HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12478, 14 April 1906, Page 9

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Vrt— Association—By Etectrie Tei egnpb—Oopyrignt PROPOSED BRITISH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. LONDON, April 11. In the House of Commons Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, replying to a question by Mr A. Fell, said the Government was prepared to consider any evidenoe of a general desire on the part of the public and commercial community for a Great International Exhibition in London in 1908. BRITAIN AND THE CONGO FREE STATE. The difficulty between Great Britain and the Congo Free State regarding Bahr-el-Glsa&al has been temporarily solved. Soudanese officials will administer the disputed territory, and the restrictions preventing the carriage of Congo Free State goods on the Nile have been removed. ANGLO-SERVIAN RELATIONS. LONDON, April 12. Sir Edward Grey stated im the House of Commans that the resumption, of relations cannot be discussed with Servia while the Regicides hold official positions. If these men are removed, and a British representative sent to Belgrade, it must be midenstood that they are not to be reinstated. THE JAPANESE TARIFF. The "Daily Telegraph's" Tokio carrespondent reports that a tariff increasing tihe duties on the principal imports by from 20 to 50 per cent, passed the Diet almost without discussion. PRESIDENT CASTRO. President Castro has rertired for three months to the We6t of Venezuela. If this produces harmony he is willing to retire permanently. General Gomez is acting as President, and is forming a new Government. WELL-KNOWN SINGERS TO VISIT THE COLONIES. Miss Clara Butt (Mrs Kennedy Rumford), the celebrated contralto, and Mr Kennedy Rumford, havo been engaged far twearty-five concerts in Australia and New Zealand, commencing in August of next year. THE SPANISH MARRIAGE. Mr Gladstone has informed the Protestant Reformation Socioty that King Edwajd's assent to Princess Ena's marriage was unnecessary. PRINCE YON BULOW'S ILLNESS. BERLIN, April 12. It is reported in Berlin that Prince Yon Bulow's illness is the result oi a slight effusion of blood on tihe brain. A prolonged rest is needed. A GERMAN LOAN. A German Imperial loan of £30,000,000 has been covered one and a half times. A DISASTROUS FIRE. PARIS, April 12. Five hundred houses wore burnt at Luanpmbang, a town with 9000 inhabitants, on the Mekong, in French IndoOlidna. AUSTRALIANS AT THE VATICAN. ROME, April 12. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Bathurst and Armidale, with forty pilgrims, presented an address and Peter's Pence to tbe Pope, who wairaly thanked thean. THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. (Received April 13th, 11.56 p.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, April Id. The Czar is willing that The Hague Conference should bo postponed. THE PORTE AND THE SINAI PENINSULA. (Received April 14th, 1.12 a.m.) LONDON, April 13. It is stated in pan-Islamic circles that besides Tabah the Porte claims tGe Sinai Peninsula as far as the Suez Canal, and the right to extend the railway from Akaba to Suez. Mukhtar Pasha and the Khedive's Government are exchanging views on the subject. CLIVE'S CONFESSION OF MURDER. LONDON, April 13. Clive, the self-confessed murderer of Miss Camp, has been released, and ordered to finish his military sentence.