CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 1882, 24 September 1912, Page 4

CABLE NEWS.

SPECIAL TO THE SYDNEY STTN.

PRESIDENT TAFT

"NO INSTINCTS OF LEADERSHIP."

London, Sept. 14

The Daily Mail has an article today in which it indulges in some outspoken criticism of President Taft: jSlr Tart must know now that he is a rather dull, unimpressive President, who is singularly maladroit in political tactics. He is well-meaning, and not without some stock of executive efficiency, but he is flabby in his convictions and indecisive in his actions, and has no instincts o,f leadership. Dr. Woodrow Wilson is a sort of Chamberlainised Balfour, whose convictions are on a foundation of reflection are stubbornly held, and are translated into acts with the directness of the real leader of men. Dr. Wilson is regarded by the Daily Mail as the strongest of the Presidential candidates.

MR ROOSEVELT

AND THE TAFT PARTY'S

TACTICS.

New York, Sept. 14. It is reported that President Taft s campaign managers intend to engage a special train, in which they will follow Mr Roosevelt throughout his tour of the country. At each place at which the exPresident speaks, a reply will promptly follow from Mr Taft's representatives.

BOXING BOOM

FLYNN, JOHNSON AND CO

Pueblo (Colorado), Sept. lp. Flynn now claims the heavyweight boxing championship of the world, as he is confident that.. Johnson will never enter the ring again. New York, Sept. 10. Harry Thomas, of England, met; Attell iast night in a ten-round boxing bout, and obtained the decision on points. DEATH TO MADERO.

MORE TROUBLE BREWING IN

MEXICO

New York, Sept. 15. A demonstration which has begun at Mgxico City in favour of ex-m----eidenfc Diaz may lead to another outbreak of the rebellion. Crowds paraded the streets shouting "Viva Diaz —death to Maderol" • It is significant that the crowd was composed largely of students and the better class of Mexicans. When the Chamber of Deputies met last night the name of President Madero was hissed, and that of Diaz cheered. • . ~ Later, when the President passed through the streets in his carriage he was loudly hooted.

FATHER BEATEN

MOTHER BECOMES HEAD OF

THE HOUSE

Los Angeles, Sept. 15

Charles Hoffman, who occupies.a prominent position in the town, has been taken to court to answer charges by his wife of having maltreated his five-year-old son. Mrs Hoffman swore that her husband had beaten the child with a length of garden hose. He was stripped in court, and great red weals were shown on his back. The court decreed that the father should be deprived for 60 days of the right to chastise his son or the other children, and Mrs Hoffman was temporarily installed as the head of the family.

NEW YORK MURDER

MORE ALLEGED ACCOMPLICES

ARRESTED,

London, Sept. 15. Two men, whom the New York police assert to be Louis Rozenzweig, alias "Lefty Louie," and Harry Horwitz, otherwise "Gyp the Blood, , have been arrested with their wives at Brooklyn. New York, in connection with the Rosenthal murder.

HOPE DIAMOND

AN UNLUCKY GEM AGAIN

London, Sept. 13. The mother of Mr M'Lean, the American millionaire who purchased the famous unlucky Hope diamond, died suddenly yesterday. Upon Mrs M'Lean becoming ill a doctor was at once summoned, but his arrival was delayed by the breakdown of the motor car in which he was travelling.

. [The Hope diamond is apparently keeping up its evil reputation. It is a most unlucky gem, for it has brought either death or misfortune to every person by whom it has been owned.]

NO IDLE TONNAGE

BUILDING BOOM AND INCREASED RATES.

London, Sept. 15. There is an unprecedented demand for shipping, and there is no idle tonnage. Ship-builders' quotations have been advanced by £6 and £8 a ton,~ and then they are unable to guarantee delivery. Extra space for emigration purposes cannot be obtained except at greatly increased rates.

TARIFF REFORMERS

BIG MINIMUM SUBSCRIPTION

London, Sept. 15. The leaders of the Tariff Reform Party, Mr Bonar Law, Mr G. Wyndham and Mr Austen Chamberlain, are organising for the autumn a vigorous campaign in favour of Imperial preference, i The minimum subscription to the organising fund has been fixed at £1000.

H.M.S. AUDACIOUS

WORLD'S LARGEST BATTLESHIP

London, Sept. 15. The greatest battleship in the world, H.M.S. Audacious, has just been launched at Birkenhead. One projectile which. Avill be fired from her larger guns will be heavier than the whole broadside fired by Nelson's Victory.

GENERAL NOGI

A TYPE. OF OLD ARISTOCRAT

London, Sept. 15. General Nogi and his wife committed suicide in a room of their house in which they had secluded themselves after sending the servants away. They hung portraits of the old and new emperors on the walls, and also portraits of their twQ sons who were killed in the siege of Port Arthur. . .

General Nogi was found dressed in full-dress uniform, lying face downwards. His wife wore a mourning dress, and was seated facing her husband.

The late General appealed always to the popular idea in Japan as a true type of the old Samurai aristocrat, a man -who was always ready to sacrifice his life on the altar of patriotism. He was about to be created a field-marshal.

His suicide was evidently committed with the purpose of encouraging a renaissance of the ancient spirit of Bushido. It is not expected that many -will follow his example, but the effect on the military ardor of the people will probably be considerable. [Bushido is -described by Dr. Nitobe, in his book of that name, as being equivalent, in some degree, to the Crusader's idea of chivalry. It was the abstract doctrine of morality which inspired the Samurai in his physical and intellectual life.]