HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14883, 24 January 1914, Page 11

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(By Cable.—Prees Aesocittion—Copyright) FROZEN TO DEATH. BERLIN, January 22. Six children, returning homo at Weinhert-Eizceberg,., were qvertaken by a heavy snowstorm. They took refuge in a cave in tho side of a cliff,' ' and were found frozen to death. ITALIAN ARMY SCANDALS. ROME, January 22. Several senior officers connected with the War Office are involved in tho scandal in connekion with military supI plies. Several ar/ests havo * been made "at Milan in connexion with extensive corruption'regarding military contracts. A former employee of a firm of contractors " possesses a copy of a 4 letter involving " a number of politicians. : WEATHER CONTROL. LONDON, January 22. Sir Oliver Lodge, speaking before * the Institute of Electrical Engineers. - suggested that control of the electrical conditions of the atmosphere might,' ; be a< proner line of research to follow in any attempt to control the weather. Experiment*; ought to be made as tothfr effect in countries where' rain was required of flying kites at > high elevation, and by that means discharging into the clouds sufficient electricity to start a rainfall, ■ : RUSSIA AND SWEDEN: STOCKHOLM, Janaarp 22. The newspapers aro violently Attack-' ing Russia, alleging that menacing , military measures in Finland are a prelude to war against Sweden. SHIPPING COMBINE. STOCKHOLM, January 22. The Atlantic shipping companies have re-formed " their association, excluding: ' the Hamburg-Amerika Company, whose claims were rejected. The agreement' terminates on the 31st inst. PEER DIVORCED. ' LONDON, January 22. The Countess of Cowlcy'e decree nisi against Earl Cowley, obtained in July last, was made absolute on Saturday", and tho earl married Mrs Buxton, who" • was co-respondent in the divorce suit, at Biarritz on Monday. HOUSING THE POOR. PARIS, January 22, The Municipality has borrowed £800,000 to erect hvgiehic and cheap dwellings to bo available for 60,000 people. The Municipality is empowered to incur an expenditure of £6,000,000 in improving the housing of" the poor. STATE CABLE A NECESSITY. LONDON, January 23. The Empire Press Union submitted a statement to the Dominions Commission declaring that a State-owned At- - lantic cable was necessary in the high- - cet interests of the Empire for the interchange of news. FOLITiCS IN EGYPT. . CAIRO, January 33. Tho Khedive opened the new Assembly in groat state. The .speech from tho throne testified to the s electors' eager* ness to exercise their rights, and their . appreciation of tho new institution. '. OANADA'B HIGH COMMISSIONER, OTTAWA, January 22. The Press announces that the Canadian High Commfesionership is likely to b* modo a Cabinet position, probably.. with » seat on the Imperial Defence Committee, under the prorfefon* of the* Naval Act when Mr Borden introdocee