BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 March 1911, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

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JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES. NEW YORK, March, 22.—An American consul who has returned from Formosa denies that Japan is fortifying Formosa for us© as a base of operations against the Philippines. THE PRINCE OF WALES. LONDON, March, 22.—His Majesty the King will invest the Prince of Wales on July iflth. The Bishop of Bangor, representing Non-conformists, will conduct a service! DECLARATION^OF LONDON. LONDON, March, 22.—The Council of the Chambers of Commerce adopted the report of a committee against the ratifying of the Declaration of London or the passing by the British Parliament of a Bill to give effect to the Declaration.

GIRLS DECOYED TO AMERICA. LONDON/ March, 22. The Countess of Chichester, speakspeaking at Chester, denounced the propaganda oi the Mormons in England. She declared that 555 girls had been decoyed to Salt Lake City last year by the Mormons.

The Countess'added that there were large colonies of Mormons established at Tottenham, in Liverpool, in Essex, and in Ireland, ADMISSION OF NEGROES. Received this day at 8.5 a.m. OTTAWA, Maxell 22. Some 150 negroes were not refused admission, but only detained pending inquiries whether the immigration laws do not discriminate against negroes. The Washington State Department sent an official to Ottawa to secure the emigrants their rights. NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. OTTAWA, March 22.—Captain Bernier’s expedition which is seeking the north-west passage* carries instructions to levy a ditty on all American whalers using the Arctic Islands headlands for their operations. It is understood that the object is to assert British sovereignty everywhere within the Arctic region. FRANCE- AND THE STATES. NEW YORK, March 22.—President Taft is unofficially consulting the French Ambassador at Washington with a view to an arbitration treaty. Mr Taft awaits the disclosures of the Senate’s attitude before acting officially on the matter. LORD ONSLOW RESIGNS. LONDON, March 22.—Lord Onslow has resigned the Deputy-Speakership of the House of Lords on the ground of ill-health. LONDON TO LEAD THE FASHIONS. LONDON, March 21.—1 n a thousand London shops during the all-British shopping week, it is intended to endeavour to create a London mode instead ol Paris. THE PLAQUE IN CHINA. LONDON, March 21.—Doctor Morrison, writing to the Times from Kharbin, reports that the plague subsided outbreak is traceable to Marmots which were formerly hunted by Mongols. Buriats, who recognised the infested animals, left them severely alone. Recently inexperienced Chinese hunters entered the trade with disastrous results. The disease manifests itself after the hunters return for the winter. The hunters eat marmots but there is no direct intestinal infection. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. LONDON, March 22.—Mr Asquith, speaking in the House of Lords, - announced that provision was being mad(. for the payment of members this year. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. LONDON, March 22.—Replying tc W. Burdett Coutts (Unionist membei for Westminster), Mr Asquith said the fact that no formal proposals, had been received from President Taft need not necessarily preclude the the discussion of the principle at the Imperial Conference. He added that the usual chan nels of consultation with the dominions were always open and available to tht extent any of the proposals require.

A BIG STRIKE,

LONDON, March 22. —Ten thousand employees at Singers sewing machine works at Glasgow have struck, the grievance being the wages paid to the girls. GRAY GOING STRONG. Received this day at 12.10 p.m. LONDON, March 22.—Gray, playing Harverson 8,000 up level, has scoreo 4,002, including a break of 1202, tc Haiverson’s 705. BRITISH AVIATION WORKS. Received this day at 9.35 a.m. LONDON,. March 22.—Mr W. H. Kelly, Captain Collins, and Majoi Buckley inspected the British Colonial aeroplane works at Bristol. Subsequently Captain Collins and Mr Kelly made several flights on Salisbury Plain, Mr Kelly going twenty-live miles with a tabuteau. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, March 22.—The wool salesare animated, all sorts reaching the highest price of the series. PERNICIOUS LITERATURE. LONDON, March 22.—An association being formed to prevent the circulation of debasing and demoralising fiction, is being supported by leading educationalists. CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. LONDON, March 22. The Chief Registrar in the statistics for 1909, states there is an increasing growth of co-operation representing a membership of 2,777,513, the total assets of the societies being £60,597,446, an increase of £2,225,000 on the previous year. APACHES MURDER A POLICEMAN. 1 Received this day at 10.5 a.m. PARIS, March 22. —Apaches murdered a policeman at midnight in a crowded Boulevard Knives and revolvers were used. AN EDWARD MEMORIAL. LONDON, March 22.—MacKennal, the Australian sculptor, has been commissioned to design a memorial to King Edward. The central feature will be a figure of Peace,' and King Edward in the robes of a Knight of the Garter. THE ALLEGED SPIES. BERLIN, March 22.—The local Anzeiger says that the Englishman arrested for espionage maintained that he was a business man. The Tageblatt says that there aro no. proofs that he is r, naval officer. A GERMAN DREADNOUGHT LAUNCHED. > BERLIN, March 22.—The Empress of Germany launched the battleship “Kaiser” at Kiel. THE CAMQRRA TRIAL. ROME,, March 22.—The Commor'ra trial is being marked by.theatricalism. The prisoners frequently burst, info tears, applaud the counsel, invoke the Saints and utter imprecations on the witnesses.