IN A NUTSHELL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6596, 21 September 1899, Page 2

IN A NUTSHELL.

The French President has pardoned Dreyfus. The officials at Westminster have been warned of the possibility of Parliament sit*ting in the middle of October. Mr Cecil Rhodes has presented the Boer delegates .visiting Capetown with a lion for the Pretoria Zoological Gardens. The New York Yacht Club has notified that if steamers obstruct the race for the America Cup the contest will be resailed privately. The French newspaper " L'Aurore ". asserts, in connection with the Orleanist plot, that cans of oil were discove|ed concealed in a fort at Chabrol. The " Daily Telegraph " states that warnings have been received at Johannesburg and elsewhere that the Boers intend poisoning the watercourses with cyanide. Sir Alfred Milner has addressed inquiries to President Steyn respecting the attitude the ' Orange Free State intends to assume with regard to the Transvaal. The British Government has arranged with Victorian firms for the supply of 1800 tons of hay, 1000 tons of chaff and a considerable quantity of oats for South Africa. Although no definite steps can be taken, the New South Wales military authorities are making preparations in readiness for the despatch of troops tb the Transvaal. ■ It is alleged that President Kruger, through, Dr Leyds, has approached three European Powers asking their good offices in mediating between Great Britain andythe Transvaal.