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Show The Huiiilolm IMlliculty. Wellington, 11. The Manitoba difliculty is said to have been ollicial-ly ollicial-ly discussed in the Cabinet, and the policy of the Government marked out. The action of tbo authorities in Min-, nesota, will be attentively reganled, i and in case of necessity Federal iu- terferenoe will be interposed. Gov-j eminent will then come to the front' and exact justice from British author-J itics. It is by no means certain that, executive interference will be dcler-! red as has frequently been slated of, late, until the meeting of the eourt having jurisdiction in the ma Iter, , which takes place in October, Gov- eminent regards the i: aprisonment of. our oUiecrs by the Dominion author-1 itics as, highly illegal and is manifest-j ly anxious to procure their speedy release, re-lease, j Washington, 11. Governor Austin J and Mayor Draekett, of Minneapolis, ; have had two interviews with the; President at Long Branch regarding the Manitoba n flair, and explained the whole matter from the beginning,' and dwelling especially on the cruelty with which 'prisoners are treated by the Manitoba authorities; they also sought to impress upon the President the necessity for speedy action, as they feared the people in Minnesota, unless something was done at once, would take the settlement of the case into their own hands. The President, according ac-cording to a dispatch, gave the Governor Gov-ernor and Mayor to understand that unless the matter was disposal of yithin a. reiisonablc time, if demand in unmistakable terms would be made on the British government and would lie followed by further action. The President then asked the Governor and Mayor to reduce their statements to writing, which they did, and tho paper was forwarded to Secretary Irish, who bo yisifed tpjay by iU authors. |