The "Wee: minster " Gazette," being in full agreement with the standpoint taken by the German press, declares with regard to the statements of the French press that the transfer from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean of the third French squadron, consisting number of old battleships and armoured cruisers, must not be taken an fragique.
Noradung Khan, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has stated to a representative of the press that the agreement with Italy was favourably arranged, and that there were contro rises on but two points.
It is, however, ported from Rome, that i is only Turkey, who has made proposals about certain points with the view of coming to an understanding with Italy, who up to date has not accepted them.
Fresh fighting is going on in Demo (Tripoli).
The surveying of the French railway, which is to connect Algiers through the Sahara with South Africa, has been completed.
Sept. 20.
The German Emperor has conferred upon Admiral von Holtzendorff, Chief of the Battleship Fleet, the Order of the Black Rear-Admiral Lans, Inspector General of the torpedo-craft, has been appointed Commander of the North-Sea Squadron; Rear-Admiral Count von Spee, who is at present at the disposal of the Chief of the Baltic Naval Station, has been appointed Chief of the cruiser squadron in the Far East.
The Zeppelin airship Hansa has made the journey from Hamburg to Copenhagen and back. The journey, which covered 800 kilometres over land and sea within twelve
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