YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8658, 22 October 1896, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Per Press Association. SPEECH BY.LORD ROSEBERY. London, October 20. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Colchester, said that the idea of surrendering Egypt and Cyprus might appease the suspicions of the Powers, but resembled a confidence trick of the agitators, and was no practical suggestion that the British policy was in a very critical situation. The superior technical education provided in Germany rendered that power a dangerous rival, and Government enquiry into the matter was necessary. PRESS CENSORSHIPS. Sx. Petersburg, October 21. The Grashdanin has been suspended for a time for publishing insulting comments in respect to France. MORE MASSACRES. The Wiedomosti publishes terrible details of,fresh massacres at Van in Turkish Armenia wtiere the Kurds burned children alive in grain pits. A CANARD* Constantinople, October 20. It is stated that the Armenian rebel committee are levying blackmail on wealthy residents here. THE GERMAN COLONIES. Berlin, October 20. In a recent address the Emperor declared that the present generation would not see the German colonies a success, and added that his enthusiasm over the matter was quite exhausted. CZAR AND EMPEROR. The Czar paid a return visit to the .Emperor at Wiesbaden. CUBA. Madrid < October 20. General Weyler, in Cuba, attempted to detain an American vessel for refusing to surrender a passenger who was on board. The American Consul threatened that Havannah would be bombarded unless the vessel was permitted to sail, and ultimately she was allowed to leave.