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Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 2889, 14 December 1898, Page 2

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; BRITISH -&JPOEEIGN. r United Press Association— f)y Electric Telegraph— Copyright. ' Received December 13th, &.20 a.m. 5 REINSTATING OFFICIALS. Cairo, December 14. r The Khedive dismissed a number of r Anglophile Moslem charity officials, but ; Lord Cromer reinstated them. Received December 13th, 10.40 a.m. DREYFUS RETURNING. Paris, December 12. The French Government are taking . extensive precautionary measures m [ connection with the rumoured arrival of r Dreyfus. A thousand guards and; police have been detailed to prevent the fol- ' lowers of M. Deroulede and other anti- [ Dreyfußites making a demonstration m the streets and at the railway station. r It is expected that Dreyfus will be i lodged at the Conciergerie m the Palace !» de Justice, and so render it unnecessary k for him to traverse the streets en route to } the tribunal. It is believed that M. de > Freycinet will order Colonel Picquart's i release, General Zurlinden having rer fused to do so. , A STATESMAN ON THE SITUATION. , December 13. A leading French statesman m the ' course of an interview stated that a France and German entente was impracticable. He recommended a businesslike settlement of outstanding problems with Great Britain, and a tactful attitude on colonial questions. THE PICQ7ART CASE. M. Lucien Millevoze, the Republican Nationalist Deputy for the Siene, with two other Deputies, made a demonstration m the streets of Paris, and attempted to lead the crowd to Picquart's prison, but the police prevented and dispersed the mob amidst cheering for Zurlinden and the army. M. Paschal Grousset, Socialist Deputy for the Siene, m the Chamber, accused the general of the staff of indiscretion. The statement provoked uproar and several Socialist Deputies were assaulted. M. de Freycinet rebuked M. Grousset's intolerable i insinuations, and the. matter ended by the orders of the day being adopted by a large majority. Received December 13th, 9.25 a.m. OBITUARY. London, December 12. Sir Thomas Upington, ex-Premier and Attorney-General of Cape Colony, is dead ; aged 55. •BUTTER PURIFIER. Haire's aerator, for purifying, sweetening, and preserving low grade butter has been tested at Dublin. The inventor claims that the tests demonstrated the success of the invention. Received December 14th, 0.20 a.m. OBITUARY. December 13. Sir William Jenner ; aged 83. Her Majesty the Queen deplored the loss of a true devoted friend. THE GREAT BOULDER COMPANY. An uproarious meeting of the Great Boulder Company reject^ the committee's resolutions to rescind the milling contract and eject the directors. THE DIBATMAMENT CONFERENCE. St. Petersburg, December 13. The Czar's Disarmament Conference has been postponed owing to the European situation not favouring a con- | ference at present. ENGLAND AND GERMANY. Berlin, December 13. The German press prefer an understanding with Great Britain as a friend of the open door policy. THE EMPEROR AND THE REICHSTAG. The Emperor m conversation with the Vice-presidents of the Reichstag, anticipated a disquieting time m the political constellation, likely to change Great Britain's preparedness which was not intended to solely impress France. Great Britain, like America before the war, was pursuing her objects with unusual tenacity. A STATE CABLE. Ottawa December 13. Sir Sandford Fleming urges Mr Chamberlain to support a State cable from Vancouver to New Zealand, from Australia to .Cape Colony, and across the Atlantic v sp flanada, connecting all tb6 British pofißaeaione,