DIARY OP THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 12

DIARY OP THE WORLD'S NEWS.

WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAIL". The following weekly summary of the world's news is taken from the " Daily Mail" Overseas Edition of Augu&t 15: — AUGUST 7. Signor Mascagni, the celebrated composer of_ "Cavallcria 11-usticana" and other works, conducted his opera. "Maschen? at Leghorn in most difficult circumstances.. The men forming the claque, which in Italy is often employed by performers, were refused tickets by the management. The claquers, howover, contrived to purchase admission in order to revenge themselves for their exclusion.. Missiles were tlirown at the stage, and Signor Mascagni was struck by an' orange while ,he. was conducting the orchestra. He continued to wield the baton until the soprano wSs struck as she was singing by onions and garlic. Signor Mascagni then left his place, exclaiming, "I will not remain in a theatre where onions are thrown at a lady.". The composer subsequently returned and. was .warmly cheered, while the claquers were hissed.. With extreme simplicity Mile. Fallieres,.daughter of the French President, was married in Paris to M. Jean Lanes, M. Fallieros's friend and secretary. As the bridegroom is in mourning for his mother, who died a few months ago, the proceedings were'as private as possible. Mllo. Fallieres, dressed .in ' a / beautiful bridal robe of white satin'-with a veil ofthe finest tulle, left the Elysee Palace, on her. father's arm at a quarter to- eleven and drove to the office of' the Mayor of the Eighth Ward, in which the Elysee PalaCe is situated. . The wedding party entered the room in which marriages are celobrated. Here a row of armchairs had been placed. The' bride and bridegroom sat next to each othet. On either side Wore the President and Mme. Fallieres and, the' four witnesses to tlio marriage, while behind sat the'wedding guests. M. Clemenceau, the Premier, and . several Cabinet Ministers were present. Altogether there were about 100 porsoiis in the room. The Mayor performed, the brief legal ceremony, and the party then drove to the Madeleine Church, where 4 large crowd had gathered. Thero were no special decora- 1 tlons in the church for a few white flowers on the altar and in the choir. AUGUST. 8. Prince Meshtsherski, the. intimate friend of Alexander 111, and editor of the . St. Petersburg " Grashdanin," is unveiling the Corrupt methods of the Russian General Staff. He relates that an officer, desiring to be transferred to _ another regiment, presented his application to a high staff officer, who said the matter was_ a difficult one and that-he thought it was impossible. In the course of conversation,, as he casually'looked at the applicant's boots, ho remarked that they were not stylish, and recommended him to buy a now pair from a certain shoemaker. He then told the applicant to return in a week. The officer - went to the shoemaker, ordered the boots, asked when .they.-would-be - ready, and what the Cost would be. The. shoemaker asked him. who recommended him,.and the officer, told him. Then tlio shoemaker said ' the boots would. be ready in five days and the price Was £50. ■ The officer consulted an "experienced; fellow officer, who advised him to pay half the sum immediately and. half when the boots were ready, and lie did so. On tlio seventh day he at " the General Staff and found that the "diffi' cult matter'-' had been satisfactorily_arranged, the bribe haying reached-the fight quarter via'the shoemaker.

The .French r Legation > at Morocco'' has re-. ceived a message';by courier from Arzila. Stating, tliat: a European? has • been killed between s there ;arid -iaracho; : -Fears are entertAi&ed -for-Mr, '-Wilkinson > and a Spanish military doctor who left fof Fezon. Mond&y. : ( . A disastrous explosion the French trainihg-sbip La ■ Coiironne' at Toulon. The breech of'a 6.sin.,gun burst, . killing four- men" and wounding- twenty others, of, whom five are not. expected to recover. ■ ■ AUGUST 9. It is officially announced in the newspapers at Constantinople that the Sultan' has offered to defray the cost of building the House of Parliament. Commenting on this announcement, the "Ikdam" gives expression to the satisfaction which his Majesty's recent acts have caused. to tho nation, and it refors in eulogistic . and grateful terms to certain words attributed to the Sultan, who is i;opreseuted -to have said: "All in the nation are members of the Committee of Union and Progress, and I am their president. Let us live together and .make the country prosperous/' In article laying stress on the of maintaining - friendly relations with all Powers, the, "Ikdam" remarks • that the 'friendship with Great Britain must be strengthened, as millions of Mussulmans' are under British" 'rulo. Tho journal hopes the Sultari will imitate the example of King Edward ill his" relations with his subjects, and it expresses a desire that King Edward should visit Constantinople. It is reported that Refik Bey, the newlyappointed Minister of Police, has resigned for reasons at present unknown, and that he has been, temporarily succeeded by Ziver Bey, the late holder of the. post. Five thousand armed whites were in the Streets Of Portsmouth, Virginia, ready on the slightest provocation to attack the negroes of the city. The white population is enraged by an attack committed - On an aged woman at the home of a young negro, and tho .subsequent murder of a popular police, offioer by a negro arrested on suspicion of being the culprit. While dragging the man to gaol the officer was tripped up and shot through tho heart with his own pistol by the prisoner, who escaped. . Sheriff's ' posses are searching the negro quarter for. the murderer, while parties of men with bloodhounds are attempting to track the woman's assailants. To hold the whites, in chcck three' companies of militia have been called out, and are patrolling the streets, preventing orowds from assembling. The Governor declares that he will preveut lynchings and assaults on negroes at any cost.

