CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 802, 12 February 1909, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

-*- • I [BY BIiEOXEIO TEBEGBAPH — COPYRIGHT.] (.PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] | AMERICA AND JAPAN. j London, February 11. j A Bill bas been introduced in the New York Assembly at Albany to appoint a legislative Commission to ! confer with representatives of other , States, and if it is thought advis- ' able, to recommend Congress to pass a general exclusion Act applicable to Japanese. j New York, February 11. ! The Califomian Assembly by 41 to { 37 rejected the Segregation of Japanese School Children Bill. j The Oregon and Nevada Senates rejected a uti- Asiatic Bills. i OVER £300,000 TO CHARITIES. London, February 1.1. The trustees of tho late Mr James Pick, guttapercha manufacturer, allocated £80,000 to the Royal Infirmary of Glasgow, besides £250,000 to other Glasgow charities. THE THUNDERER AS PROPHET London, Februar- 11. Tbe Times, in duscussing the Budget prospects, strongly hints that the Government may, in order to avoid any re imposition of a sugar duty, agree to the naval loan, which, I besides substantially relieving the taxpayer, offers the collateral advantage of establishing a certainty abroad regarding our future naval strength. •AN ARMY OF THE EMPIRE." London, February 11. The Hon. R. B. Haldane, Minister of War, speaking at the Ritz Hotel, after emphasising the opinion of experts on the general staff that a continuity of the policy was essential, argued that the Territorials were a practical force destined to place the country on a sound basis of defence. I Mr liaklane added: "We are in j negotiation with the Dominions over- ' seas with a view to the creation and ' constitution of an army of the Empire not of the Motherland mere- ' tv." . | H-e concluded by announcing that the third thousand had been added to the London Territorials in response to the Daily Mail's appeal. • SOUTH AFRICA." Capetown, February 11. The preponderating sentiment in ; South Africa is favourable to the constitution, subject to certain i amendments projected. The name of the Union is to be simply ''South Africa." (Received February 12, 8.40 a.m.) Capetown, February 11. General Louis Botha, Premier oi the Transvaal, interviewed at Capetown said the Constitution of the United Conference was the natural complement of the Vereeniging Agreement, and tbe two^races were now united in a resolve "to lay the foundations of a South African nation worth y of the British Empire. NATIVE UNREST IN IN.DIA. Calcutta, February 11. A Bengali student named Base, from Barisal, fired three times at the Alipore Court, killing Asutosh Biswas, the Public Prosecutor engaged in the trial of anarchists. The assassin was arrested. (Received February 12, 8.30 a.m.) Calcutta, February 11.' Six Hindus were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for inciting murder by publishing placards at Kolhapur containing recipes for making bombs. . -ii Tbe Alipore murder is considered to be a token of a campaign of assassination of officials. Indian papers demand severe measures to be taken for the prevention of such crimes. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. New York, February 11. The formal election of Mr Taft as President, in the presence of members of both Houses of Congress, took place yesterday. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE FOR SWEDEN. London, February 11. The Stockholm correspondent of tbe Times reports that both Chambers voted for universal suffrage, witli proportional representation. IRISH NATIONAL CONVENTION. London, February 11. The National Convention at Dublin, against Mr Dillon's strong views, largely recommended that the Irish language should be made a compulsory subject in the curriculum of the new University. Received February 12, 8.40 a.m.). CALLED TO PRAYER. London, February 11. Lady Francis Balfour and Mrs Fawcett are appealing to suffragists to attend a divine service in Westminster Abbey to intercede for the success of their cause during the coming session of Parliament. THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. The Hon. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Education, speaking at Dewsbury and referring to education, said tbat Australia had', obliterated the name of the Deity' from the works of Shakespeare "and Milton. Such an action would not be tolerated in England. Any Go---ernment attempting to exclude the Bible from schools deserved to be well thrashed at the polls. DEATH OF AN ARTIST. Obituary. — Charles Conder artist, aged 41. He was born in England and spent live years of his early life in Australia in the Government service, afterwards studying art *in Paris. His pictures hang in the public galleries of the Luxembourg (Paris) and in tho Sydney Art Gallery. TAXATION ON LAND VALUES. A conference of Radicals and Trade Union Co-operative Associations, held at Buxton Hall, unanimously adopted a resolution urging taxation on -land values. Several members of the House of Commons were present, and they suggested a tax of one penny in the pound on the capital value. MINING IN MOROCCO. Franco-German and British syndicates havo been formed for carrying on mining operations in Morocco. TAXATION OF RULERS. Berlin, February 11. The Finance Bill Commission of the Reichstag, by 14 to 13 votes, despite the Treasury's appeals, has withdrawn the exemption of taxation from the Kaiser and members of other reigning houses. Rulers henceforth will have to pay all rates, including income tax and inheritance duties, MURDER OF A FRENCH POET. Paris, February 11. The mutilated body of. Catulle Mendes, the well-known French poet, was discovered in a tunnel close to St. Germain, Paris. It is suggested that the outrage was the outcome of robbery. [Catulle Mendes was born in 1841. He founded the Revue Fantaisjste when years old. His publications make a long list.]