ADDITIONAL CABLES.

Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 2

ADDITIONAL CABLES.

The following cables appeared on July 19, 20, and 21 in Australian papers employing the. Independent Press cable eorj vico : i j Two separate parties of British editors intend to make tours of Canada during August and September. One group will incfudo tho editors of tho ' Daily Chronicle,' 'Globe,' 'Westminster Gazette,' ' Tit Bits.' Norwich ' Eastern Press,' j Sheffield ' Independent.' Cardiff' Weeteru ' Mail,' Aberdeen ' Free Prefc' and tho j Belfast ' Irish Post.' The editors of the ! ' Glasgow Herald,' Belfast 'Evening TeleI graph,' and Edinburgh ' Scotsman' will form the other party, and their itinerary will be different from that followed by their confreres. The Portuguese Government have drafted the Bill under which it is proposed to deal with those who have been | conspiring against the Republic. The i measure "provides that the eonepirators I now living abroad may present themselves before the nearest Portuguese Consul and I eiguifv their recognition of tho Republic. j If they do this they will be allowed to rc- ; turn to Portugal,' and will be free to ! exercise al! their rights of citzenship, i the Administration agreeing to overlook al! previous acts of rebellion. Interviewed regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Continent el ; financiers with large Australian interests declare that the people of the Commonwealth are fort una to in getting a tro.ity which will give thtm another" ten years in which to put their house in order. ; They point out. however, that the time ' will* be none too long to make anything ! like adequate preparation for all eventualities. ' Serionfi developments have occurred in the strike of tramway men in Oporto, the fecund city in Portugal. The men endeavored to bring about a general strike. Troops were called out, and in ■■ the conflict* that ensued with the strikers ! 6e>veral of the latter were killed and many ; arrests were made. The militia occupy

all the vanta.ge points in the. city, and ! the situation has become- meet, acute. j A Bill that has just been passed by the ] United States Senate imposes drastic re--1 etrictions upon future candidates for both : Houses of* the National Legislature. i Under this new measure candidates are I required to publish all promises made to | secure their return. In tho matter of expenses it was proposed at first- that the expenditure which a candidate would be permitted to incur in contesting a eeat should not exceed 10 cents per head of tho population of his constituency. It was promptly pointed out that under such a regulation a New York candidate could spend as much ct* £40.000 in an effort to secure his election. The Bill was accordingly amended en as to make the maximum expenses £I,OOO for candidates for the Senate, and £3OO for these contesting seats in the House of Representatives.

Abbatemaegio, the betrayer of his former Camorrist comrades, -has bseu much flattered at having received a cheque and other gifts from people abroad who h.'ivc admire*! the conspicuous fearlessness with which ho has exposed the crimes of his erstwhile associates. All the presents, however, were taken possession of by the. director of the prison in which Abbatemaggio if confined, as tho regulations do not permit of prisoners receiving giftc. of any kind. Considerable- interest is being eeutred at Chicago in the affairs of the Peavey Grain Company. This is the company of which the late Charles Fottit, millionaire grain broker, was the guiding, spirit. The remaikable circumstances under which Mr Pettit was drowned whilst bathing have already been reported. An examination which tho doctors made, however, did not altogether substantiate the drowning theory, and certain banks tint had made heavy advances to the dead broker have accordingly demanded that an investigation be made. The readjustment of the company's affairs has h?cn undertaken by a committee of bankers, who propose to holds n.feets to the amount of £900.0C0 until ail obligations have been paid. Mr Pettit was a. most daring speculator. Ho confined his operations almost exclusively to anticipating rises in the market, and his heavy gambling in "options" caused anxiety as to the com-

i party's stability. The chairman of the ' committee says that the banks do not '■ etan-d to lesa anything. ! Iti opening the Reiehsrafh, the Emperor I Francis .Joseph emphasised trie necessity for immrdiate reorganisation of the army, j and for keeping pace with the development of militaiy forces th:it were rapidly progressing everywhere. He trusted that the blessing of peace would be assuired to Austria by her intimate relations with her allies, which were unalterably cordial, as well as by tho friendly relations that ! the monarchy was cultivating with all ' Powers. The aged Emperor, it was ; noticed, showed no trace of his recent illness. ; The West Indian Republic of Haiti is | again seething with revolution. At a place j called Trou the Uovornment troops had ; an encounter with tho rebels, in which theformer came off second best. The soldiers 1 were completely routed, and retired in disorder. To add to the. Government's | troubles, the newest warship has sprung ; a- leak, and is making so much water that | she is practically out of action. Several j prominent. Germans who had been actively i identifying themselves with the insurrec- ! tio-nary movement have had to quit xhs i Republic. President Simon threatens that I he will call upon tho United States to i intervene unless work on tho railway line ■. now in coarse of construction across the I island is permitted to proceed, i Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and her j consort, Prince Henry, have been invited ! to visit President Fallieres next spring. | The Royal couple have accepted the invij tation. In making tho journey to France j they will travel by sea to Dunkirk, and ! will thence proceecl to Paris. A grand ' hunting party is being organised in honor ! of the Dutch" Queen. j In moving the third reading of the Veto ; Dill in the House of Commons Lord Mor | ley said: " I should like this inevitable ; parliamentary operation carried through j without anything like a social shock. 1 do uoi. mean a superficial shock, but. a real, wide-reaching, social shock.'' This was the oi.ly passage in Lord Morley's speech which by any posibiiity might he construed as a- lefeience to the threatened creation of peers. The bursting of a- water-main has been j responsible for a critical water famine in i Venice,, Muraro, and Pellestrina. Tho j Italian Government are sending naval tank ■ ships with supplies from Ancona. A great sensation has been caused lit Lis-b.-ii oy the discovery of some secret eoi • ; respoiidence that took place between Por- ' tugal's deposed Royalty and the Rritish . and German Governments. Foreseeing ' the revolution and the fate that was in ■ store lor him. King .Manuel, as the letters j , reveal, sought the intervention of Britain j and Germany, ottering to compensate them ! by the cession of Portuguese territory in | Africa. IJoth. Powers, however, refused to take any action, 'the correspondence i--to bo read before the Assemblv. ; All Ottawa message- states that both | parties in tils'- Commons" lined vp for the Reeiproiity tight when the House* met on the 19th. Upon the Government nt-.amn ' being moved for tho House, to ve;olvo I itselt into a Committee of Ways and Means, the Opposition began their übstr.ie- : tive tactics. One plan by width, ttiey ■ sought to divert the discussion was to ; move an amendment askiag t a recognition ■of the volunteers' services in connection j with the Fenian raid of 1866. "this, howj ever, was treatetl as a no-confidence moj tion, and was voted down, the Government \ majority dwindling in 16. The obstruej tionisis'then endeavored to introduce such ! subjects as the transcontinental telegraph I line and thNAUantic cable, both cf which, i however, were promptly disposed of by the ! Postmaster-General. The House finally ! adjourned without having made much progress. Sir Wilfrid Laurier intimating that |he shottid be prepared to proceed with : I the Reciprocity agreement at the next j j sitting. I