DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 10

DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAIL. Tlio followin(p';_w.oekly y. :-'of' the ■ trorkl's news is taken from. t-ho " Daily Mail " Overseas Edition of March l-l:— MARCH 6 A- cushion falling from - Si -hiotor-car 'during' races 'at the - oasis, '.Egypt, caused- tho' death of 'three. pcoplo—a riativo policeman, a Greek chauffeur, arid v '"an ' Italian. Fourteen people' . tfera' alio injured. .The policeman -ran oh to 'tlio track 'to pick up the <rishion'. :: ;At' fhat-'inbMent,' ! howeyer, Al> Fenderi's'car'dashed . -fifty : miles;'an '.hour.' ' .The -'policeman' was instantly killed,-'and- tho. oar, 1 swerving iiriio ■ tho' qrowd, caused a' tcrriblojpaliic;'; with •/ tho result-already' recordedv'.'cThS Khedive, who was''•pr6s'cfrit ) ' : ' , stc^lipd';the"rices". The Czar' has 'commuted ;,,tho .'sohtence'. .of. J . -.death'- phssed^.oii.Geiicral Stbcsscl for jiav- • t in'g surrendered" Port Arthur • iol^h^apan.eso to..'ono;ot' Iten. a fortress. Cuba - has-dccided.'to organise. 'her :own .:Re-' ' gular Army, which, wlll-'cbmoiintd existence' inext' February,-when: the. Amfefi«m.iPr6-; visional, Government;-.■will. - withdrawi-'frbm .island.'-'T-he consist: ;of' 9000 men', . di'ill(kl -by: American:' officers:; ... General Piuo Guerra,-. a'lTiegro,v;':has becii 1 .'designated-, future; commandor-inHßhiefr': An :';Amoricaii Earrisoniof'.SOOO'ahen. will,v-iow-i e?Pr,' remain permanently:- stationed'on- the-, island. ;Nowb •of ; ;tho : coiiiin'g..^|spereai - ; bf , ''tho Campus! ; J Graf art collection is jeoeiv'ed-.with' regret' •in .Vieima. Tho pictures arc .to"liS and/ it js.kattwi' thatunariy oftliomi arp • going • to'.'Am'ei'ica. .- .In the colltctioiv 'aro . ; paintings jOn paiiplsV' dating'yfrom 160 ■n'Jo.V-i that were found inside tlio.;cofiins of i iiiurii-" ..-. mibs; in','thp. province ojr.Fayouni: jii Egypt;'; MARCH 7. r The dispute - between ' China .'and' Japan over.' ;' tho seizure; of .the;; Japanese st e a iii e r-Tat s u-: , Maru, -which canit, -to a 'head when:'Japan l :. - presented an ultimatuin.' t6:Ckiha,Vhas; ..been; i'Settl.cdr;.',China oft'erodian which". ; '.' Was- dcciepted, though some'details of,the |;,;wb|ttltiA^e^n / .HAaiff>l»:'bo : 'l'h'o': ■ '.;Tatsu-ltfa'ru was' seizod'by Chinese gunboats- ! near 'Macao, •. tho;' Japanesd'' '. flag t i '.boing ? ,; hauled: 'down; China alleged ihat the;ves'-i ■sel's ' cargo .:of ' •arm's 1 ',was'.. infcebded. 1 Vfor! '.'Chinese . revolutionaries,.; which.'Japan! ( denied. ' Japan, : .dcmand«l'.: thb release of ■; ■ the : s.teamcr,- -threatening: force.::: China:has. ■•If; apologised fully . for' tho.' pullihg doivn'. of the Japaneso flag,- and-. promiseiF a further reply to Japan ..with: regard,to/'the; seizure! ' ■:: of, tho arms and ..ammunition: v' '" ;i -a 1•! Count Hohonau has been ordered' by-tho-Court or.