THE FRENCH PRESS SPEAKS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 28 October 1899, Page 3

THE FRENCH PRESS SPEAKS

FRANCE READY, IF GERMANY WILL SUPPORT HER TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE OF : POWER^ Received October 28, 0.30 a.m. '■■~f--Pf..P DURBAN, October 27. A battalion of the Rifles and nine field guns have reinfolrced Ladysmith. The Maxims taken by the Boers during tho Jameson.raid were recaptured at Elandslaagate. General White reports that the Johannesburg contingent, mcluding the German - Legion, wero completely broken up -at Elandslaagate. The Boers implored the British for admission to the English ambulance. General Schiel, commander of- the German corps, admits the accuracy of the British artillery, which was resistless. „ ,;, A party. of bluejacksets have seized the Durban branch of the Transvaal National . Bauk. CAPETOWN, October 27. The Boers have occupied Windsorton, m Barkley West. The Basutos have applied for permission to fight for the Qneen,' but Mr Lagden, the British Commissioner, discountenanced the request. LONDON. October 27. The War Office explains that the wounded were left at Dundee in the care of the British doctors, in order to avoid the risks . of a long march. The newspapers endorse the Government's gr?at gratification at the despatch of the new Zealand contingent, which sailed amidst so much enthusiasm. ,_G*neral Jouberfc has informed General White of the death of General Symons. When the news was announced in the House of Commons', all the members uncovered. - Received October 28, 1.5 a.m. SYDNEY, October 27. 'The Congregational Union, while regret ting the war being necessary, expressed a hope that the issue* would be an extension of popular liberty and protection, with the uplifting of the native races. MELBOURNE, October 27. The Council of Churches has fixed Sunday next as a day of prayer for the Ausv tralian troops. ' PARIS, October 27. The Matin newspaper says that France is prepared, to favourably consider, if Germany proposes collective action, to maintain the balance of power in SouthjAfrica.