BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
(Reuteb's Telegrams.} London, August 23. A telegram from Merv reports that news has reached there from Afghanistan that the Ameer has had his foot amputated owing to gangrene, and that his life is endangered. A further discussion on the question of the New Hebrides took place in the House of Commons to-day. Sir James FergnssonV Secretary of State for the, Colonies,- repeated the statements, made' by Lord Salisbury in
the. House of Lords on the Ist inst. as to the position of- affairs, and stated that the Government continued to urge France to arrive at a settlement. That country, he added, had given a proof of friendship which he trusted would long continue despite natural and just rivalries. Berlin, August 23. Great interest is being manifested by merchants in this city in the steps which are being taken for the representation of Germany at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, as they consider that former Australian exhibitions have greatly improved trade between Germany and Australia. Sofia, August 23. Prince Ferdinand has arrived in this city v from Philipopolis. He has been received . with great enthusiasm by the people. Paris, August 23. The Republique Frangaise, in an article on the New Hebrides question, says that an agreement may be easily arrived at if England will put a stop to the absurd Australian calumnies and rhodomontades. England and Germany had divided New> Guinea, and therefore "the former could not' oppose the annexation of the New Hebrides by France, although she would be entitled to a guarantee against the transportation of convicts. (Special to Press Asooiation.) ■ - London, August 23. Messrs Kains and Jackson estimate the English wheat crop at over 31 bushels to the acre. Several other experts place the average higher. The barley yield is slightly, and the oat crop considerably, under the average. The Canadian Government have refused to receive in that country boys convicted of offences committed in London. Russia has forwarded an Official Note to the Porte declaring that the Great Power's are recognising the fact that .Prince Ferdinand is guilty of a flagrant infraction of the' Treaty, of Berlin.
August 2&. Two hundred members of the House of Commons have signed the memorial to President Cleveland urging that all difficulties and disputes between Englpnd and America should be referred to arbitration.
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy has devised a Home Rule constitution for Ireland, mainly founded on the constitutions of the colonies.
The discussion on the New Hebrides question was resumed to-day in the House of Commons. Mr Bryce complained that France was evading a settlement of the question in the hope that England would agree to offer a concession elsewhere in the Pacific in order to secure the evacuation of the New Hebrides. Sir James Fergusson said that England was bound to recognise the desire for expansion on the part of powerful nations, and had no right to object to the French colonisation of the New Hebrides, though the military occupatiomwas regarded with fear and doubt.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1866, 26 August 1887, Page 21
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