CABLE NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 619, 15 November 1913, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

«> . 1 By Telegraph..—Press Association.—Copyri:4lit | AN AMERICAN BLIZZARD. j TOWN UNDER SNOW. | Chicago, Wednesday. Cleveland ia buried beneath several ! feet of snow as a result of the bii;:- j zard. The streets are filled with broken ] wires, threatening death by electrocn- i tion to passers-by. ; The loss to property is estimated at j £BOO.OOO sterling. The food shortage is causing an I xiety, the railways being unable to ! transport supplies owing to the lines j being blocked by snow. j The steamer Gartner is strandei. and the captain arid twenty sailors are in danger of crowning owing to the snowstorm. The gale still rages over the great lakes. A steel freighter capsized on Lake Superior during the gale yesterday, and it is believed that all the crew has been drowned. Forty men are reported to have been aboard. JOHNSON'S CHALLENGE. London, Wednesday, As an outcome of the decision of the International Boxing Union that Jack Johnons had forfeited the title of world's heavy-weight champion as a result of his sentence in Chicago, and his failure to accept a challenge for two years, the big negrj has challenged anyone to a match for a stake put up by the acceptor himself of from £4OOO to £BOOO a-side. The London Star says that it is well known that every obstruction was put in the way of Johnson accepting challenges, but he has now put the Inter national Union in a corner*. ULSTER VOLUNTEERS. London, Wednesday. The committee of the British League to support Ulster announces that 150 agents are enrolling' many volunteers in England, Scotland, and Wales to reinforce the ranks of the Ulstermen. Referring to the political situation, the Times says it has been so narrowed down tnat there is only one course open to the Government. The Liberals must tear their professed convictions, an repeating en a larger scale the experiments of Reading and Linlithgow, see whether they really possess the mandate from the country which they unjustifiably claim. A general election must be fought upon Home Rule. THE ARMAMENT RACE. London, Wednesday. Mr Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in responding to the toast of "The Imperial Forces" at tha Guildhall banquet, said: "Next year we shall have 150,000 sailors and marines, the largest number on record. Aplthough at present; we are freer rrom any danger to European peace than some years ago, there must be no relaxation. Germany's unbroken naval developments in building and the efforts of the other Powers have required us to make greater expenditure and exertion than have yet been made in peace time. Therefore, the Naval Estimates for 1914 will be considerably greater. Nevertheless. the Government will strive for an abatement in the competition which is the bane arid reproach of modern Europe. "Our submarine serivce is double that of the strongest Power, and we do not fear comparison with other countries in the matter of seaplanes. But that time has not yet come to supplant Dreadnoughts by submarines. Aircraft are also necessary if Britain is to keep her place a3 the first nation and We must make up our minds to the necessary outlay as quietly as posisible." PREPARING FOR WAR. London, Wednesday. Greece is extensively purchasing cavalry horses in the south-west of Ireland to make good her losses in the Balkan wars. The English military authorities are protesting, owing to the shortage of horses for their own army. NORDIGA'S TOUR. Melbourne, Wednesday. Differences have arisen between Madame Nordics, the well-known singer, and Mr Fred. Ship-nan, her manager, resulting in the exchange of writs. Mr Shipman is suing Madame Nordica for £3OOO as damages for alleged slander, and Madame Nordica has issued a writ claiming from Mr Shipman accounts for all moneys received and disbursed during the concert tour and for all advances made by plaintiff to the defendant. A third writ has been issued by Mr Shinman against Mr Ernest Romayne Simmons, pianist of the concert company, for alleged slander. LOANS FOR CHINA. Peking; Wednesday. The French Industrial Bank of China has contracted to lend China six millions sterling. Four-fifths of the loan is for public works and the remainder is believed to be destined for administrative o!v jects hence the five-Power syndicate is likely to obect. INDIAN UNREST. Delhi, Wednesday. A hundred thousand attended the Bakrid Festival at the Maidan, Calcutta, Tho attendance was greatly above the normal, and some fiery 3peecb.es were made, especially touching the Cawnpire incident, when religious riots arose out of the removal of a portion of a mosqus for street widening purpose.