FOREIGN ECHOES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 773, 23 March 1910, Page 4

FOREIGN ECHOES.

[':;■: ; A CABLED BUDGET. J ' [■-..'. -':..' [The:following items are clipped from <;■{,■' .'.■ i ;One;-o'f the Australian journals receiv-:.:.-;.lng ,ca : ble;messages from tho .newly- : v."' formej. Independent Cable Association.] :'■-;-■■ '■■■-.;■■.■ i-'-.-- : . ..■■-..'■■' '...'-' . '■- " ' -.':• / ..■ f^: : MR. ROCKEFELLER'S FORTUNE. hV^-..' .-■.-)■. '.-.■' ■.',: New York. March 6. r.. , ... 'It'is reported .that-Mr. J. D. Rockci./ .:> . feller intends ■ devoting a■-great portion ie;..... °f h' s immense fortune to missionary k._.. ..work in 'China'., Y- .;:;-': V. '. f.[\Zj. ':.-:" A'RUSSIAN RUSB.. :■ ■; .. , ;:■; ;■'■";■-.'.,'v.. •.'•■ v . St. Petersburg, March 6. I;'. V ■ 'A...Russianl.merchant' named Leokin I;-.;;;;; »nd two moujiks of tho Kuesli Governi :'... r " inent have been condemned to death t ■;;' ,for ,: arsohj'which they.'- committed in !:■'■; ■.. order to'creato' a;market for. Leokin's [.:.:. ..building timber. ' - '■■, ■ U ;':'■''■■ ; . ATTACK' ON JER,.'CARNEGIE. [■'.I-. , ■'■;'..'' :;...; Satr.Francisco, March 7.' i.o-.'. ■: ThevMayor of ; San, -Mr! |V.- :'- : . -il'Carthy,- foundation |. ; ' >;... ceremony, termed jVfr,-:Biirnegie -a .foul' k ■'•..-.;'. sot,; I He-.- declared "that ' Carnegid's , t-.-..-" philinthropic'endeavour'9. were only.-, to-t-.V-:; .; ease. :tm ; 'overburdened : conscience. vHo j:;■■■'•■ '■'..■.".' thanked God that San; Fraheißco had. !■:.• ; !; . Jiot:accepted r Mr.. Carnegie's offer qf'-a |;i..'...'.,: library. ....--/•■ r-. , . ■>.;:.:. •/;['■.'r'-": '■:.-" : \fp.J:- : :- : .'■' ; ■ ; ';\ \:'■'■ ''* ■•...; ; :■-•■.. .;. -rLtindon|/March 7. : '... p- ■'•"■.';..'.'■■ 'K'"is' said that!■ sonie .50,006. Irish.;; y\. -[Americans are..expected .to' arrive .in !"' . ' Ireland durijig '.comingi;summ'ejri.;:;:. ; ; .:;' ;-■'; ;:;SHAW'S' SiDClifj SYSTEM^-.:■:"' '>/ ',■:'■:; "■'--.■ ■• ''Mi - ,-'.--:--:;i?<>',ti'>ni-;.JtarQhi4r,M- ■:■'-.'■■: : : :' Mr. Bernard Shaw, -London's' brilliant , : ~ playn'riglit'and author of niany;;socior- : i logical, plays, has propounded ..a.: scheme: for the'inauguration -of .a-social system. :£;.: ; .;'iD'which all undesirables would ;. V;- 1 ; .cifully- exterminated: , and , private. pro-- ( . ■ ; perty and'marriage; abolished.;. . . ¥-< ;:•:;,:; \ : - r . ';. ;i north.pole. _,-''.;', '■;. i;V:;i;,;:/'(:; '' >.-.'■■'■/.■■ Hamburgh March Vt': ; ':■;, - Count Zeppelin's. Ndrib.:-Pole' exp'edif:.:;;. lion starts for.Spitzbergen'in' July.' OrA i;,;.-:; .Norwegian ice steanjer..will be .used for: hi -.":) '■ of forcing."an entrance-to the Polar,ice-:;_The:airship-will-,be.±aken-t; :S; .only..for. use in • the"; summer.. .-■.-•.: : :. N f V ; ; BIGNOR-CARUSO AND; THE: BLAC& &£:>: V: .-..;.;;■;.; -p^hAND^,..- : ;;/ : "■;:';/:'■'■• I--^:; : :;; \::,^~ l \^' : >\ \;'iNew'-iork^March;6K.; i >/-<. : ; ; .'.-■' Bignor ; ;Caruso.- : the famous iehor/has* ?;.: ■.>:':', been, /threatened ;by the 'Black Hand j> , ;.. Society. He'always goes- about armed ~ : ; ■ ;v and declares that he is ready for them, ■'■). ;; ;.;and' that if they open fire: on ;himt he fjy-:,'.'. will shoot.them,down:like flies. ; " :'" l:U : :< I ,<m- Aeroplajies.:.^^ %/: ; : .,-/;;;.r ~V Miarch.7.'. I;:. ;:;' The ;fifst'. British 'aeroi;;. 4planes has. been published. . It enumoI,.:;;.,; rates, all- sorts of. flying', machines', from. i'::-.;'.',,, the .humble monoplane costing'. £450 to splendid machines ".on. the biplane eystein costing"£lloo. /,:•-■ .--.- ...... |&V;>;:y^-^A' , i'OPiEiAi:'Ac'TßESs!;" ~' ', . ': , |y:^r:;:;:^'^sV ; ;* o<-pr- ' -;F^irty : ;;iiousand:,popple;; attendcd;.the : |;;.:V funeral ofjthe' Russiaja":'actress; : '-IComi-, (:'•■'■■ ■ ; saorzoyskaiaj-who^died'• of-'emallpos.':.. ■'■,"> p.:.<: ':■ '■.• ROCKEFELLER. AND THE : : - i--vv ,; /-^- ■■'::}:.■ ' -:::.-■)..■' B ; i ; ';; - : 0?;t: :.