WORLD'S NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 116, 18 May 1910, Page 4

WORLD'S NEWS.

INTEPtESTING ITEMS. COUNTESS OITwARWICK ON SOCIALISM. i The. Countess of Warwick has made her reappearance as Socialist Leader. Speaking at the Queen's Hall, at a meeting of the Social Democratic Party, at which she presided, the countess described Socialism as the greatest cause in the world. * EXODUS OF FINNS. Advices from Helsingfors, Finland, report that every ship leaving for England is crowded with dissatisfied Finns, all bound for the United States. JAPAN'S NAVY. Japan contemplate!) malung a big increase in its navy. Officials have already arranged to submit to the next session of the Diet a programme providing for ' a gigantic expansion. DAYLIGHT SAVING. With the advent of May, several business firms in London and the provinces put into operation the provisions of the Daylight Saving Bill. KAISER CARTOONED. Society in. Berlin is scandalised by the publication of a book of coloured cartoons in which the Kaiser is treated with anything but respect. The artist is well known as Max Larheit, for whose arrest the peojile are clamouring. EXPLORATION IN PALESTINE Dr. Duncan M'Kenzie is making preparations in Jerusalem for an expedition to carry out excavations among the buried cities of Palestine. A PIRATICAL OUTRAGE. Reports from Manila a state that a gang of pirates attacked a settlement at Celebes, where they killed a number of traders. The pirates are now surrounded at Mann Island (Dutch East Indies), where a Dutch, cruiser is assisting in the attack upon them. A GARRISON MASSACRE. From Pekin it is reported that 1000 Chinese soldiers, members of the garrison at Lhassa, have been killed as the result of a sudden uprising. FIRE IN JAPAN. A great fire broke out ■ at Wajima Noto, Japan. It is stated that 1808 buildings, including factories, temples, che post office, and a number of other public institutions, have been totally destroyed. The laquer manufacturers, whose exports amounted to over £500,000 annually, have been almost completely wiped out. The conflagration was caused by a boy playing with matches. ECUADOR AND PERU WAITING. The Ecuador Government has notified that nothing has yet been arranged with Peru. The international situation remains stationary. Warlike enthusiasm increases. The First Army Reserve Corps has been placed under arms, ready for the campaign. PEARY IN BERLIN. Commander Peary lectured at the Casino Hall in Berlin under the auspices of the German Royal Geographical Society. There 2000 peop]e present, and apologies for their inability to be present were received from the Emperor and the Chancellor. Among those who did attend was Count Zeppelin, the airship expert. Although Peary was warmly received, the greatest ovation occurred when Zeppelin's name was mentioned. , " . v \ .. LATE KING LEOPOLD.' Emil Vandervelde, the- well-known Socialist writer and thinker, and leader of the Socialist Party in the Belgian Parliament, asserts that on the day prior to the operation which he underwent the late King Leopold transferred to the Baroness Vaughan £1,200,000 worth of Congo bonds. These bonds could not be traced when Belgium annexed the Congo territory. THE EARTHQUAKE AT CARTAGU. The dead at Cartago, Costa Rica, number 1500. Some days will elapse before the real situation can be accurately determined. The monetary losses are heavy, running into millions of dollars. Foreign help is badly needed, and it must be prompt, as there are thousands of homeless and starving people to 'he provided for. A fire which broke out among the rums added further horror to the catastrophe. Heavy rains have since fallen, and the conditions of those even who escaped injury are almost unbearable. Hundreds of survivors are vamped around the ruins of their homes. Re-l-iorts estimate the number of wounded at several thousands. The College Silesian fell while the students were al prayers, two priests and ten children being killed. FORTY MEN MURDERED. is reported from Bellingham, Whatcomb County, Washington, U.S.A., that fishermen have found in a river the decomposed body of one Heffman, said to be a second victim of the man Gohl. who is now undergoing his trial at Montesano. The news of the discovery caused a sensation when it was announced in the courtroom. The fishermen stated that finding, as they thought, their net snagged, they hauled upon it, and dragged up the body, to the clothing of which an anchor weighing 501b was attached. Gohl is accu&ed of having murdered and sunk forty men wno have disappeared from Belliugham during the last two years.