AUGUST 10. As the small German cruiser Undine was entering Sonderborg Bay tho. alarm of "man Overboard" was raised for the purpose of exercising the crew in' life-saving.. . Owing to an error in signalling an order to tho engine-room, the Cruiser went ahead instead of astern, and ran down a launch occupied by eleven sailors. Four men were drowned. According to a telegram to the Amsterdam "Handelsblad" from-Tilbourg, in tho province of Brabant, Holland, 1000 workmen on striko became riotous and started breaking windows. • The police charged with drawn swords, three persons being, injured in the encounter. Gatherings of more' than three persons wero prohibited, in the disturbed district. the. proceedings for the beatification of Pius IX have begun at Imola, the diocese of the Romagna administered by tho future Popo during the fourteen, years previous to liis. eleotion to the chair, of St. Peter in 1846. In accordance with the orders of Pius X thirteen months ago, an examination has been made of all the printed or written works attributed to Cardinal Mastai Ferretti during his residence at Imola, and tho case for his beatification has been drawn up under twelve heads. Similar investigations will be held at the other scenes of his activity, such as Spoloto, whence he was translated to Imola, and at Sinigallia, his-birthplace. No Pope has been canonised since Pills V, a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth, while before his time it was necessary to go back another three centuries to find in the /person of Celcstine V, tho hermit, was made il gran rifiuto, the last sainted Pontiff. Two European engineers havo passed through Quetta on their way to Kandahar in charge of all extensive machinery plant for tho weaving of woollen and cotton materials. A larger set of machinery is to go up to Kabul via Ghuzni, and the other is to be croc ted at Kandahar. If

; j ( . fcKeso I machines be coocGßS&dfcs^ a ; largo flTiri important industry •pay > be l opened up" in Kabul, as the country » specially rich in its production of wooL A set of stamps has also been sent up fo£ crushingquartz at a gold jriine & little to the north of Kandahar. This mine waA worked about twenty-five years ago, before the time of the Ameer Abdur-Rahman, but was abandoned owing to. a sehes of accidents which occurred during blasting opera* tions. Mr* Greisback; of the Geological Department, visited and reported .on mine before the battle of M&iwand m 1880#

AUGUST 11. ' Some Tokio papers allege that the new Japar • nese Government is opening negotiation#' with Great Britain and, Russia for a fresh agreement for the preservation of tran« quility in China in view of Japan's desira to readjust her finances and retrench in regard to 'military expenses. This "statement, however, is declared' to be unfounded in authoritative circles. Japan has only to utilise the old agreements by putting more 5 • ' life into them. Unmistakable signs show that Chino-Japanese relations are' gradu- " , ally improving. The. anti-Japanese boycott ■ in South. China is on the wane, important problems which' rose after .the war are now ; largely , settled, and Japan earnestly de- i sires tp cultivate the best terms _with 1 China in : a frank and open manner. China should' be induced, Clearly to understand her position in Asia, and her relations with . Japan and other-Powers. While endeavour- ; ing to foster China's friendship, Japan will adhere to the Coiioert of the Powers. Under the title of "Savagb Sardinia," ~-"11 Messaggero," the principal RoniM morniiig 1 newspaper, directs attention to the astound-; . . ing prevalence ■of lawless crime m that • , island by 'btganised groups of marauders. and avengers, who oftentimes turn out to. consist of some of the most prominent and highly respected farmers in the provinces. Two nights !ago eight masked" individuals;' armed with guns and daggers invaded'a farm belonging to a benevolent proprietor named Galvisi on the mountain side tiear Saseari. There they seized .the shepherd i watching-'the.- tlock, beat him. senseless, .- robbed him of the small cash he had on his person, and left- him bound hand and . foot and gagged. . They then drove 500 Sheep'delivered to bis custody a distance of a ooiiple of miles to a 'onely valley, where they ripped open three hundred of these animals and thrust their daggers. • into every-one of-the 1 rest. Sardinia con- - tinues. a-s from time immemorial, to hold the record -in all Italy, -for .brotaJ homi--. ; ' cide,- ; cattle' wounding, incendiary fires, and Allied forms of.damage to property. ■ The criminal convictions for; the lattof ; crime' art 4.82 in evfery 100,000 of the population. In the single ,of Bitti, wherein the above vendetta, has just taken place, nb fewer than- 1500 sheep " and 400 bullocks have be«i maliciously hamstrung since the beginning of -this ■ year. This extraondiiiary state.-, or .tilings- - . -.is- attributed largely -to! the notable de--. ficiency of police and a root-ed unbelief w the official administration, of justioe. - .■., A student Of a Loipsig High School, named Garhard Bruns, and Fritz Khem, of Dres-. _ den, fell over a precipice of the l'loifenspitze, a peak of over 10,000 ft., and were both killed. Haas Ofner, a Nuremberg ; tourist, has been killed by a fall While looking foi' edelweiss in the Baeherlooh, • in Southern Bavaria. Herr. Kronstcui, a' '; ; Viennese engineer, who. went for a-moun- ■■■■ tain tour near the Attorsee, : is missing.