FOREIGN ECHOES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 8

FOREIGN ECHOES.

The following items of news are takenfrom the new Australian cable service:— DUEL NAKEOWLY AVERTED. . . St. Petersburg, April 9. A duel botrvoen Count Witto and General Kuropatkin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian military forccs in the Russo-Japanese war,'has narrowly been averted. The General was offended by an- assertion of Count Witte that modern Russian commanders lacked moral courage. ' Accepting the remark as a reflection on himself, General Kuropatkin challenged Count Witte. The challenge, however, was withdrawn on the explanation that the remark was made in general application.

JAPANESE CARTOONS. Yokohama, April 8. With reference to the relitions between the United States and Japan, the "Yorodizu" and. "Niroku," Japanese newspapers, publish cartoons. The former deSicts "Uncle Sara" leaning out of a winow and hiding a benevolent face behind a demon's mask. Under it ther6 is the motto; "However much the mask is changed, nobody need be alarmed." The other represents the United States adding fixe fco an already overcharged furnace, and has the motto, "Take care you don't get asphyxiated."

HIGH TREASON. London, April 9. ■ The High Commissioner, Sir George Reid, was entertained at dinner last night. He said that the man who thought the fortunes of the English race were in a hopeless ruin, ought to be hanged for high treason.

SPANISH ELECTIONS. Barcelona, April 8. The next elections in Spain piamisa to precipitate an uprising against the. Monarchy. The situation is serious', for it is known that the Eepnbliean militants aro preparing for battle. . If they fail at the elections it is an open secret that they will employ force. ,

MAN SELLS OWN SKELETON* ! Stockholm,. April 12. A man named Systroem, who had accepted a fee from the Anatomical Institute for his own skeleton alter , his de-. mise, subsequently met with a refusal when wishing to repurchase his own property. He then appealed. against the decision of the Court, that the institute which had purchased, his skeleton had the right to it, and need not.relinquish it unless it chose to do so. 1

. , OBITUAItY. London, April 10. : The death is announced of Thomas IV Walsh, who was formerly associated with the late King Leopold of Belgium in gold mining • enterprises in Colorado. He leaves .£10,000,000. . '

THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH." ' Lynn, U.S.A., April'lß. The death Has occurred at Lynn, Mass., U.S.A., of a man named Tyler, aged 75. Tyler was the original of Longfellow's "Village Blacksmith."

. THE SIMPLE LITE. London, April 12.The Countess of Warwick, in opening "The Simple Life Exhibition,", said that England is entering on a period-of reflation in luxurious bring, unless the system of'.the care of the little ,one is altered, the Empire will fail through ' the physical deterioration of young England.

YELLOW PERIL. ' New York, April 12. " At a banquet ,in New York; the . Hon. Leslie Shaw, Secretary of the United States ...Treasury, said .that in the event of war,"Japan' could 1 1and.200,000 soldiers' in Hawaii in a month, because she has the .ships. . America, could not place 100,000 there, in twelve months. On a foggy day Japan could' land' a hundred thousand men : on the Pacific Coast andcapture the forts from the rear. While the Japanese fleet was conveying the troops, 25 ships of'that nation'would act as colliers. . These, however, would .be unavailable after declaration of. war, and ships without coal are as useless .as ships without guns.

' BARONESS DE ROQTJES. Paris, April IS. • It is Announced that the Baroness de Eoques, mother of the famous Mrs. Maybrick, has died/in Park in abject poverty. POPE'S DISAPPROVAL. Rome, April IS./ The Pope highly disapproves of Father Harmon's. initiative .in authorising a statement concerning Mr.' Roosevelt, to the effect that the Vatican did not want Mr. Roosevelt to include the ;Pope among other more or less royal personages, whom ho boasted that he had hunted in Europe after he had finished his . hunting in Africa..