CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 183, 10 July 1883, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS. ANNEXATION. (BY ELECTBIO TBLBGBAPH— COPYBIGH T. ) (SPECIAL XO UNITE l > PBESS ASSOCIATOIN.) London, July 6 The Standard considers that the in* dignant attitude of the Australasia' colonies is fully justiffed by the conduc of the Imperial Government m relation to New Guinea. It expreßsep doubts as to the probability of federation among the colonies being effected at an early date. The St. Petersburg Press ip urging upon the Russian Government the necessity for the establishment of a naval station m the Pacific. Professor Huxley has beeu elected President of the Royal Society. -3? It is believed m official circles that ' consideration of the New Guinea annexation question will very soon be re-opened by the Imperial Government. M. Paul de Cassagnao is urging, through the Pcess, that a Bourbon dynastry is preferable to a Republic. Tenders for the Hobson's Bay Harbour Trust Loan at 5 per ceut, will be received up to July 17. Th • minimum is fixed at one huncred and one. Sir Anthony Musgraye will probably sail m the John Elder, via Capetown, on August 23. • The Commission on Affairs m the South Pacific delayed reporting while the annexation of New Guinea was m suspense. The Fenstanton's cargo of froz>n n?utton' it selling at from 6£d to 6fJ per lb. Tbe report published that the French i flag had been hoisted over the New vHebrides created a great sensation Wffe. The authorities deny all knowTeage on the subject. The St. James* Gazette says it is impossible not to sympathise with the Australasian colonies m the severe discomfort and insecurity they mast experience while island* 00 near them are open to foreign occupation or to become centres of crime. The Pall Mall Gazette says it is all moonshine to suppose that the refusal to annex New Guinea or the islands will serioußly estrange tho colonies or Bhake their loyalty to the Empire. July 8. The Daily Telegraph trusts that Lord Derby's assertions, that France is not likely to take any steps for increas ing her possessions m the Southern Pacificf are well founded. The Post considers that the Australian colonies have reason to vi w with terror and alarm the prospect of a v st foreign Ounvict estabishment m the New ebiides, and realises that the risks m curred m refusing the anmocati n of New Guinea are immense. The Econo mist supports the progressive policy i advocated by the colonies on conduio'. that they share iv the exjieuae cause I by any increase of territory for their benefit. Th« Hovas Agency alleges that the report of the French fl*g having been hoisted over the New Hebrides i> a Story concocted m Australia to suit a purpose. Sir Julius Yogel, m a letter to Th Times, urges tbe cdlonu.s.to con ribuie towards the cost of maintaining the national navy m return fur. England's occupation of the Isiands of the South Pacific. The Chinese Viceroy has rejected the terms offered by . France m regard to Anatn. News from. Afghanistan contradicts the reports that the rebel Shinwarrisj had captured a convoy of munitions' belonging to the Ameer. The King of Saxony had a very narrow escape of bis life while ascending a lift m a factory which he was visiting