-Honour .of Potsdam to. bo ro- ; moved.from tho list of-olficers, withi-tho jloss 'of -jail; decorations.- Tho has • ;.;confiraedthosentence.sv.Tho-County and: 'Count Lynar.,were rccent)y -tried by courtmartial for . serious.- moral ofrcncos- and-' abuse of discipline,and - Count; Lynar -was- ; sentenced •' to:' eigh teen ■ Xhorith s' .* I . nient. , Count Hohenau was' acquitted on 1 tho ground 'that:Vthe vcharges'' wore .'iiot' ' proven. '•' •. v'vv-; ■ r .*y.y~ J Tho New.York Board- of- Education has de ■ :-votes .to.\spyepte'oil ;,ti | r prphibit; .the /.infUctioiir'of corporal: puilish i ..'ftSi-'J'fetP™l!ici'.sch'opJs;.of"citjjii; jGermairt-rs? first •: J) rjeadnotlghtirtho". Nassau 1 -iwaa launohed; at. Wilhelnishaven^in'r^thi ; ■ presence, of . [; tho ', Kaiser and | a:. large - ani 'brilliant'^assembl^; I,r ma^ s ; - 1 , Tho.-French polioo ion tho -Iliviora havo ; W a ]arg( ! .-lortuue. by : isystomatio,burglaries.: :VH6t;-;rea ; 'is, f and:- hci I'•'method' rob'-visitors,at tho-'hoteif r iii which. sho "stayed. JA' oompleto' bii'rElar'i outfit,'. :'£Boo SvftifA! bf' ' «M.. £$ :-an ■ h'er.'.robfii:-, , ! A'ifsl I .of -hotels,", with -plaris ;of thP : rooms';" %a> cipal. Council,'who ■ h'aVe heeh' consideHliij :tho / -feasibility'ofvi the.) construction'' of' j ( ' canal " c'oimecting ..tlie :; Atlantic .Ocean witi ..'.'thbv'M'edlterraheah' -iii .' principle, ,j-, :The';.cost:\ of .-.tho !w6rk' .'is.osfci/■;,mated,'at 'oyer, 'thirty: million '"pounds/stbr> -ling: Y; ■'_cJi■ o.y M; ; China, ~has.di.ecisat fekin2 f .'j jrr/'.StS '-.'-ov B. e St , John,': Robsa, president of thb 'New Yorli r' M^dioal.-:*. 1 School-.-: "andi-" s > famous: : eye-^specialist!:,'-, •' 1w The' Crown- Prince-bf« ; SWeden ■'is-'siifferini , -from. an;, attaclc; of measles. Prince- G ifsit.ai !'.jt4blfi'.vwWsiMm^;--Priri«^s' !! ; 'Corihaught 'in' : 'l9os; is an'his Jtwentyrsist-l] 1 year.. . The. new.,.Chqldang.',railway;as:'.to bo.^built.'bj /'.tho: Chinese /,Government, J'.whiohrwiir!,borv-; fpjjii:. tlji^, t ; Britig]ii;- aii<3 Chinese Corporation'for tho' piirposo.'- TIK chief'eaigineor will be' British. ( MARCH 9. ' , " A.'raan was.'pbßerred'iii tlio -Royal-Park- at •.''■Christianla: ' firing' with r }ja ;-.rifle\' /.Sdmp.vgeutlenien.iadvanciiigY: tbliini, lie..threatened, .them'' I with;?his •' riflo. and 'kept "on:firing'at; tlig Royal' repi- "•! dence. 'Later '.the'gentlemen" m'anagqd -tb attack him'_ from beliihd;" overpower him, .':and hand-him ; ;Swede f V/and'-'. is in'sa'n6 , .'l\ f '! : lUs l;: nam6'\ t 'i'S -. Johannes Gren, ; a:niechanic.'