DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 205, 23 May 1908, Page 10

DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAIL. Tho following weekly summary of the world's nows is taken from tho "Daily Mail " Overseas Edition of April 11:— APRIL 3. Tho fight for tho possession of the youngest Princess of Saxony definitely ended' with the child's arrival in Dresden with the Saxon King. Tiic dispute between the King and his divorced wife dates from tho then Crown Princess's'flight with the tutor Giron from t'he Dresden Court. She was . divorced from her royal husband ill February, 1903, Princess Pia ' Monica being born in tho following May. Tlio ex-prin-cess kept jealous guard over hor daughter for four years, but tho King renowed and successfully concluded negotiations for tho i child's transfer to him after tho ex-priu-cess's secret marriage in London in September last to Signor Toselli, tho Florentine pianist. Tho little princess, who will henceforth .be known as Princess Anna of Saxony, received a. tremendous.. ovation both at the railway station and in the streets leading to the royal castle. It is stated that Signora'Toselli has-written to her frioilds that she lias definitely, determined to leave her husband and to take up residence in Germany. , A Berlin telegram states that a syndicate, which has been formed with the Imperial Bank and the Preussische Soehandlung at its head, has. taken over 250,000,000 marks (£12,500,000) of an Imperial loaai issue and 400,000,000 marks (£20,000,000) Prussian Consols. Both loans will hear interest at 4 per cent., and will not be redeemable until April 1, 1918. Subscriptions are invited fan tho loans at tho prico of 99.50. For subscribers undertaking not to dispose of their bonds until October 20 next tlio prico will be 99.30. , At a sale of musical manuscripts in Berlin a letter by Beethoven, the longest extant, fetched 100 guineas, and two others of. his wore knocked down for £40 and-£SO each. A letter of Gluck's realised £80. ' Wang-t-a-heich, who will shortly leavo Pelting for London as Commissioner to investigate tho Constitution, has sent in a memorial to tho Throne on the.Association for.Rendering Assistance to Chinese Students in Britain. His Excellency has bean deputed to present to tho Association a number of valuable historical Chinese books,. including tho famous encyclopaedia, T'u Shu Chi .Ch'eng, which consists of 1628 volumes of 200 pages each. . , 111 tho course of a debate ill the Greek Cham- ' her of Deputies, M. Theotokis,- the Pre- ' mier, has announced that lie wll ask for a credit with' a view to' ; commissioning tho French Admiral Fournier to reorganise the 1 Grpek Navy. A St. Petersburg'telegram states that a rc-' . port just issued from the Irbit' Fair shows ■ .that .in.; order to meet itlio demand ; 'tho . Siberian hunters are killing the sables both ; in and out of season, not sparing -the ••-females'and their young. A. strong protest , is being made against this extermination, Which will eventually result in tho ruin, of tho industry.

APRIL 4. . .A prisoner found guilty of arson' at' Torre .Haute, Indiana, suddenly whipped out a , revolver and fired from the dock at the chief official; of . the. town , police force, who .Jia'd/b'eeri the principal, witness in the case. .'ltJje * p,nicer. fell dead.: The prisoner, with his five remaining bullets, wounded five witnesses before he was shot dead by the polil'o.' '• • ' '■■"■'■ ■, A 'curious figure; well known in his own . quarter; of Paris, has just 1 died .at Ver- ." ,'sailles. Tliis -is'-'Princa "Bbjidar .Eiiraof Servial '!'H<s i; h?.d io lu'ptljifor'-'!^any ,! Franco, ''■"Whete iift ; enjo'jW'b.Vl I '6:;isteiice of luxury ; he set seriously to work to earn his daily ' bread.' " He had travelled ord1 l the whole ! world, and his "Voyages dans les Indes" "■■is;..a work:of great!.poetical; and-literary merit. Latterly he was employed in a ■ sculpture studio, wearing the traditional long blouse, of the French workman. A 'Paris telegram states that, a St. Lo farmer who recently disappeared, was discovered three days later, buried undera ■ mass of 'straw. ■ He 'had sat down by the . side of' a straw rick, which overturned and '• fell on_himl\ He was unable to' make himself heard, arid .finally lost consciousness. : ' When -lie/was found life I 'was apparently extinct* and lie'was laid'out for burial, when a doctor arrived and discovered that: he was still alive. He is now little the worse for'the adventure. :■'

