Berlin, Feb, 3. A bill providing for reform of the ruasinn franchise has been sabmitt to the Diet. It proposes that the in-franchise should be abolished, bat thy three class system should be The negri jcan commercial agreement are ing favourable progress, Tarkey is demanding that the pro-Powers should re-recopy Crete with All. Greek Ministers accredited io Europe have been recalled, Twenty-five thousand Redifs are assembled at Salonika Commander Peary, the North Pole explorer, has proposed an American South Pole expedi stated that a receiver has been appointed for the Mexican National Packing Company.
Feb. 4
The Chane-llor=Dr. vou Bethmann hax declined to receive advanced by the Alldentache Verband, which ix insulting to the Foreign Office.
Count Aehrenthal, the Austro-Hang-arian Minister of Foreign Affairs, ix expected to arrive in Berlin on the 2ist instant in order to [odic announced thet Aast with Rosia and her attitude towards the Balkan queatinn will be discussed on this occasion, Prine" Fashimi of Japan will visit Wilhelmshaveo and Kiel within the next few days. the United States of reed upon a treaty faction in felt on both hat a tariff war has thereby been avoided.
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