HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 6464, 27 January 1896, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (per united press association. ) Received January 24, at 10.25 a.m. London, January 25. Chiua is willing to open the West River to trade provided that she is allowed to retain the territory deeded to Burmah in 1894. Berlin, January 25. Dr Peters, German exjplorer, speaking in support of a petition to increase the German navy, ursred that it was necessary to protect national interests in various parts of the world. Received January 27, at 11.15. a.m. London, January 26. Obituary—Sir Frederick Leighton, the eminent English painter, fetat 65. His death was caused by syncope following upon a chill. In his last agony he murmured, " My love, the Academy." Mr Chamberlain says that the enmity of Germany has determined England to increase her defences. The United States was rightly attached to the Monroe doctrine, which England did not dispute. War with the United States was impossible. England wished to be able to count upon American support in Armenia, her protest having been fruitless in the face of the apathetic condition of the rest of the European Powers. Paris, January 26. Two torpedo boats collided at Toulon, both were seriously damaged.