. iiiadc v a wall, of snow, behind Vwhieli ho lay aii'd - fired.;' ! ;' : AltOgct-her- h6;;.'flrfed' .twelvoi: shbis: ,'3yhott-caught he : said,' What do"\vo'.want i; With ; this-King,Haakon' iff this' c'Oun-try?" Some latlies' in the palace hoard the' bul-lets-Whistling round : them,'bUt. ; nd:'oh'e'''wa''s ■ ;hurt.. ■' Greii l ailned , ',iirs i t'''at the' mohum'iiit (of King'; Carl ; J6hau,- iiv 'froiit' : of:'.the : , jpalaco; 'and' then"at. tho palace 'itself.:;', One ' ,','bullet-. smashed: ,the ; :windbw:; bf;ah/onto^ ••> : i^mr^nd';thcn^en , 6;ttiroti^'ft';glai^rtfo6r. :; into ■ the"; King's study.f SeVPI-al <otlie'f-'"jrW. dows woro broken. . Tho,'Royal Family 'aro . not at present at the palace,- but 1 are-'stay-mg at :Voxenkollen enjoying winter sports. Carl Ewald,- the writer of fairy stales,' lias ';: died -ati.Charlottenlundi Denmark, .at.Vih'O ; ago.of forty-two.' .-.v.-: . .v_ ■■■■~. MARCH 10.. Frau Woelfling, the divorced wifo:of Leopold W Pelfling, formerly Archduke of. TuseaViy, : a'.inember of the Austriati'linperial-Hofifie,' 1 -has been. reinbvotL from: her-holnfe. in.-Vieh-. ! . ha ,tP:'thP'.-'general: hospital ; iii ■'iho'bt'.,paihfuj J circumstances. • Tlio'..lady 'had' long been' ! a ; Theosophist and devotee''of the "simplo • ' life.''-. ' She-forced i'her liu'sband - to : ' I've • ' • solely on herbsi" but . eventually lie" tired of . her eccentricities" aild scoured--a divorce. ' , Fru\i . Woelfling has lately shown' synip;y..tomß- of 'insanity,;' alid' liag'-;threa'tpned to '■ - ooniilii(i' suicide.' She .'"-tried'' to': shoot lier' sister,- who 'was forced-'to,: : 'call 'in'the ■ police. Frau, Woelfling refused -to nccom- ' pany th'em, and attemptbd to throw li.er- ' ; self; out 'of ! tho Window'; And -to llrot'to ' -her clothes. She then:: fried-'.to,/sttt'bVhcr- ;. self, with a- hatpin. At last, she-was overpowered and 'tied to a stro'tcheiI','1',' and: thou conveyed to ;-tho hospital in an 'ambulance."AVho. says the Catalans aro' not loyalPV . askP'd - Kihg. Alfonso x-.as ;he, drove ( through - the strcets.of Barcelona. .And lie might , .well|put. thpVquestion when he recalled tlio ; .utlbrts to dissuade :him- ; from,-, visiting, the .'.•most cnorgetic and wealthy province' of his ; .'kingdom.- . Fifty; outrages:,.in .'the last; fifteen inbnthsVinay.. reasonably-:;excite' 'sua-; picion of^-'discontent, vbut to call the'Cataf '".loiiianp;-.irreconcilable' j_s: to ignoro l thoir real character:. vAs tlie: King-.remarked'-:to his ;■ ,Lord .'.'They-;may'.'•bo.-.-led --if. thoy cannot bb driven." His jlajesfcy'has . Pyer.y.: ,caUEp';. i to.. : b.e, gratified ,with, his. decisioii ~tp,'ignbrp;jho prudence 1 ••,dici»t^; v b^''"#pam l -:' i : Barcplona, known' as.;thb' ,"City .bf:Bonibs, ~v • was,all' that,a.-ifionarch .could .desire, 'EVorv •:.: mbmont .%s:;cf6wfjd(l' n;'itij. air'o'vatioii ■ that . \stirrcd,.-,to; its' .{depths'•• '.tlje'V.-synipathbtio' { -■ nature''.of tho vouiig Sovereign aiid'mado' him-bound to his feet again and agaiii to' reßpond, to the enthusiaßm of tho multi--1 tudo.

