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Cable Items.
London, March 20.
Reports received from official sources m
the agricultural districts of Russia state
that the prospects of the coining harvest
are very good.
The French Government have intro
duced into the Chamber of-Deputies a Bill i
under which the malicious use of dyna
mite is declared to he a capital offence.
It has transpired that the explosive used
in the attempted destruction of Lobau
barracks in Paris was picric acid. A
determined attempt is evidently being
made by the anarchists of Paris to intimi
date the authorities, and menacing letters
have been sent to many of the leading
bankers, as well as to prominent political
and civic personages.
The Czar of Russia has intimated that
it is his firm intention to do all in his
power to avoid 'aEuropean war.
His Holiness the Pope has dispatched a
circular note to the Great Powers of
Europe advising that concerted measures
should be taken for the protection of
Roman Catholic and Protestant mission
aries in China andin other pagan countries.
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