EUROPEAN TOPICS.
[Special to Pbess Association.]
LONDON, Jan. 17.
TheKussian Commission on Petitions has returned the memorial forwarded by the Lord Mayor of London protesting against tbo treatment of Jews in Russia. FEKIN, Jas. 17. TJ* e Einpe-'Or of China gives uu_ienco to Foreign Ministers, uot♦withstanding that tho Court is iv 1 mourning for his father, whose death j was announced recently. General Sic j Hung has been summoned to the highest position in the Empire. VIENNA, Jan. 17. The Turkish Minister in this city made a desperate attempt to commit suicide by inhaling gas and Strangling himself. He inflicted injuries to such an extent that it is believed they will prove fatal. BEBLIN, Jam. 17. A motion under discussion in tha Eeichstag providing for the abolition of duties on corn has been rejected by a large majority. Professor Koch is mnch annoyed at the importance the Emperor attaches to the criticisms on his remedy, and visits Egypt until tho Koch Institute, which it is proposed to establish in Berlin, is begun.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7066, 19 January 1891, Page 4
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