MISCELLANEOUS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3234, 7 May 1917, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

MR BxILFOUR ON HOME RULE. (Received May 7, 9.25 a.m.) Washington, May 6. The Hon. A. J. Balfour, alter his visit to the American House of Representatives, received a Hoiuoßulc deputation, which urged the settle ment of Ireland's problems. Mi lia - four promised to cable tho views ot ( the deputation to London. BETTER CONDITIONS AT SEA. The Journal of Commerce .states that as a result of conferences between tho authorities and tho beamen's Union, the new British standardised ships will nccoihmodato tho crows aft, with separate cubicles, two men to each. They will also provide mossrooms and bathrooms. THE BRITISH MISSION. Washington, May 6. The British Commission visited the House of Representatives. Mr Balfour, in a speech, eulogised America s entrance into the war, which he said was to assist to overthrow Germany's design to dominate civilisation. Ho rooivc<l a great ovation. AN IT ALT AN SENSATION. Rome, May G. A sensation has been caused by the arrest of the pseudo Count Cortose, e>-army oHicor and journalist, in connection' with colossal irauds. lie amassed a fortune by selling war material to Italy during the Tripolitan and the present wars. Ho then started a gigantio theatrical trust and a combine of tho leading newspapers. Ha surrounded himself with leading n.cmbers of tho Italian nobility, and, with tho assistance of two individuals resembling prominent Piedinontese capitalists", secured by means of forgeries vast credits from financial houses. Commendatore Manfridini, bend and director of the Bank of Rome, has been arrested as , an accomplice, also Corteso's legal adviser. Cortcso's peisonal debts exceed £250,000.