governor of the Congo Free State is premature. London, June 20. Mr. Stanley says that Lord Salisbury has achieved more than a legion of missionaries and explorers could do. Lord Salisbury, in reply to Lord Rcsebery, said that naval experts were , favourable to the cession of Heligoland. T _ n Berlin, June 19. The Germans are extremely jubilant at the cession of Heligoland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8288, 21 June 1890, Page 5
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