CABLE MESSAGES. BRITISH AND FOREIGN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10111, 18 September 1894, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. BRITISH AND FOREIGN TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph — United Press Association Copyright — Received 18J9J94 — 9.30 a.m. FRENCH EXPEDITION TO MADAGASCAR. Paris, September 16. French journals publish details of the French expedition to Madagascar, num. Bering ten thousand men. GERMANY AND SAMOA. Berlin, September 15. An inspired article in a Hamburg paper states thit Germany is quite content to abide by the Samoan Act, and does not intend to raise any claims not compatible with that agreement, nor will she co-operate with England to the exclusion of America. The latter, it is contended, would be equivalent to an admission that Australia is interested in the future of Samoa, which Germany denies. PEACE OF EUROPE. Viknna, September IC. The Emperor of Austria, in receiving the delegations, ref"rred to the fact of the European situation leing more tranquil, and to the friendly relations existing between all Powers ; nevertheless, Austria, like all other nations, found it necessary to continue the programme of armaments. AUSTRALIAN MEAT IN AUSTRIA Vienna, Beptemhcr 17. Z 1 n official analysis has been made of the Australian frozen moat imported into Vienn i, and also of the fresh Gallician and Hungarian meat. The reports are perfectly equal, and the butchers arc selling the Australian as Austriau. Mr. Weddel, with the sanction of the Vienna Council, has opened several retail shops in ordur to thwart the opposition of the butchers. PRINCE FRANCOIS IN TROUBLE. Madrid, September 15. The Spanish ollieials have sentenced Prince Francois, of the House of Bourbon, to two months, for issuing- a manifesto, while holding a Spanish generalship, claiming the French throne on the death of the Cotntc de Paris. TRIAL OF PASHAS. Cairo, September 16. Two of the Pashas, charged with purchasing Soudanese slave girls, have been acquitted, and one sentenced to six months' ' imprisonment. BrigadierGeneral Kitchener has confirmed the sentence, but hot the acquittals, holding that the latter was against the weight of evidence. Cherifr Pasha will be tried separately, he alleging that he is an Italian subject. BRITISH CONSULS ATTACKED IN MOROCCO. Tangier, September 16. The Moors attacked the British and Danish Consuls at Casabanca, on the coast of Morocco, and stripped them of their clothing.