TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4580, 28 February 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELE GRAMS. LATER EDITION.

[Br ELECTBIO TKLSQBAPH.-COPTBiGET] [SpEoiiii to PbeBb Association. I i LONDON, Pbb. 27. Alarming Statement. The Vienna correspondent of the Standard says that Russia has plans perfected for landing forty thousand men at Constantinople if desirable. He further asserts that the Turks would be quite unable to prevent the landing, as their largest men-of-war are rotting in harbour and have no gunß on board, while no British force could arrive in time to prevent an expendition securing a footing. English Politics. The Standard, in an article on the political situation, accuses the leader of the Opposition of mismanagement and carelessness at the general election. It further states that the Opposition wasted opportunities, and* by ill-conceived tactics, has allowed the Government to gain ground both in the House and in the country* ST PETERSBURG, Feb. 27. Floods in Poland. A number of villages in Poland are under wafer, and there is great distress. BRUSSELS, Pbb. 27. The Congo. News received from Oongo states" that the Belgian expedition under Dhanish, sent to punish the Arabs for the massacre of Major Hodister.'s expedition, has defeated the Arabs at Tomani. Five hundred prisoners, including six chiefs, were taken, and six hundred rifles were secured. War Against Slavery. An expedition, under Captain Jacques, liberated eighty slaves and sixty women, who were dying of h unger. The expedition was regarded as a war against slavery. ZANZIBAR, Feb. 27. Expeditions under Captains Jacques and Delcommes, which it was feared had been massacred, have arrived •safely at Lake Tanganyika. At Yambuya they had a hot engagement with the Arabs, in which the Belgian Eesident and his assistant were killed, but the Arabs were routed.