; ; - MARCH 11. ' . Mrs. Harry lias caused papers to be ' served oh. her husband at the iMatteawan .Luiiatic Asylum,, and.,.oil .her mother-in-law—y/lio expects to'-'bo appointed his legal guardian—in a suit to have her marriage . annulled on tho ground that her husband / was insane at tho time 'of.'tho marriage.'..' Mrs. Thaw. 'foars ; her.*lifo; would' not be..; * worth a moment's purchcso if her husband were released from tho ; asylum• and they .were-to livo together, again'/, Mrs-. Thaw. explains that her ■ estrangement from her ■ ■husband dates back to. tho first, trial, when they had ■ an ; altercation- in-tho Ton'.bs'Pri- ' i s - statetl that -on that occasion.' Mr. Thaw, in a.lit of mad jealousy,.clcnchcd. hisfist and tried to strikpjlier. Mrs. Thaw ,i will receive froiu the -Thaw family an an- ': £10 ' ' l ' nl P' ''SU'tttVift Princcss Stephanie of Belgium has invented ,an improved.apparatus for- gas stoves, it ■■ is beins;'^at-cnted.;' ;A''jnessa'go.' from -'Marrakesh,' the":tcdpital'^ofl ; V tho South; report® that Siiereef Sim Larly i. . has. bean proclaimed'.Sultan in Sus, the" '■- southernmost. region of. Morocco. . The s t' ue'duo to tho .waH-tJof.'enorgy' : 6f tho'u&-\ urpe'r, Sultan Mulai Hafld, in prosecuting Holjr : of 'frhish\{i6ps,th6 nominal i '. champion." -His., position - as., q > '-leader 0 who r ffuses to lead is now 'nuiqji-jwor'so '-than' •. - that, of tho- legitimate ;Sslta»' iAbdul,Aziz, ; - .who .'does • not .-.pretend- to.; lead^Utit: iits-istv :... -Rabat'and waits' until his rivafei"partisims ! : • '.*3L a^0 : 'joshanytedthertqelvesi' the;: : -Th'e' Sus ti-ibes are tlfe'niost wait-'-. Jiko..in ; Morocco, i : -■■■*;' MARCH 12 ' f' U _ .Tho' ; Italian: G overnnierit' his; receiMj.a 't£ls 5 ! .gram'from Zanzibar,stating tliatj!,|ti«.Suli-f : ~ r-.iuan tribe,', aided ;by' some. of-/tho s Jsullah,'s . 1 '.'fiooptei' attacked another Bimal trjfoiitt tlie: ;! I; neighbourhood of ;Gilib,-killing thjiijr; .and--; making off with , their- cattle. Italian ; troops from Merca jxnd^Grilj-bj' attacked the ; .jawlws,- killing 400 of; Suliinan's men,and | sixty, ..of'.tho ■;Mullah -sVfollpwCrsV, j That, famous' theatrp • of. ;Mcimngen'; i Genriaityy ;;• has;, been • burned. to - tho Ground... Aifciho;. j ■ famous .artistic designed b'y^ : t-ho"' - i: -\Duko; of.,'Meiningen.■;.were d&trby&£ l( tiut' - 'i-pttaf library/;of classicsl'-plays Siitcd' bi-&»•-' t Duko was saved. . . '"•-.•.'-'.•H:. ; ;M. '-Tabijhira}. Ambassador, : speaking utCN'e^Yprli,-'at.ii:hanqhst! given ;• bv'.the; Japan Sociotyand attended "by. a i " number of prominent -Amirican politicians, \' I -riswd - the,; gfiineyof, diplomacy,'S.l'.'il-. : "'-ways believe . it' tomb's best fcetpf€®t i. - trumps." ~r> - j"-.v/y,- ~\i; •;! , Jean -Maturm, wh'p 'was :• thought A'dead/ tiak 5 ; ! -..about to bo, buried; at'Orany; when' hs-feud*;: j; : ° woke,and. 'enlivened the.- inourners - all sort's, of threats- against thbs ' Before the daw, however,!'he' hi:. 1 ?"g] dead. man,,'and ;has ; to make an appli--' ; ;rc'ation. tor be rceu'soitatcd..' 4: \ i .800, shots a .niinnt-o. has'been inventoi by ; : '.;M.!j4lfrod:Pontius;\pf ;Diion;' who is Trell,;. • !; known for!his connectioii witli'.; 1 i explosives. 11-o' has l placed-" his invention,, which is.th6 : result-of-three years''study, , at the' ,disposal,"pf :.the;French War. Office.'' /