Desertion in the French Army has. increased progessively from 7016 in 1901 to 14,067 in 1907; General Picquart, . Minister of . War, has called the attention of the Chamber of Deputies to this disquieting-state ' of affairs. . '• . . .. While a Swiss judge,. M. Froidevaux, a ■■native-of Berne, .'and two friends were returning: from a mountain excursion' on the.Bernese Oberland they lost their way and' walked.!towards a lodge in the darkness. Tho judge, who was leading, fell over a precipice 400 feet deep' and was killed. ■. APRIL 6. Philadelphia, where housewives and children have been' living in terror for some timo past owing; to an epidemic of burglaries, is in a state of panic as the result' of wholesale accusations brought against the police force. According to the accusers, tho city is in tho grasp'. of. a great gang of organised criminals .posing as'policemen.' l Many of the criminals,-it is alleged, are genuine members of tho police force. Already four members of the force have been arrested and committed to prison without bail on charges of housebreaking, \ whilo.three of their superior officers have ; been suspended and replaced by detectives. Dr. do Forest, the Ainerican inventor, has succeeded in 'telephoning without wires ; from Paris to Melun, a distance of about thirty-eight miles. The Countes do Loynes has left a legacy of £4000 .to the police of Paris. The money is to bo invested at. 3 per cent., and tho annual income of £120 therefrom is to/bo divided among the three policemen who "> have most' distinguished themselves during the. year by deeds of bravery and devotion. '' After a debate which ■extended over four sittings, the National Council of Switzerland has decided by .eighty-two votes to fifty-three, contrary to the proposals of the Federal' Council and the majority of tho committee, to adopt tho demand, due to tho popular initiative of over 168,000 citizens, for, the complete prohibition by a Constitutional Act or the sale and manufacture of._ absinthe upon Swiss territory. Nearly 2000 of America's most famous politicians '' gathered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, to participate in the last dinner- that-would ever be given.-in this celebrated hotel. Somo of tho guests wept at the idea .of • demolishing tho hotel, and during the evening chairs, tables, and even portions of tho woodwork'and the bar were sold and carried off as souvenirs.

; ; APRIL 7. ' ■ A new Polar expedition, to 'be aided by balloon detachments stationed at various points, • is being equipped under tho auspices of tho Russian Ministry of Marine with tho object of discovering a north-east , passage between tho Atlantic and tlio Pa- ' cilic Oceans. While engaged .in taking up the floor of an ompty house at Patrocinia, Brazil, last week, a poor woman found imbedded in.tho earth boneath a'diamond of the first water , and perfect shape, weighing 220 ca-rats. It is tlio second largest diamond o'vor found in America. ,• Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the seventeen-year-old daughter of President Roosevelt, "recentlv drove a,u express train into Atlanta, and arrived punctually. Miss Roosevelt had run the train from Now York, and sometimos the speed was fifty miles an hour. Because ownors evade the do" tax by donykg they possess dogs, the Chicago authori-

tins, following tlio French system, have en- ■ gaged 160 moil who can imitate the barking of dogs. These moil, promenade the streets at night and hark outside suspected houses. If dog is within it invariably replies, • - thus betraying its owner. The next day a collector presents a bill for the tax. The - human barkers get £4 a vroek. The semi-extinct Solfatara, near Pozzuoli, Italy, lias opened a new crater, '250 ft. from tlio old one, and is emitting sulphurous gases and a denso colunm of smoke. Robbers entered the cathedral of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, which contains the tombs of the Russian Emperors, and carried away the enormous key of tiho fortress of Gueorguievslc, in Poland, which was pLaccd as a trophy on tlio tomb of the ' Grand . Duke Constantino,, srn of tho Emperor Paul I. APRIL 8. , ' The result of the : election in Portugal will he received with general relief, Eince the return' of 150 Monarchists to five Republicans may he taken as proof that tha Portuguese people condemn the.cruel assassination of King Carlos and affirm their •boliof in tlio monarchy. Some doubt had been felt as to' their real sentiments becauso of the extravagant ,l; honour paid to the' graves of the assassins by a certain section of the populace in Lisbon, and becauso. of the largo funds jaised by subscription for the assassins' families. But though one' peril has passed.away and no longer threa-. tens the Royal House of Portugal, another danger still remains; This is that m the future, as in the past, the "Progressives"and "Regenerators" may ; continue their 'alternations of government,'both professing. lip-loyalty to the Sovereign and the nation, and both dipping their hands freely, • into the. public purse, and.: slowly; ruining the country. It was to end this regime.'of jobbery and corruption, which had brought national bankruptcy within-', sight, that King Carlos struggled with the aid of: the Dictator Franco. Tho elections were marked' . by much street fighting in Lisbon';' ten. perr sons being, killed' and over • injured. . Seven, hundred. people 'were arrested' for ..disorderly conduct. Troops'were .stationed • at every point throughout the' [city," and many volleys were fired at the-rioters, who attacked ' the soldiers with; showers, of - ; stones. Shops were; looted :in many parts of tlio: city and : huge bonfiresVbuilt'iji-the streets. Two soldiers, on guard' in ; tlie neighbourhood of the barracks! have been shot by an unknown . assassin. One . was killed and the other mortally wounded. A boy. of. sixteen, named Leuskuehl, wao found ,dead_ in a wood !in Westphalia.. He was a pupil of the Bielefeld Gymnasium, but had failed tto pass the final cxamin&i ; t-ion,' arid shot himself : in consequence. :

