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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 763, 28 December 1908, Page 4

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BX BLECaaW XfiLEQHAPU — COPYBIUHI.i [PEE PBEBB ASSOCIATION.! CONCERNS THE CONGO. London, Dec. 24. A remarkable memorandum, signed by many Peers, iiishops, 70 members of tho House of Commons, numerous Lord Mayors, representative commercial men, philanthropists, and editors, has been forwarded to SLr E .Grey (Minister of Foreign Affaire), expressing cordial support to the Government's action in insisting that Bei gium must give distinct assurances that Treaty rights in the Congo must bo respected, and. that native communal and triball tenure of land and products must be recognised. London, Dec. 25. The Times states that a FrancoBelgian agreement has been signed which delimits tho Congo State fron^j tier. It recognises on the one Im/^H annexation by Belgium, and on I.SB other hand France's right of prettlM enfoe in the event of Belgium acl: quishing possession of the territory THE MEANEST OF THIEVES^ V Copenhagen, Dec. 24. fl The golden wreaths (have been stole -fl from the graves of the two kings uifl JLlfc^&killde Cathedral, Denmark, also^ the silver oross which Queen Alexandra laid on her parents' tombs. Nearly £1500 worth of gold wreaths jj were stolen from the ltoskilde CatlujA dral, the burial pllace of tho Kings JH Denmark. «s^H Quoen Alexandra's motlior's t"^H was rifled, but x a golden lyre was <>'^^B looked. - j|H The Royal Family's grief over occurrence is poignant. j| A GOOD SIGN FKOM INDIA. Calcutta, Dec. ~~>. 5 There has been a gratifying rus- 1 ponse to the Viceroy's recent appeal 'j to tho public of India. It has taken ii the form of a presentation at Calcutta 1 yesterday of a most loyal address,, ox- 1 pressing gratitude for tho projwwJt-f reforms, ami prom^in.g-e.ntiiusiastic co-operation jKi^rthe executive authoThe deputation consisted of a hundred of the formomost men from tho two. divisions of Bengal, allso several extremist leaders. Lord Minto, in welcoming tho addr^ess, said no more momentous assurances were ever offered to any Viceroy. They struck the keynote- of a sympathetic mutual understanding, whereon so much depended. CHEAPER CABLEGRAMS. Toronto, Dec. 24.. Tho Hou. It. Lemieux, Canadian Postmaster-General, in the course of an interview, said ho '*as confident that cheaper Atlantic telegrams wei-e near at hand. He also predicted that tli« compaaiies would reduce their charges in order to avoid the construction of aai Anglo-Canadian Government cable.