BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1433, 6 March 1911, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(BY ELEOTBIO TELEGBAPH —COPYBIGHT.) (PEE PBESS A8800IATION.) MURDER.

London, March 4. The Vienna correspondent of the Chronicle reports that Mr Tartakover, the chess player, has learned that an anti-Jewish mob at Kievo murdered Ids parents. MADAGASCAR CONCESSIONS. Evidence regarding the Madagascar concessions swindle show that Home is separated from his wife, who, it is declared, is not connected with the scheme. Mrs Home will not appear in court. Lady Blount, interested in the concessions, afterwards denounced the scheme for unearthing a mysterious personage named Bunn, described as the original possessor of the concessions, who turned out to be a street pedlar instead of the owner of millions. CANADA AND U.S.A. Ottawa, March 4. Manitoba grain growers declare throughout the Provinces of reciprocity. Growers demand the increase j of British preference to 50 per cent. (Received March 6, 8.10 a.m.) Ottawa, March 5. The Conservatives state they will j fight the Reciprocity Bill tooth and ! nail. They are unwilling that Canada should make an offer to the United States until they see if the reciprocity agreement passes the new Senate. NEW SHIPPING LINE. The Canadian-Pacific Railway proposes to establish a service of steamers between Montreal, Boston, and the West Indies. The Dominion and the West Indies will subsidise the scheme. The people of Jamaica are enthusiastic. INDIAN TRIBES WANT TITLES. Ninety-six Indian chiefs and delegates representing all British Columbian tribes, waited as a deputation upon Premier Mcßride, asking for the establishment- of the tribes' proprietorial rights to all unsurrendered lands throughout the province. The Premier refused to consider that the Indians possessed any rights to the land, and attacked white men for stirring up tlie tribesmen to raise the question.

COMMANDER PEARY. New York, March 4. The Senate will amend the Commander Peary Bill, granting the explorer the rank of rear-admiral on the retired list. TRUST PROSECUTION. The Cleveland Government suit, alleging conspiracy for the restraint of trade, has been commenced against 35 companies manufacturing incandescent electric lights. The concerns arc alleged to have formed one of the most powerful trusts in the United States. U.S. POLITICS. President Taft announces that the new session would probably be commenced on March 15. Washington, March 4. Congress has ended. Reciprocity was not touched. The Senate passed the Permanent Tariff Board Bill, but the Democrats' obstructive tactics in the Lower House killed the measure. President Taft has called a new Congress for April 4, reciprocity being tlie sole item on the programme. (Received March 6, 8.10 a.m.) Washington, March 5. Disorderly scenes occurred in the House of Representatives. A member challenged Mr Cannon, the Speaker, and the latter defied him. The member then referred to Mr Cannon's grey hair. The Speaker retorted: "That needn't bar anything."

The House cheered the Speaker uproariously. TROUBLE IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, March 4. An anti-foreign agitation is growing at Mukden. Proclamations have been issued urging the extermination of Europeans. Advices from Vladivostock state that a Boxer rising is expected. Foreign newspapers in the Far East advise the respective Governments to send troops for the protection of their subjects. THE CZAR'S FREE SERFS. . The Czar has issued a rescript completing his grandfather's emancipation of serfs. This secures for peasants economic equality, with personal freedom, and affords them facilities for quitting peasant communes. (Received March 6, 8.10 a.m.) St. Petersburg, March 5. An imposing service took place in tho Kazan Cathedral, in the presence of the Czar, the Czaritza, and the Dowager-Empress and Grand Duke to celebrate the jubilee of the emancipation of serfs. Huge crowds filled the streets and loudly cheered. BOOKMAKERS AND TOTE ABOLISHED. The Hague, March 4. The Secoud Chamber of the Legislature, subject to the First Chamber's approval, has abolished totalisatorg at races, and prohibited foreign bookmakers from transacting business in Holland. Bookmakers dealing with clients through the post will be expelled. FRANCE AND GERMANY. ' Paris, March 4. In an article published in La Revue, Baron Eistoiirnelles Constant makes a fervent appeal for FrancoGerman reconciliation as the only remedy for European peace.

FRENCH CABINET. The majority of newspapers bitterly assail the composition of the Cabinet. Many papers condemn M. Delcasse as a disturbing element. Tlie Temps foresees a period of storm throughout the country. TEN PEOPLE KILLED. The Negrellos spinning mills, at Santo Thyrso, caught fire and collapsed, burying a score of workers, ten of whom were killed.

THE ROME TRAGEDY. Rome, March 4. Queen Elena is taking care of Countess Trigona's two daughters. Baron Peterno is described as a gambler and blackmailer. Countess Trigona, who was little more than a girl, was induced to pay Baron Peterno's debts until his extortions developed into a scandal, compelling her retirement from a brilliant position in the quintal. The tragedy caused much grief in Court circles. GERMAN WIRELESS. Berlin, March 4. Brazil is making wireless telegraphy a Govenrmcnt monopoly. Tho German Telefunken Company bus boon commissioned to erect six stations. Marconi's application for a concession was roiected, although he offe-rod tho Government), besides lower rates, 50 per cent, of the gross en filings. Argentine, Pom, Chili, and Uruguay live also taking the same stops, and havo ordered a number of Telo-

funkon stations. Argentina's seven stations "will cover the entire coast line. "APRES MOI" WITHDRAWN. Paris, March 4. M. Bornstein has voluntarily withdrawn the play.