^\\ ; ;'Ndw'Vtirki-.Mareh-S,:-'; I S -}'■ ■. : / Mr/. J!. ;D. ; ; Rockefeller's'.-■ agent': ; lias: K;,-;-Veeeil informed .that the- Popb haa'prb-' =V;.; 'nounced a- : blessing jonv'.thb" great, multi- !;',•■■!.--, for that ; ho;has devpted''his r->- immenso;fortune to the.-alleviation, of' p-':- , -:-.. .Human.suffering..and the of f';;?;;';; mankindlT? > :: ' ■■ \:~\ I : ■•: ;- '.',:.•.;' \ ;:.-,-■ :;\ •;. . SIR• GEORGE^REID.;; ; ' ■ : -- : :., f" : }'_-:■;['.: ■;->> v -•■'■;« ,-■-.--. . London, March :9. . 'f.;:U\ '■ -- The"."FinahcialsNews' ! says" that 'Sir [•:;:' George Reid arrived' at.'the■ psychologij>, '-: ; cal -memeijt. : . : Tlie ■ opiriita is .iunani- %'■■•: nious that.he is. precisely-the right manp. ■::. for, the moment. ,X: ''.'■■■ ■■■-'■' ..' .'.'.■ ;-:; : .: ; : The '.'Financial;News" ;adds that the [;....next five years wiH'emphatically justify t'.;:;- that opinion.; ...;.;;;■•::.. ' ; . ; .- • &-. : y ;V/r. BRITISH ; ; W' , "' ■■' ■■''; •.'•;•"'''' •'. London, March 4,. |;.;; ; . A--World-wide ■ disorganisation of '.the ;.-■; money. , market .is feared by -the- most , {:-.-■ ;,, prominent .financiers; t<) bo the ineviui j.:.:;:; able: jesnlt-. in \the event :of. the. Budget r .;.;;";; -net being'.passed before the end of the i; v.; fiscal year,- which ends on April 5.. '-j K;' v.; : :■'. -;;■■;' MISDIRECTEp : 'i ;" : , 7. \ y ':% ■'' .f ■■;;'■': : .' ; :' :,/:.' l-:Paris,.;March 10.:".',' ;' ;V; v 6erious;"'charges .of,;.misdirectipii- of ■■'■■:.■ , the relief funds at tho ■ hands'.of the. j- , . ..authorities.-;. irrje .-contained . in the (.;■-■."': ;■■ .; resolutions :adopted at. a mass meeting ;::'■- of merchants which.was held in Paris •;'; V.\j to-day.' ; : i - :: .'-.': '■ ■ , ;.-: : " , :'v;:'-; : ;'--' £. .' : .;-.;- ; , Tbe; funds were .subscribed .jjyvtho ,*';' '.'-''French:'Government and foreign -naf,::;. . tions, and were intended for; the relief I ; ; ■"-.' of;the deetitute,- and '.-. for tlie" purpose !■"..-" ef supplying, shopkeepers-.with :' ■"V small sums with which to re-start their i',-. businesses, which were ruined-by the ?_':■-;.:.. floods.'. '■■'-': •■;■;:..,; .- '>■■■:■':■; '.■:-'];■>.: l f . ; . ' . RETURN OF THE JEWS.- ' [; '; ..Constantinople, March B.' I''.- Tho'return of tho Children of Israel' (': to the' Holy Land;is not seen.by the ;:. '•;.; leaders -of tho Young; Turk' party in ;;;■ the.light of an unniixcd blessing. TheJ .'■':. movement is causing' a; gqoJ deal, of: j: ..-,- alarmi for tho Jews.arc crowding the ;'•• 2000. year intruders out of: their ancient ; ;. homes. The ousted'peasantry are de- ; . veloping- an intense bitterness..;:agaii«t' ' the returning Israelites..;;. ■■'. "■'■ .-.-V--''.-i;'.' FEEDING ..SCHOOL CHILDREN. '■. !■'■"•■' . -.. London, March' 9. '■-~. Forty thousand school children'aro ;:..: being fed daily at tho city's expense. :;-.-. The school teachers who visited , tho" '.:' homes of tho poorest among . their !.'••■ pupils declared that unless the Govern- ;•■' ment supplied food as well as education '- the latter would bo no good to the ;■'. etarvine Children..'■ As. a result the :.-.' , children are now being both fed and ; educated. \ . , tr '] '. U.S. AND CHINA. L . ' Chloago, March 7. :. Mr. ffm. Calhoun, the 'newlyi'", appointed United States Minister to \: China, speaking at a luncheon, said : that the American nation on account of ;;' .:• her justice and fair dealing with China j -w»s f»ce to.fsee with.the greatest crisis ... \ of modem titu'fs, and needed the help ;... •'. of friendly nations. j CHINA AND P. MORGAN. J: Washington, March 0. (. • The Chinese Government has regis- ';, •. ■ tered a protest against the presence of ■ ; Mr. Pierpont ■ Morgan in the. United f'•■•.-'. States Department of State. This pro- [■;..-'■'■ testis tantamount to a refusal, by i China to let- American bankers parti- !■■-; cipate in the Hankow railway loan,