CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 290, 13 June 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY BIiECTBIO TBMGBAPH— COPYEIGHT.J [PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HOME RULE. London, June 12. Mr Redmond, presiding over a four hours' meeting of Nationalist Commoners at Westminster, urged the i placing on record of a strong disapi proval of the Government's failure to | redeem its pledges. It was resolved : to vote against the third reading of j the Army Bill and to raise the univer- ; sity question at the earliest moment. j The meeting drafted and Mr Red- ! mond issued a manifesto declaring | that the Government, owing to the misrepresentations of its officials in Ireland, imagined the Irish were prepared to accept even a much less i satisfactory Bill than the Conven- ; tion rejected. The Government had refused^ to be guided by the advice of the Irish representatives. Events had proved that Home Rule cannot bo won by conciliation alone, but only by vigorous and well maintained agitation by Ireland's disciplined party in the House of Commons, and jby thorough organisation of the Irish* vote in Britain. AMERICA AND JAPAN. Washington, June 12. Mr Taft, interviewed, exclaimed : "War with Japan; don't you believe it. Rest assured we will have no war with Japan." CRICKET. London, Juno 12. Gloucester dismissed Northampton for 12 runs, Dennet taking eight wickets for nine runs. DISORDER IN IRELAND. Unknown miscreants in King's County, which has been the scene of several pros'jcntions for lawlessness and intimidation, tied together the tails of two beasts at Fairyhall farm. At Slough Jordan a cow's tail was completely pulled off. Mobs volleyed the farmers' houses, at" Crangwell, Keighreys, Galway, during the night. A party of raiders proceeded at midnight to drive the stock from a farm at Athenry. A strong force of police were stoned and were compelled to fire on the rioters who returned the fire. The police retired and the farm was cleared. (Received June 13th, 8.33 a.m.) London, June 12. The manifesto stated that if the Irish were in earnest, whatever Government in power would soon find itself coerced into introducing a Bill very different from that which had been rejected. £3000 FOR LIBEL. The newspaper Footwear was mulcted by the King's Bench in £3000 damages for libelling Mr Soper, a bootseller, at Peckham, in connection with his campaign against boots partially made of cardboard, and in favour of a standard mark on those made of solid leather. EVICTED TENANTS. Government's Evicted Tenants Bill provides for the re-instatement of 2000 or one-fourth of the total applicants. A CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE. The Hon. Mr Balfour suggested that a fortnight was necessary to consider the Lords' resolution before discussion, inasmuch as the resolution was intended as a prelude to a great constitutional change. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman replied the volume might possibly be great, but the preface was not extensive. DEATH OF A NOTABILITY. Major-General Sir Arthur EJlis, Comptroller of the King's household, died suddenly in the stalls of Covent Garden Theatre during a gala performance of the opera. The public imagined he had only fainted, and the news was withheld from the King and^ his Danish guests until after the performance. King Edward was greatly shocked when he was told of the sad event. [Major-General Sir Arthur Edward Augustus Ellis, G.C.V.0., was born in 1837, was eduoated at Sandhurst, appointed to 33rd Regiment, served m the Crimea { was military A.D.C. to Lord Elphmstone, Governor of Bombay, 1858-62 ; Equerry to the then Prince of Wales 1867; and Comptroller to the King on his accession to the Throne.] THE MILITIA. The Times states there is good reason to believe that; in pursuance of Mr Balfour's suggestion, the militia tvill be preserved and will form those third or fourth battalions which at present are allotted to a special contingent. WINE AGITATION. Paris, June 12. M. Caillaux, Minister of Finance, during a discussion on the Wine Bill, advised winegrowers to combine in regulating the output,, abolish inferior juality and assist the suppression oi adulteration. He offered to forego | he land-tax for five years, in the case of .vinryards placed undo;- other crops. Twenty-five municipal bodies have resigned. INJURED BY A MOTOR, Capetown, Juno 12. J. R. Maskay, an Australian cricketer, was run over by a motor cycle at Johannesburg aud seriously injured. . ORANGE RIVER CONSTITUTION. Capetown, Juue 12. The Orange River leaders, Abraham Fischer and Judge Herzog, condemn the reservation of control of native affairs, under the new Constitution, declrfrnig that the existenco of iv<. masters is not conducive "to finality . or peace. RUTLANDSHIRE ELECTION. London, Juno 12. The by-election at Rutlandshire resulted in the return of Gratton. Conservative, with 2213; Lyon, Liberal, 1362. [At the last election, the Right Hon G. H. Finch (Unionist) was elected by a majority of 483. The successful candidate is probably Mr John Gretiton, who formerly represented Derbyshire South, but was defeated at the general election last year.] BOWLS. The New Zealand bowlers beat Northampton by 28 points. DEPRESSION ON THE BOURSE. Berlin, June 12. There is depression on the Bourse, owing to an unfavourable rxorroniic situation. The Tageblatt states that Ike prices of bank shares have fallen from 12 io 20 per cent., steel works 12 to 23, steamship lines to 21, compared with 'January quotations. GERMAN CONTRACT. Tangiers, June 12. Members of the Diplomatic Corps here have unanimously disallowed the secret German contract for the construction of public works.