NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mataura Ensign, 26 January 1911, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

A DAY OF EXECUTIONS. BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPTEIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. TOKIO, Jan. 25. The executions of the regicide plotters lasted from eight until three o'clock. A single gallows was used. The condemned persons died alone, and all, including the women, calmly. SENTENCED TO DEATH. PARIS, Jan. 25. The two youths Tissier nad Desmarest, aged 16 and 17 years, who murdered and robbed a bank messenger named Andre after decoying him into a house, afterwards squandering the proceeds of their crime., have been sentenced to death. MURDER OF A NOVELIST. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. David Graham Phillips, the editor and novelist, who was shot in New York by a Harvard man named Fitzhugh Goldsborough, the latter then shooting himself, has succumbed to his injuries. THE CLAPHAM CRIME. LONDON, Jan. 25. At the inquiry into the murder of Beron, who was found dead on a common, Eva Fitterman, Morrisno's lover, f gave evidence that she saw Morrison (who is accused of the crime) wearing a five-pound piece pendant attached to a watch-chain. The prisoner in court vehemently denied the alleged evidence as being lies resulting from jealousy. He cried, "Do you know you are taking my life?" Other evidence showed that Beron wore a five-pound piece. Morrison, who was arrested recently, claims to be a native of Sydney, New Sopth Wales. AT BAY. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The three men who are wanted for forgery at Sumner, Washington, still hold the authorities at hay. An attempt will be made to storm their cabin. The men are believed to have been concerned in a recent murder. MEXICAN REVOLUTION. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 25! The insurgents have captured the town of Alamos. It is rumored that the State of Honora, the centre of the insurrection, will secede from the Republic and form an independent State. I Eighty people Vere killed in an engagement near Galanea, where the insurgents were routed. WRECK OF THE AOTEA. LONDON, Jan. 25. Router's Capetown correspondent reports that there is hope that when the cargo is discharged it will be possible to save the Aotea's hull. The weather continues perfect. FORTIFYING PANAMA CANAL. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. The Navy Board supports President Taft's plea for fortifying Panama Canal, believing that the fortifications will prove an invaluable aid in transferring the American fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific in war time. COMBATING SLEEPING SICKNESS. LONDON, Jan. 25. A conference on sleeping sickness is being held in London. It was resolved: ■ "That the Cape-to-Cairo railway should be inspected for glossina palpolis; that railways must cross the fly belt at the narrowest point to stations within the , glossina-infected area; and that it is essential that there should be clear ground on either side of railways." BLACKS IN CANADA. OTTAWA, Jan. 25. There has been a large influx of negroes to Alberta and Edmonton. The Board of Trade is approaching the Department of the Interior complaining that white settlers are deterred from settling owing to their objection to the presence of negroes.

PACIFIC WIRELESS STATIONS. PERTH, Jan. 25. Ceylon advices state that the. Government has erected a wireless station near Point de Galle. This, with stations at Cocos Islands and Fremantle, will keep mail steamers in touch during the whole voyage from Colombo to Fremantle. A MYSTERY SOLVED. MELBOURNE, Jan. 25. In connection with the .recent discovery at Carrum of portion of a human leg, it transpires that a boy found it while fishing and placed it in a bag. J i'iie leg is supposed to have belonged to a person who was drowned in the bay. JAPAN AND THE POWERS. TOKIO, Jan. 25. Count Komura (Minister for Foreign Affairs), speaking in the House of Representatives, declared that the AngloJapanese alliance was constantly gaining strength, ensuring perfect accord and genuine goodwill. The alliance continued a powerful factor for the general peace in the Far F.ast. Tariff negotiations were proceeding with various Powers. aiming to re-establish Japanese complete tariff autonomy and to eliminate unequal engagements. He hoped that a satisfactory treaty with Britain would shortly be concluded. THE PACIFIC CABLE. SYDNEY, Jan. 25. Mr Milward, manager for the Pacific Cable Board in the Pacific, has returned from a visit to Canada. He says that the Board now controls the line of communication from Australia to Montreal and has effected an instaljation which will enable the despatch of cables to be expedited by 25 per cent.; in other words, they will be able to deal with 25 per cent, more business in a given time. Mr Milward's visit to Canada was for the purpose of installing apparatus and taking over for the Board the line previously leased from the Canadain Pacific telegraphs. The Board can now cairy messages over 6100 miles with only one land line; the old system required three handlings. Asked if the innovation was likely to lead to a reduction of rates within a reasonable time, Mr Milward said: "It places us in a better position in regard to reduced cost. The present weekly average over the Pacific line is 42,000 words. This shows marked and continuous increase. It, is conceivable that if + 1 "-' Board increases the carrying capacity of the cables to a large extent and the public supply sufficient business the rates may be affected." Referring to the "All Red" route Mr Milward declared that it would obviously be an advantage to have a cable light through. The Atlantic cable at the present time was practically controlled by American capitalists. DECLARATION OF LONDON. LONDON, Jan. 25. Some newspapers announce that the ratification of the Declaration of London will be postponed until the Imperial Conference has discussed it. The 'Berlin Post' declares that the campaign against the Declaration requires foreign Powers to reckon with the peril that may arise if ratification is refused and the old privateering rights are re-affirmed. The 'Post' adds that the recent Britsih naval manoeuvres showed that the sacrifice of an enemy's fleet would make ' possible the almost complete destruction of the British mercantile marine, and such crippling of the mercantile marine would perpetually jeopardise British supremacy in the shipping trade. The Ottawa correspondent of the 'Daily Mail' reports that owing to the meagre despatches the Declaration of London has attracted little attention in Canada. The general opinion is that the Dominions should not be overlooked in a matter of this kind. Sir W. Laurier (Prime Minister) has not studied the matter, and before he comes to a definite decision Government experts will analyse the Declaration. The South Australian Agent-General (Sir A. A. Kirkpatrick) in an interview said that the Declaration ought not to be ratified without due discussion. The 'Manchester Guardian' regards the Declaration as unwise, and states that it would mean abandonment of the principle which England had defended for a century—namely, that the onus of proof lay with the captor, while the

Declaration of London laid tlie burden on the owner. England had two courses: Either to make the sea in war time British territory, this involving enormous cost; or to secure complete freedom of the seas to commerce.