NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 57, 28 February 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

THE BALKANS WAR.

RUS&A Akj> AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 26. Count Stuergkh (ftfemien, receiving of members o? Parliament, said tha^h'e iMs hopeful that the ten J won .with Russia would shortly be eas#d. ~/'',: «.. t The 'Reichpost' admits that the situation has improved, and declares that Scutari will remain Albanian. Servia hag withdrawn her Durazzo and Galician reservists, who will disperse in a few days. ' SEVERE SNOWSTORM. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26. A severe snowstorm impeded operations at Adrianople, Bulair and Chatalja.

THE ANTARCTIC TRAGEDY. UNIVERSAL REGRET. . LONDON. Feb. 26. The Times' says that there will be universal regret at the deaths of Lieutenant Ninnjs and Dr. Mertz (of the Mawson Antarctic expedition), whiiee works were interlocked with the very raison d'etre of ,the expedition. FAMILY OF EXPLORERS. ;:i LONDON, Feb. 26. Libutennat Ninnis' father was naturalist of. the South Australian surveying expedition of 1864 to the Northern, Territory, and was also a member of the Nares Arctic Expedition of 1875. A PROFESSOR'S OPINION. MELBOURNE, Feb. 26. Professor Marshall considers the information from Dr. Mawson so meagre that, one can only guess at what hap-: pened. Dr. Mawson's words "unavoidably, detained" may mean that he finds, he has work to do which must be done, or that he and. his companions were not on the spot when the Aurora called to' pick them up, and the vessel had to push on. to get Wild's, party. If Mawson's party nere missed in this way it is possible that the Aurora will return for them.

- Dr. Mertz was a Swiss, and an expert with skis. Mawson depended on hira to teach the others to use skis.

IMPERIAL DEFENCE. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. LONDON, Feb. 26. An Australian correspondent of the 'Morning Post' holds the Admiralty responsible . for the misconception in regard to the Australian- navy. It was known that the Admiralty had prepared a proclamation defining its status in 191.1, but publication was withheld. He points out that in a AVJiite Paper of 1911 the conference strictly limits the navy's spheres, excluding the Pacific. PROBLEM OF PATRIOTISM. ' OTTAWA, Feb. 26. Mr Bennett, the member for Calgarv, speaking on the naval debate in the House of Commons, said that the prob-' lem of patriotism remained to be dealt with throughout Western Canada.: When British arms were defeated in South Africa bonfires Mazed on tho prairies. Many people voted for reciprocity because they understood that the United States wanted it. Recently Greeks and Bulgarians had left the w est T to join in the Balkan war. All such things indicated that the immigrant population was still far from assimilated.

ASSASSINATION IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY, Feb. 26. The assassination of Senor Emilo Madero. a brother of the late President, is reported from Monterey.

"GROSSLY EXAGGERATED." LISBON, Feb. 26. Senor Arana, a director of the Putuniayo Rubber Compauy. who is journeying to England, in an interview, said that the atrocities had been grossly exaggerated. His enemies, who were wishing to exploit the rubber fields, were partly responsible for the. allegations. There were some cases of native ill-treatment. Asked for the reason for this, Senor Arana was unresponsive. t TUBERCULOSIS CURE, NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Tlie Government has ordered special tests of Dr Friedniann's cure for tuberculosis. Dr Friedmann claims that it is a certain euro, by means of bacilli "taken from turtles. He proposes to reveal the euro to the world without remuneration.

THE MARCONI CONTRACT. , LONDON, Feb. 26. Hon. H. L. Samuel (Postmaster-Gen-eral) has informed the Marconi Wireless Company that he holds himself free to enforce the Government's rights 'ga ; nst tiie company if the companv terminates the contract.

THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. ~ MELBOURNE, Feb. 26. There is keen interest and many suggestions, regarding iho name of the Federal oapifaf, Ministers maintaining! the strictest sectwy. 'Mylo" is the name supposed to have Ministerial supiwrt, and whch. it .j s pointed out, is easily translatable into the -name of a prominent politician. It is not popular.

Hon. King O'Mally (Minister for Home Affairs), referring to a request that Australian champagne should be used for the christening, said that Lady Denman (wife of the governor-General) n naming the city would not use either imoorted or Australian champagne, but water.

SYDNEY GOVERNMENT HOUSE. I SYDNEY. J"eb. 26. . Argument has been concluded and ■judgment, reserved in the Government House case. Counsel for the Csitiaras' Committee arinud as the Governor was an 1 mperial officer and tjhe representative of the King, the Crown had set apart land for his residence. Such residence name within the -category of the Im:'.j*?WJ property, with which the colonial government h;ad no-right to interfere. It was vested in the King in his regal capacity, and was the nation's property. As to the Argument that the ecirrt was not constituted for reviewipg th«> policy, lsters must no* forget were n«t a jaw unto themselves. TV sooner j they understood that tkoy must not aot' unlawfully tlje betfor.