It is reported in Brussels that the voer Jelpgates have applied for leave to cable to Mr Kruger, and that Great Britain has stipulated that the outline of the proposals must afford a good prospect ot peace. THE HAGUE, April 18. Queen Wilhclraina is still feverish, and there is much anxiety, though it is hoped the crisis lias passed. Received April 10, ai 12.54 a.m. BRUSSELS, April 18. VandcrVelde, the chief socialist leader in Belgium, asserts that three hundred thousand have strut*. The Premier, in the Chamber of Deputies, said the demand for the revision of the constitution was premature, and they might not accept universal suf frage at any price. The socialists predict that -the Government's atti tude will produce civil war. The' Chamber votes upon Vc question of revision to-day.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS Bf EIiEOTRIO rKLEORAPH—Cop R'nnx Peb Press Asbooiatiof, Received April 18, at 10.23 a.m. SYDNEY, April 18. A' Herald correspondent suggests a federation of the British possessions in the Southern Pacific with the Commonwealth as a solution to the color labor question and as a method ,of satisfying the sugar planters who could transfer their operations to the Islands, produce from which hav» been admitted,free

MELBOURNE, April lfc Correction.-Bran, chart, and com pressed fodder bags, and not chaff and compressed fodder, have been added to the exemptions. Mr Drake has received a cable from the New Zealand Government declin ing to accept a lower scale of rates on the New Zealand-Au»7tralian sec tion of the Pacific cable than at pre sent being charged by the Eastern Extension Company. Mr Barton will probably Interview Mr Seddon at Sydney on the matter. Mr Drake intends to appoint Commonwealth delegates to the Pacific Cable Board, vice the late Sir Andrew Clark, jiq watchAtistrallan interests.
