BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14386, 31 May 1907, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By ElectricTelegraph—Copyright, MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. LONDON, May 29. General Sir Nevill Lyttelton has been appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland. Ho will bo succeeded as Chief of tho General Staff by General Nicholson. Lord Methuon has been appointed Commandor-in-Chief in South Africa. A SUPPOSED SPY'S FATE. Armenian revolutionaries at Hobken beat to death a wandering friar named Haran, crushed his body into a trunk, and forwarded it to Nov/ York. Tho assassins havo disappeared. Tho police havo been informed that tho victim was considered a spy in the pay of tho Turkish Government. CLERGYMEN'S PENSIONS. Tho Ecclesiastical Commissioners are devoting £250,000 for pensions for poor clergymen. BRITISH JOURNALISTS IN GERMANY. BERLIN, May 30. Tho British editors continue to receive exuberant hospitality in Germany. At a great banquet at Berlin, Count Muchlberg, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, warmly welcomed tho visitors, and reiterated that the German Navy was only intended to protect the German coasts and sea trade. Sir F. Lascelles, British Ambassador, said that the editors would help to remove misunderstandings between tho two nations, and promote friendly relations.