NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mataura Ensign, 27 January 1912, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

THE IRIS!! TROUBLE. MR REDMOND NOT IMPRESSED. BT ELECTRIC TELEGKAPH.— COI'TiRIGHT. FEB UNITED PBES3 ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Jan. 26. Unofficial reports state that the Harbor Board desires to defer Mr Churchill's inspection until political feeling is calmer. The 'Times'' Dublin correspondent states that" it is understood that the Irish executive is averse to the employment of troops, fearing that if Unionists resisted much bloodshed and disorder would ensue, while if they yielded to force majeure it would enable them to prove that Home Rule had been thrust upon Ulster at the bayonet's point. There would still be great risks if Mr Churchill spoke elsewhere than in Ulster Hall. Mr Redmond, in an article in 'Reynold's Newspaper,' declares that there is no terror in Ulster or Orangemen's threats, which are only insolent bluff.

They are loyal only in their own bigot- ' ed interests. England would be_a nation of fools and poltroons if it allowed itself to be diverted by unpatriotic bellowings, from the great policy of binding Ireland to the Empire. Mr Churchill, in a letter to Lord Londonderry, emphasised the latter's responsibility if rioting occurs. Still it was Mr Churchill's duty to keep his promise to the Ulster Liberals and assist the right of free speech. If the main objection was the use of Ulster Hall he would ask the Liberal Association,to. choose whatever ball was least - likely to arouse the ill-feeling of . Orangemen. DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE. 30 PEOPLE KILLED OR INJURED. ATHENS, Jan. 26. j Thirty people are dead or injured as the result of the earthquake at the lonian Islands. Five villages have been destroyed in Cephalonia and £IOO,OOO damage has been done at Dante. THE CERMAN ELECTIONS. THE STATE OF PARTIES. BERLIN, Jan. 26. Herr Liebnecht has been elected for Potsdam and Hen- Wiemar (the Radical leader) has been defeated at Nordihausen. The, Government centre secured 93 seats, the Conservatives 3(3, the Poles, anti-Semites, Alsatians, Hanoverians and Independents 48, Opposition Socialists 110, Liberals 14, Radicals 4(3. National Liberals hold tl.ie balance of |)ower. BLOODSHED AT BAK9A. IsTEWSPAPER OFFICES BURNED. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 26. There has been serious street fighting at Bahia. Several newspaper offices were burned and looted owing to opposition to Dr Seasbra's candidature for the governorship. THE STARVATION CASE. DOCTORS GIVE EVIDENCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Doctors testified that Claire Williamson died of starvation and that Mrs Hazzard's treatment accelerated death. Defendant asserted that the doctors had conspired against her system of healing, hence their xestiraony. \ THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA. YUAN-SHI-KAI A MARQUIS. . PER IN, Jan. 26. The Throne has created Yuan-shi-kai Marquis. An edict has been issued postponing abdication pending the decision of the Convention. The decree reiterates that the Throne desires a .peaceful solution. There has been a revulsion of feeling in favor of Yuan-shi-kai against Teihkiang, whom Manchu papers designate as a truculent madman who desires to repeat the Boxer outrages of 1900. _Ghan Yang, revolutionary leader, and his brother and secreiary have been hindered at Mukden, and other assassinations are reported. Republicans at Yang-tse captured the Toina merchant steamship companies' accountant and are holding him for a Hugh ransom. COMMERCIAL CO-OPERATION. SYDNEY, Jan. 26. A meeting of representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, the Employers' Federation, Bankers' Institute, steamship owners and other important bodies lias formed a national council'with the object of securing uniform concerted action on questions of national importance, conserving and developing the fcest interests-of Australia. N.S.W. POLITICAL LABOR PARTY. SYDNEY, Jan. 26. The annual Political Labor League Conference has opened. The press is excluded. The president, in his open- . ing speech, said that the agenda was •unlikely to give much trouble. It chiefly dealt with sane subjects. PANAMA CANAL. SHIPOWNERS' PR EDICTION. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. President Dearborn, of the AmericanHawaiian Steamship Company, before the Inter-State Commerce Commission, declared that the ultimate control of ■shipping through the Panama Canal by a foreign shipping trust would result from the admission of foreign ships to the coastwise trade of America. SAD ACCIDENTS. SEIZED BY A SHARK. SYDNEY, Jan. 26. A youth named Morgan, while bathing at Lane Cove in the river was v seized by a shark. Two companions •heat the monster off. Morgan was fearfully mangled and died.