DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 11

DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAIL. Tho following weekly summary of the vorld's news is taken from tho " Daily Mail" Dvorseas Edition of February I':— JANUARY 24. die sensational character of the spcecli made 'in the French* Chamber by M. Delcasse could hardly havo been exceeded. It , had been known, for some days past that the ex-Foreign Minister would make an important, statement iii order to justify the position of 'the French . Government 'in Morocco, but all anticipations fell far short of actuality. Replying to M. Jaiires, tho Socialist leader, .who urged tho desirability of withdrawing from Morocco, M. Delcasse bluntly replied that Franco must oontinuo her work there. Despite tho " envy and anger of the German Government," France'had been obliged to enter that country in defence, of her position in Algeria. "We. were..threatened . with war," he said, " but war did not como," because it was impossible for war to be mado on a great country like France when she was supported by alliances and ententes i with other Powers. Briefly, ho explained the policy of alliapoes .with which he had met " the teiriblei threats, of tho Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Italy). First, a good-understanding with Italy, then 1 improved relations with Spain, and these crowned by the' entente between Great, Britain and France.- "Arid to cement the 4 Franco-British ■ alliance . I brought our ally Russia to our friend England, 1 and mado them shake hands." •: . It was on this firm foundation that France was enabled to stand in .Morocco. \ JANUARY. 25. Announcement 'comes from Morocco that thenew Sultan, Mulai Ha-fid, is about to celebrate his sixth wedding.since his proclamation as Sultan an Marrakesh a few months, ago. The brido; this time is the daughter of. the Kaid ;Ei Ghlowi,. a powerful, supporter. It : 'is t alleged in Fez that Mulai. Hafid is collecting taxes to pay for his numerous weddings. Three launches have been held up by. pirates near Kashing,' China. .Four, passengers I were killed and' nine wounded. Admiral Sir ! A.' Moorej commanding the Chinese FlcetJ has notified the British Embassy at Pckin that ho had-.Withdrawn the British flotilla which patrolled the Wcst. : River on. t-Ho, look-out- for pirates since December -3. He was satisfied "with the assurances of tho Viceroy of; Canton. The Chinese were, indignant at' what they thought the high-, handed action-of having suspccted launches ■ and junks .overhauled by British warships. Herr von Lepel; an officer of tho German Pioneer Corpss : has invented a. new system of wireless telegraphy by' which, with''the aid of "continuous ■ waves," ho has succeeded in telegraphing from Reiiiiekendorf, near Berlin, to - Brunswick, a distance of ,138 miles. By means of an extraordinarily small and' simple apparatus and, a. mini-; mum electric "current ho' attains a great transmission ' power, which can' also be usod for wireless telephoning.;Count. Hayashi,. the Japanese Foreign Minister, has informed tho Diet that the Canadian emigration question is definitely set- ; , tied. Japan to emigration being restricted .to' reasonable limits, which would bo .defined by a memorandum. The negotiations with- tho United .States .were continuing, .and:a satisfactory settlement was in sight-... .. • , ; JANUARY 26. . .. - ' • Fraulein Elsa' Burghardt. has won tho first prize in a Berlin competition forewomen ' with long hair. Her hair measures ' ex- : actly Bft. 2in. A Bilbao painter has just , bought a splen- " did Murillo - for £5 from the' proprietor , of.:a housoformerly belonging. to ,an ancient Spanish .. knightly family. Ph'oto- ,. graphs have been lient to London, Paris, . and Berlin,.-. . j An attempt lias been made to blow one of the ; large banks patronised by tho poorer class of foreigners in .tho Italian quarter of-. New York. A bomb placed ' under a window exploded ,'and blew out half : tho - wall; and bags of bullion worth oyer £8000.-' Scores,of policemen'appeared - arid prevonted any attempt .to obtain possession of the. money, all of which was recovered." : Tho Budapest police have arrested a'band 'of elegantly dressed burglars, including tho leader), a'-.'man named Oehredi; .who have committed many robberies, in private houses during the last few months. ■ Oehrcdi's' idca is that .if one is welldressed, ho'is never suspected. Ho. $lothod his band in dress suits, - fur coats, and opera hats.,' They, drove about the city in tho cvonm'g in dashing two-horsed carriages and; attacked flats, the occupants of .which wero thought to be out at parties or the theatre. . JANUARY 27. .A Cardinal Richard,. Archbishop of Paris, has died. Although ,in his eighty-ninth year, the Cardinal.,was remarkably robust. A fortnight ago, ho presided .at a : religious ceremony in honour of the sisters of. the Augustinian Order when they were ' ex-: pelled from ,the hospital of, the Hotel Diou. Jfcle was tho oldest cardinal. • • M. Vandervelde. tho Belgian Socialist leader, says he has tno best authority for stating that Germany is anxious to obtain a share of the Congo Free State. He declares that the. German. Government made a proposal to the French and British Gov-' ' ernmeuts to divido the Congo between them, giving to Belgium an indemnity to be settled by The reply of the British