BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15899, 10 April 1912, Page 9

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. CROWN COLONY GOVERNORS. LONDON, April 8. Tlie appointment of Governors to Crown colonies from outside the Colonial Office is creating dismay in tho service. The selection of an Army officer to . govern Mauritius and the appointment of an outsider to Hong Kong are given as instances. GERMAN AIRSHIP FOR JAPAN. A fast airship of the Parseval type, built for the Japanese, had a successful trial at Bitterfield. ABYSSINIAN - SOVEREIGNS. Both King Menelik and the Empress Taitu, of Abyssinia, are in a critical condition. CANADIAN REVENUE. The-Canadian revenue for the fiscal year increased by 18,000,000d01, the total revenue being 132,000,000d01. The country’s total net debt is 320,000,000d01. GALES IN BRITAIN. LONDON, April 9. Severe gales have been experienced in the north. Children were killed by falling walls at Manchester and Glasgow. REACTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9. A wave of reaction is now affecting the women. Those appearing in public veilless, having adopted dress reform on European lines, are thrashed and insulted. Decrees have been passed subjecting women to fines and imprisonment for entering European shops unaccompanied. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. CAPE TOWN, April 9. The Unionists‘will discuss Sir L. S. Jameson’s resignation on Wednesday. It is expected that they will elect Sir T. Smartt as leader. Sir L. S. Jameson will, sail for England immediately. He will retain the Grahamstown seat. ESCAPE FROM A FORTRESS. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9. Juano.vitch, a former Montenegrin Minister of Foreign Affairs, who in October, 1907, was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment for treason, and incarcerated in the fortress of Podgorica with his feet enchained, escaped with other conspirators by digging a subterranean passage. The work took eight months, and the earth was disposed of down a drain. The escapees have reached Constantinople.