BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 March 1906, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPH—COPYBIGHT,] [rn PEEia association:. ] CHINA'S "OLD GAME. ~ PEKIN, March 2.—Taotai Yuan, a notoriously corrupt Shanghai official, whom the Consuls arid diplomatists consider primarily responsible for the Shanghai riots, has been appointed Governor of Pekin. ATTACKED BY ARABS. LONDON, March 2—Arabs at Managhil attacked and killed Glanville, an English engineer. CONTROL OF NEW HEBRIDES. LONDON,, March agreement regarding the New Hebrides is subject to the approval of the British and French Governments.

A MILLION POUNDS' WORTH OF MOTORS. LONDON, March,2.—The London General Omnibus Company is expending a million sterling in providing three hundred and fifty motors during the year. THE CHINESE MASSACRES. LONDON, March 2.—The Bishop of Durham declares that the outbreak in China is the result of the Catholic missionaries meddling in local politics. GENERAL BOOTH'S EMIGRANTS. LONDON, March 2.—The steamer Kensington is conveying fourteen hundred of Booth's emigrants to Canada. Sixty live per cent are agricul- J turists and fifteen mechanics. A

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY. LONDON, March 2.—Sir Edward Grey (Secretary for Foreign Affairs) in reply to the International Arbitration and Peace Association's description of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, declares ' this view is based on the assumption that Japan intends to demand increased military or naval expenditure on lite part of Britain." He adds there is no foundation for such a report. A POPULAR PROPOSAL. NEW YORK, March 2.—Ucliida, the Japanese Consul-General at New York, evoked cheers at a banquet in the city last night by proposing as a toast a triple commercial alliance, consisting of Britain, America, and' Japan, to take the fullest advantage nf the open door in China.

I'iTE KINO'S CONTINENTAL VISIT LONDON, March 2.—King Edward ihnrtly goes for a cruise in the Medterranean. Ho meets the Kaiser on he trip. *