THE GERMAN ARMY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5548, 26 October 1892, Page 2

THE GERMAN ARMY.

Berlin, Oct. 24. Under the new Army Bill, the strength of the Gorman Army will be 4,400,000 men. [Special to Prkss Association.] (Heoeived 11.45 a.m.. Oct. 25th.) THE VATICAN AND THE FRENCH ROYALISTS. London, Oct. 24. The Times' Rome correspondent wires that tho Vatican, having finally alienated the French Royalists, is now alarmed. High clerics say that th'e Pope has lost his head. THE NEW BRUNSWICK ELECTIONS. Halifax, Oct. 24. The New Brunswick elections have resulted m a bare majority for the Government. The' Hon. A. G. Blair, tho Premier, was defeated. GERMAN SOCIALISTS. Berlin, Oct. 24. German officials are secretly enquiring into the opinions of Socialist soldiers. The Vossische Zeiiung protests against the severe treatment to which Socialists are subjected, nod says that harsh measures will not convince them of their errors. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Paris, Oct. 24. The Flemish Societies have forwarded a protest to President Carnot against the abuses of the new French tariff, and assert that Belgian workmen do not' desire closer relatione with Franoe, fearing the annexation of Belgium to that oountry. PRUSSIAN RAILWAY REVENUES. Berlin, Oct. 24. Owing' to the cholera epidemic the Prussian railways lo3t £800,000 m revenue. THE SARDINIAN FLOODS, Rome, Oct. 24. Six thousand people have been rendered homeless by the Sardinian floods. The survivors describe the shrieks of the victims as something terrible. Large tracts of fertile country have been oonverted into lakes. ROYAL BETROTHAL. St. Petersburg, Oct. 24. The Czarewitch will shortly be betrothed to the Princess Maria of Greece,