BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1143, 26 March 1910, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.] PWR PRESS ASSOCIATION £100,000 TO CHARITIES. London, March 24.

The personality of the late Mr John Cory, the well-known Welsh philanthropist, has been proved at £756,356. He bequeathed over £100,000 to charities, including £20,000 to Salva- 1 tioniste, and £yA),000 to various missionary societies; also £10,000 to employees. AN; EAGLE'S VICTIM. A hunter in the- Eastern Alps dis-j covered aii eagle's nest containing the skeleton' of a child about three years of a«i}. COM-MERCE TOURISTS AT HOME. At the Bristol Chamber of Commerce banquet to its representatives at- the Sydney Empire Chambers of Commerce Congress, the guests reported 011 the results of the Australian tour. They emphasised the necessity of British manufacturers suiting Australian requirements. TROOPS FROM SOMALILAND. .The Blue Book shows that the 'withdrawal of troops from the Somaliland coast is duo to the advice of Generals Wingate and Manning, because the friendly natives are now I sufficiently well armed to be able to defend themselves, and does not imply abandonment of the country. WELSH STRIKE. Delegates representing 15,000 Welsh miners have demanded that the Miners' Federation of Britain call a general strike. The only possibility of averting a strike on the Ist of April is the intervention of the Board of Trade.

Representatives of the men meet the Rt. Hon. Sydney Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, to-day.

TO PROHIBIT IMMIGRATION

The Secretary for Commerce and Industry has introduced a Bill into the. Legislative Council at Calcutta giving the- Government power to prohibit immigration to any country where the treatment .accorded to British Indians does not- meet with the approval of the Governor-General.

PROFESSOR GOLDWIJST SMITH Ottawa. March 24.

Professor Goldwin Smith is recovering and is likely to soon leave his room.

A FATAL SALUTE. Tangiors, March 24. During the firing of a salute from a battery at Tangiers the magazine exploded, killing eight native artillerymen, and wounding many others. Great damage was done by the explosion. RELIGIOUS FEUDS. Calcutta, March 25. Religious feuds caused riots at OPeshawar. Four Hindoo and three Mahomedans were killed and thirtyeight wounded. The troops had to bo called out to restore order. "FOOLS, DRUNKARDS, AND THE UNITED STATES." New York, March 25. President Taffc, speaking at a banquet of the Peace and Arbitration League at New York, said that though he favoured universal peace and arbitration even as regards matters of national honour, there was nothing inconsistent in urging Congress to build two battleships annually until the Panama Canal is completed. Doubtless, said President Taft, a utility fleet and armament are means of securing peace.

Referring to the Monroe Doctrine, President Taft stated that the Doctrine often provoked the danger of wars, which were only avoided because the Lord looks,-after fools, drunkards, and the United' States.

The German Ambassador disagreed with President Taft's dictum that matters involving national honour ought to be submitted to arbitration.