NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mataura Ensign, 26 January 1914, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

THE ZABERN AFFAIR. UPROAR IN* THE REICHSTAG. BT EIJ-CIT.IC TittKlißAl'H COI'YKIGHS. I'Kti UMXEI) J>I:ESS ASSOCIATION. BERLIN Jan. 25. There, was an uproar in tlie Reichstag during a debuie oil the Zabcrn affair. Dr. f rank, So.ialist, attacked the Crown l'rinco. iierr Poud, a Conservative, protested to tho President twice, and he ordered Dr. Frank to moderate his language. 'liie Chancellor interposed and defended the Crown Prince.

REVISION OF REGULATIONS. BERLIN, Jan. 23. The Reichstag adopted tho Centre Party's motion approving cf military action in purely police affairs being so regulated as to assure the independence of the civil authority; also the National Liberals' motion in favor of a revision of the regulations in regard to citizens' rights and the military's use cf arms. The Radicals are indignant because members of the Government did not participate in tho debate on the motion*. " A TRAGIC COMEDY." it JSLECTKIO TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. TIMES-SYDNEY BUN SPECIAL CABLE. BERLIN; Jan. 25. The reduction of the powers of General Von Sanders, as head of tho military mission to Turkey, has caused bitter disappointment and resentment in Germany. The 'Vossiche Zeitung' describes it as a tragic comedy, and asserts that the action, has -proceeded from conversation to advice, from advice to requests, and from requests to threats from the Conservative organ. The Berlin 'Post' states that it sees a. dark Russian shadow closing upon Germany from every quarter. The Fatherland, having been warned off Asia Minor, is Bow being cold-shouldered all along the line. It describes Germany as a wallflower on an occasion when she has the historic right to be the belle of the ball. THE CANTEEN SCANDALS. A STRONG ALLEGATION. ■T ILECTRIO TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. , PEE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Jan. 25. Two further summonses have been' issued in connection with the canteen scandals against a subordinate civiliam and Lieutenant-Colonel Whittaker, who, was stationed at Malta with the Yorks ] Light Infantry, and who retired in l

Mr Muir, continuing the prosecution, said that among the documents was a letter signed 1 by James Rossness," formerly Lipton's manager at Malta, :ind dated October 18, 1905, wherein he says that "Lieutenant-Colonel Whittaker ■writes to-day for his six-monthly cheque. I suppose that the contract requires renewal." Evidence would be given showing tkat when Lioutcnan't-Colonel Whit,taker went to Sheffield he made a fresh oontract which was abnormally favoraible to Lipton's. Mr Muir added that the financial position of the military defendants was such as not to place them beyond the temptations offered by wealthy tradesmen. The subordinate civilians were all -.er▼ants of a wealthy corporation and had the choice between obedience to orders or the loss of their positions. The persons primarily responsible were Minto and Cfansfield, the former being the controlling mind. WOLVERHAMPTON MYSTERY. LONDON, Jan. U. Fifty soft-nosed and SO solid cartridges were purchased at Liverpool on Monday by two ii'ciu 011 c of whom answers the description of Reeks' mysterious friend. The other possibly was Reeks. The statement that Reeks travelled undei" tin assumed name is erroneous. He was known to his fellow-passengers as Reeks, and his luggage was properly labelled. | NOT SUICIDE. LONDON, Jan. 25. The medical examination proved conclusively that Reeks' wounds were not. self-inflicted. E. S. Hyne, the assumed name under which he travelled, has hitherto caused the police much difficulty. The 'Daily Mail' states that a woman's hatpin was found near Reeks' body and that possibly there is a woman concerned in the case. ENGLAND'S COLD RESERVE. BY RLECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. TIMES-SYDNEY SDN SPECIAL CABLE. LONDON, Jan. 25. Sir Edward Holden, the chairman, at a meeting of the Loudon City Bank ingisted that the gold reserve of England was insufficient to meet reasonable demands. He urged the appointment of oommittees to consider the grave situation. INDIAN LOAN SHORTLY. LONDON, Jan. 24. There are rumors of an impending Indian loan of £10,000,000. THE SHANCHAI TRACEDY. BT BLXCTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. M* UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. SHANGHAI, Jan. 25. Mrs Newman's husband was in the hospital. She was alone with a Chinese boy, who is not suspected. The mutilations were so horrible that a motive beyond robbery is suspected. Cabel advice was received on Saturday that Mrs Newman, the wife of a •wealthy German butcher, was found in her bedroom horribly mutilated, the bead being nearly severed from the body and an arm almost hacked off. A BONAPARTE HEIR. BRUSSELS, Jan. &4. A son has been born to Prinoess Victor who is the first direct Bonaparte heir since the Prinoe Imperial. News of the birth has been leoeived with the greatest delight in Bonapartist circles. THE DEADLY DRUG. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. It is estimated that there are 15,000 oooaine and morphine victims in New York, many of them being amongst the *■ poorest classes. Nearly half of them are inmates of prisons. One-third ofj the total , of serious crimes is traceable to those who are victims of the habit. THE NAVAL QUESTION. LONDON, Jan. 25. 1- The Lord Mayor will preside at the proposed naval meeting at the Guild* MQ, Eton. D. Lloyd George (Chancellor)

hag postponed delivering a speech at Glasgow on Wednesday until the Cabinet meeting at which tlio question of • th« naval estimates will be decided. CANARDS. IT BLECTBIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIQIIT. TIMBS-STDNET SUN SPECIAL CABLE. LONDON, Jan. 25. Europe is being daily startled with sonsational rumors of the Kaiser's in- : disposition, the Pope's illness, the Ausjtr;an Emperor's death, aud of revolu- | lion in Spain, while Swedon in appreI liensire that Russia meditates an attack [ upon her, although the Russian Govjoinmont indignantly denies the entertaining of such designs. EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE. ; ATHENS, Jan. 25. i An oarfchquako wrecked a portion of a fortress and three houses. At Lepanto erory house was damaged. MEAT COMBINE. LONDON, Jan. 25. Tlio River Plate Fresh Meat Company and the James Nelson Company are amalgamating with a view to more effectively combating the American invasion of the British market. WOMEN JUDGES. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Women's courts have been, inaugurated at St. Louis to try cases of women and girla involved in minor offences. Two women judges have already been appointed. THE SUFFRAGETTES. "LONDON, Jan. 24. A watoliman at the extensive conservatory in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens extinguished a bomb. A second one burst at another point, and destroyed nraoh glass and many valuable plants. Thia outrage is attributed to suffragettes. THE A 7 RAISED. LONDON, Jan. 24. A hawser was placed round the submarine A 7, but the effort to move her failed. The crew eventually raised the vessel to the surface by using emergency hand pumps. MURDERED! I TANGIER, Jan. 25. ' M. Valdrome, a French agent, has been murdered by a chief. RECURRENCE OF SMALLPOX. SYDNEY, Jan. 25. Thera has been a recurrence of smallpox in the city, throe cases having been reported on Saturday.