HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 11944, 21 July 1903, Page 6

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Preu Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

SOFIA, July 20. With the complicity of the master armorer of the Sofia arsenal the Macedonian Committee abstracted sixty rifles. The thieves were arrested in crossing the frontier. ' LONDON, July 20. The causes of Bishop Moorhouse's resignation were hiß age and his suffering from bronchial affection. Sir Westby Perceval, in a letter published in ' The Times,' says that the efforts to increase colonial trade ought to be accompanied by a movement to promote tho emigration of selected farmers. The Education Committee of the London County Council recommend a definite annual grant for the proposed technical school in London, leaving any deficit to be met from other sources. OTTAWA, July 20. Mr Ayleswcrth, a leading Toronto barrister, has replaced the late Chief Justice Armour on the Alaskan Boundary Commission. NEW YORK, July 20. The American Press and public do not resent Russia's refusal to receive the KisbJneff petition, considering that the object of the petition has been attained. MADRID, July 20. Senor Stlvch (the Premier) resigned, and Senor Vellaveenda has formed a Cabinet, with Senor Saubernardo as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and General Maitileque Minister of War and Works. Senor Silvela, speaking at Madrid, advocated a close union with France over the Moroccan question. The Madrid newspaper ' Impartial' says that the speech is interpreted as a categorical declaration of a Franco-Spanish alliance. Sl'. PETERSBURG, July 20 A large river steamer was burned at Nijninovgorod. Fifty out of 200 passengers are missing.