CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1404, 31 January 1911, Page 4

CABLE NEWS.

BY KLECTBTO TELEGBAPH —OOPYBIQHT. ' (PEH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) .! CANADA'S GOVERNOR-GENERAL London, January, 30. The Telegraph states that the Duke , of Connaught, who has been appoint- j ed Governor-General of Canada, has i personality, and in-a ruler it is per- j sonality that counts. | The Morning Post declares that the appointment for two years is an experiment inaugurated by an extreme-, ly popular Prince. IMPERIAL FEDERATION. | The Daily Mail says that the scheme of Imperial preference, whereof Canada is the cornerstone, is dead, but Imperial federation depends on the forces of the race. It is our duty to quicken and direct them. AN EXILE'S PRIVILEGES. Lapukhin, ex-Director of the Police Department in the Russian Ministry, who was banished to Siberia on June 7, 1909, for betraying a police spy, has been permitted to reside at Krasnoyarak. THE DECLARATION OF LONDON. The London Times, in an article, J analysing the Declaration of London, states it might perhaps be best to accept the Declaration, with all its dei fects, and welcomes the substantial boons it confers, and submit to its drawbacks if the result of the refusal to ratify -were complete isolation. That, however, in "all probability would not be so, provided we negotiated with countries agreeing with us on certain cardinal points. The Times adds that it is not unlikely America would adopt our views upon several points of vital importance, especially in regard to the legal position of foodstuffs. Heretofore the policies of the United States and Bri- j tain regarding international law have been the same. Our precedents have been theirs, and theirs ours. Let the common course of development b& continued and extended by an AngloAmerican declaration. Such an agreement could not fail to attract the adhesion of other Powers. THE SCOTSMAN ON RECIPROCITY. The Scotsman states that some of the secondary results of the agreement between the United States and Canada may prove of greater importance than the immediate effects on international trade. It might prove the precursor of a similar arrangement settling the long-standing fiscal fishery questions between Newfoundland, Canada, and the "United States. Meanwhile, freetraders should note that two protectionist countries have bargained for the purpose not of heightening but of lowering, and, in places, removing the barriers of trade, reducing with these the cost of living. Moreover, they had bargained successfully because, unlike Britain, they had something to bargain with. SOUTH AFRICA'S ARMY. Lord Methuen, speaking at a banquet at Capetown, dwelt on the advisability of the South African army being able and free to act as an imperial garrison and to go anywhere when required. He was convinced that South Africa was ready to help the Motherland in case of need. He remarked that the Cape Mounted Rifles constituted a nucleus which might be increased. He eulogised the Cadet Corps. LORD GLADSTONE'S BREAK. South African opinion is somewhat reassured, people interpreting Lord Gladstone's statement as an indication that he was not actuated by vague sentimentalism, but the Cape Times warns him not to court appellate juz-isdiction, and its Johannesburg correspondent declares the most important feature of the statement is that its tone indicates the full acceptance of "the death penalty as appropriate to such crimes. A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY. Sydney, January isO.. At the half-yearly meeting of tie Gas Company it was reported that the profit was £69,366. A dividend of 9s per share was declared. The chairman said lie was at a loss to understand the recent attacks on. the company. It was absurd to. say it could supply gas here as cheaply as in Englandj as labour and machinery were so much, dearer. The company made a reduction on the Ist inst. When extensions at the works are in working order the price will again come under consideration.