Second Edition.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9400, 29 March 1898, Page 3

Second Edition.

THE 3RITISM AND FOREIGN

OUTLOOK.

(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per United Press Association.) (Received March 29, at 10.15 a.m.) Losdom, March 28. Tho Times, commenting on Lord Salisbury's departure, says he ought to surrender tho portfolio of Foreign Affairs. The paper favours the appointment of the Hon. A. J. Balfour as his succosssor. Ho.s-g Koxo, March 28. The Russian flaa has been hoisted at Port Arthur and Talienwan, and tho Chinese forces withdrawn from these positions. The Stock Exchanges generally are depressed in consequence of the serious international outlook. Consols have fallen three-sixteenths. Latest advices from the Soudan state that Mahmud, the Dervish leader, hesitates to attack the Bntish . In the evening he orders advances, but next morning countermands it, alleging fears that the Turks are approaching to annihilate his forces. The Times states that the Dervishes will soon be compelled to retire upon Shendy, or fight the British. Under medical advice, Lord Salisbury has started for Beaulieu, his seat in the South of France. The Hon. G. Curzon now attends meetings of Cabinet. Twenty million cartridges have been issued to the British Volunteer forces.