FOREIGN RELATIONS.
THE MEKONG QUESTION. THE BRITISH NAVY. ARBITRATION WITH AMERICA. WAR PREPARATIONS. MOBILISATION OF VOLUNTEERS. [Special 1 to Pbkss Association.l LONDON, Jan. ~12. The French liave placed several gunboats on the Upper Mekong in response to the British occupation of Mor.gsin. " ' ' . - - • ' Tlie British Government has given orders for the immediate .construction of four torpedo destroyers with a speed of thirty knots. Jan. 13. The British War Office proposen to have a trial mobilisation of the volunteers at a clay's notice. ' The reserves of stores and' gunpowder are ihe largest on record. .First-class naval reserve men are being warned of the possibility of their beitig required for service. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The Foreign Committee of the Senate is in favour of the formation of a permanent tribunal to arbitrateon disputes that may arise between Great Britain and the United States/
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5462, 14 January 1896, Page 2
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