EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 33

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

Br Electric Telegraph. —Copyright, THE PARIS BANKS AND THE RUSSIAN LOAN. ANARCHISM IN SPAIN. THE NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE PORTE. THE FRANCO-BULGARIAN INCIDENT. THE ATTACK ON XERES. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Paris, January 7. The Russian Government failing _to support the action of M. Ribot, Foreign Minister for France, with regard to the expulsion of the French journalist from Bulgaria, it is believed that further action ill the matter w'.ll be dropped. Paris, January 8. The French Chamber of Deputies has finally passed the new Tariff Bill by 394 to 114. It comes into operation next month. Paris, January 9.

The Paris banks have offered to grant a ten million loan to Russia, but it is believe! the latter will not accept tlie There is little prospect of a new Russian loan being taken up in France. Paris, January 11. A Turkish correspondent has been expelled from France. Berlin, January 7. The most stringent Bills, initiated by the Emperor, for the suppression of drunkenness are about to be introduced in the Reichstag. Rome, January 7. In the Chamber of Deputies, the members of the Protectionist party are opposing the tariff treaties. Rome, January 8. The Italian delegates to the Sanitary Conference in Venice will most likely second the sanitary proposals put forth by the British representatives. Rome, January 9. Italy is mediating in the dispute between tlie Bulgfir-ciTi find. 1* rencli Grovernments, on the basis of the withdrawal of the expulsion of M. Ch idournes, the French journalist, he agreeing mot to return to Bulgaria. St. Petersburg, January 7. It is expected that the Czar will dismiss the Minister of the Interior owing to his alleged blundering in connection with the famine. The Czar, too, is very much enraged at the continued disclosures of mal - administration of relief for the peasauts. . In the famine stricken districts throughout Russia there is acute distress, but little actual starvation. St Petersburg, January 9. There is a general fear in Russia that there will be a rising amongst the peasants in the spring. St. Petersburg, January 10. The Russian Government deny the statement that they are about to issue a fresh loan. , , St. Petersburg, January 11. The prohibition of the export of wheat has been extended to Finland, where a famine is reported. Sofia, January 6. Prince Ferdinand is joining the Greek Church in order to conciliate Russia. Sofia, January 11. At the instance; of the Italian Government, who undercook to mediate m the difficulty between France and Bulgaria, the Government of the latter country have withdrawn the edict of expulsion against the French journalist, and the incident is closed. Vienna, January 9. The Emperor visits the King of Italy. London, January 8. Mr Gladstone visits M. Leon Say at Pau. _ , n Venice, January 10. The Austrian delegates at the Sanitary Conference are supporting proposals brought forward by Great Britain to allow British vessels bound for British ports unimpeded passage through the Suez Canal. /The French delegates are trying to get the proposals modified. Madrid, Jannary 10. < A oang of Anarchists armed with fowling pieces attacked the town of Xeres in the South of Spain, and began to pillage It- A serious fight ensued in which three persons were killed and twenty wounded before the cavalry, who had come up, succeeded in dispersing the band, thirty of whom were|captured. Madrid, January 11. The attack on Xeres is said to be the result of Bulgarian and German Anarchists’ machinations in Cadiz It is estimated the assailants were 1000 strong. Those engaged in the attack on Xeres were chiefly workmen, several of whom t were killed. • London, January 10. The Secretary of the Portsea Island Building Society is a defaulter. His accounts show a deficiency of L 66,000. It is officially announced that the Kight Hon Sir Francis Clare Ford, British Ambassador in Madrid, has been ap pointed to succeed the late Sir W. A. White in Constantinople.