HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11945, 14 July 1904, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Presi A^accation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MEAT PACKERS ON STRIKE. N_.W YORK, July 12. Fifty thousand employees in American meat-packing houses have been ordered out on striko with a view to securing a new wages agreement. THE CANADIAN MILITIA. > OTTAWA, July 12. Sir F. Barden the Dominion MinUter of Militia, explained the Canadian Militia Bill. It substitute* a Military Council, including tlw Minister, and chief military officials, for the general officers commanlJng. NEW YORK SHIPPING COMPETITION. (Received July 13th, 10.20 p.m.) NEW YORK. July 13. Severe competition exists in tlie New York American shipping trade between merchants who load or charter riiip.', a;id ship owners nob interested in cargo. Tlve latter reduced tho sailing freights to 7s 6d a ton. Tliey ask shippers to support them to show their disapproval of the American'trust methods. AN UNDESIRABLE PRACTICE. (Received July 13th, 10.20 p.m.) .LONDON', July 13. Tho English nfewspapera express uneasiness at the freedom with which Gemma sailors aro allowed to examine and photograph dockyards and fortifications. REGICIDES FAVOURED. (Received July 13th, 10.20 pm.) BELGRADE, July 13. The King of Fervia has decorated and promoted many Regicides. THE CHARTREUSE INCIDENT. (Received July 13th, 10.20 p.m.) PARIS, July 13. The Chamber of Deputies, in-connec-tion with the Chart reuse incident, resolved, by 360 votes to 82 votes, that the honour of both M. Combea and of the Government was above suspicion. The vote is considered os tantamount to a rejection of tho findings of tbe Committee of Enquiry. LONDON, July 13. ANGLO-GERMAN ARBITRATION (Received July 14-th, 1.8 a.m.) 1 An Anglo-Creu-man Arbitration agreement has tbeen signed similar to that with France, Italy, and Spain.