. . .APRIL 9. -v.' President .Roosevelt has addressed; a special . Message' to Congress asking for legislation for the suppression of Anarchy. He sub,,mits the opinion of Mr. Bonaparte; the 'Attorney-General, _ to - the' effect that- tha ' circulation of periodicals advocating mur-. dcr, arson, and treason constitutor sedi- : . tious libel, and is undoubtedly; a crima ■>. . at common law. No federal statute, "howover, makes such publications an offence: against the Ufiited States, arid the federal courts have consequently lib -jurisdiction. Mr: lloosevelt announces that ho will instruct tile Postmaster-General- to exclude such ' publications from tho mails. Ho adds : "Unquestionably there should :be further" legislation, by Congress onr'this matter. I When compared with the' sup. : pression of Anarchism every other ques- : tion sinks into insignificance. The Anarchist is an' enemy to society and an- enemy to all mankind. His is a'deeper degree : of criminality than , any other.' -No immigrant is allowed to como to our shores' if lie is •an Anarchist, and no paper, published here -or abroad should be/ per--Emitted to circulate if it propagates Anar- • : cliifetic fopinioiiß'.uMj .« jtioo'fj;. •" ■ • sq-dwVt:' The.'great I 'l2&milb racbf ,: fbi' !, tilie mot&rib'&Xfc ; championship of the-;sea v ' took plaice "at Monaco. Great. disappbintment' l was caused 'by an accident to " Siddelft}';' ivhicli' prevented hef starting. "• Twenty-one" boats entered" for .-tho 'rhce, : which was won ■ easily by- Panhard-Levas-sorbin:-B|hrs., at an. .'average speed of about thirty-three-miles per hour. An event of probably epochal importance to British borse-raciug was voted on by tho v New York Senate at Albany. In' a state -of febrile oxcitenient unprecedented in. tho legislative annals' of the - country,' the : senators ■ debated ; Bills—with the fato', of which Governor Hughes's: political career is- indelibly associated—for tho. suppression of: racecourse gambling. A. division : resulted ill a tie vote of • twenty-five "ayes" and twenty-five "noes,'.' and the' - consequent defeat of the Bills. Tremendous excitement still prevails; and it is not believed that Governor Hughes will admit defeat. An extra session of ' the State Legislature is already spoken 6f. If the . Bills are finally passed it is the general belief that they, will sound 'the' death-, knell of horse-racing' in tho, country, and that , all leading American breeders and • trainers will transport ■ their stables" to ■ Great Britain. ■', Without ; betting,' - racing men- assort, /racecourses cannot exist, -for > tho rewards' would; be' utterly inadequate for tho expenditure.' and'risks ;iuvolved. Governor Hughes has maintained that, this ■ is. a pitifully weak arguirieiitv- and that if :. horse-racing is dependent for'.its success: on bettingMt deserves to 'die. An enormous " boodlo'.fund " is said to have been orgai nised by racing men for the purpose of inducing two or three senators to cast their t votes against the Bills. ■ The 'fund is alleged to amount to £100,000.