Government is not known, but M. Vandervelde states that' Franco declined to bb a party to tho proposal, owing to her right of pre-emption and her friendly rela- ' tions with Belgium. . '•JANUARY ,28... On the discussion of the Navy estimates in the Reichstag, l Admiral-Von Tirpitz, .Minister of Marine,, referred to, a statement of Herr Betel, that the Navy Bill had caused in Great Britain. He added: "In building our fleet we are aiming at nobody, and certainly not against, any particular State. I-know of absolutely no conflict- of interests anywhere in the world. between Great Britain- and ourselves." ' / . ' A telegram from' Mexico City reports that three guano islands off the coast of Yucatan/ one of the States of Mexico, have' disappeared beneath the' waves by volcanic action during the past , few days. - The islands contained very : rich deposits,,, and ' the loss to'tlie owners is heavy. *.. Tho German Budget Commission has passed a Bill setting aside a fund of nearly £100,000 for organising a. motor-car transport for the army. The Bill provides that tho Government will pay: an annual subsidy to owners of tho machines and' j to manufacturers who keep- a certain number in stock. A Bill has boon introduced in the Russian Duma for tho: construction of a second lino on tho Siberian Railway. \ Tho'total cost is estimated at £15,732,000. ■ Falling in love with the widowed mother of a young lady to whom he was engaged, Mr. L. R. Parsons, of Now Orleans, U.S.A., has.married tho former, and the daughter 1 is now suing for breach of promise. JANUARY 29. Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, possessor in her own right of £2,400,000, has become the wife of Count Laszlo Jeno Maria Henrik Simon Szeehanyi, fourth son of Count Emorich, chief of the ancient Hungarian house of Szechonyi. Tho brido is ' tlif great granddaughter of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who started life without a penny and died worth £20,000,000 won by railway building enterprise. Tho wedding was one of the most exclusive,: most oxporisive, and most magnificont overhold in America. The | guests were received at .the -.Vanderbilt

Mansion by Mrs. Vanderbilt in the draw-ing-room, which is in the stylo of Louis XIV,. and as they arrived they were greeted by, exquisite music played by an orchestra of sixty-five instruments concealed behind flowers and palms in one of the largo reception-rooms off the ballroom. Suddenly an organ pealed forth the opening bars of Gaol's cantata " Ruth," and then the clear Boprano .-voices of a choir of thirty boys of St. Patrick's Cathedral took up the song. It was the signal for the bridal party to ontor. Mgr.' Lavallo porfonned tne ooromony, tho couple kneeling at tho foot of a temporary altar erected beneath an , entrancing bower of ,■ trees and rare orchids. Tho Popo cabled his blessing. The wedding gifts, exceeding in splendour any previous collection, were displayed on the second floor of the Vanderbilt Man- ; sion. : Tlieir. estimated value is £250,000. Tho flowers for the ceremony cost £10,000. Granted leave to address, the Court in which she sued the-Paris "Matin" for, £60 damages, for a criticism calling' her play "bad, violent, and unpleasing," Mme. ; Martial told a, story of a poor pjaywrighfc who committed suicide because criticism of j ■ one play led to a manager cancelling a contract for another. Judgment on her ; claim was reserved.,,. |; JANUARY 30. Two more banks, the New National Bank and the Mechanics and Traders' Bank, have closed their doors. The announcement, of'the suspensions prerun on the- Oriental Bank, - which, however, thanks tO'£2oo,ooo in cash * raised by a syndicate of bankers, has so far succeeded in meeting liabilities; Signor : Caruso- had 40,000 dollars . (£8000) on d 0... ... posit, in the-'New. Amsterdam "Bank. .Howas in .his dressing-room, waiting, for. the <• : • . curtain to rise on the second act of "Manon ' Lcscaut," when some ill-advised individual . informed; him. of tho impending' tragedy. ' He slammed the door of his room and fell • • back in a chair,: deaf to'.all .appeals, and ' > it seemed doubtful whether he'could. finish ' , - the opera. " Oh, my money, my money," ; 1 ho sobbed. " Second act,", yelled tho call- : boy. " Oil, ,my forty thousand dollars,"-! the tenor was heardvto moani The opera officials'were, in despair. Suddenly one of ■ them was seized, with a bright idea. . The bank had issued a typewritten statement ! declaring its ability to pay-all depositors i •in full. A copy of-this was discovered and , '". carried to the, tenor. The "tenor sighed , , with relief, and made ready for the second ■ , act, which ho sang with his accustomed ." fulness of voice. ; . > The .Kaiser appeared in a new role when . i he' subjected recruits for the . Infantry • . Guards, at Potsdam, to a searching examination in mythology, history, and-gen-eral knowledge. He asked a ; Pomeranian -v ■ how tho Hohenzollerns ascended the throne of Prussia,-' but the recruit had no idea-'. whatever. This annoyed ; tho Emperor, who said, " You would do better if you read - somo serious books." Another recruit who • "■ was unable to explain a well-known Ger- • •. mail legend incurred the Emperor's deep j displeasure. All the men answered purely. military' questions witli correctness, ''.'and the'; Emperpr's anger; was somewhat;- ap- ■> peased. ■ - ; < :■