BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 62, 14 March 1906, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME. (Received March 14, 8.48 a.m.) ATHENS, March 13. Gherarkis, who assassinated M. Delyannis, the Greek Premie) 1, was sentenced to death. Mitzeas, the proprietor of a gambling house, as instigator tq the crime, received eight years' imprisonment. CANNIBALISM DURING A SIEGE. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 13. Sanaa's population was reduced from 70,000 to 20,000 during the siege. All cats and dogs were eaten. B_oth Arabs and Turks resorted to cannibalism. One Turk admits that he killed and ate three Arabs. COWARDLY MOROS. NEW YORK, March 13. General Wood assured Mr Taft (United States Secretary for War) that no wanton destruction occurred during the recent battle. Many women were killed because they were in male attire, and the Moros used them as shields. SOUTH AFRICAN CUSTOMS CONFERENCE. CAPETOWN, March 13. A South African Customs Conference is sitting in Natal. It is expected to agree to a moderately increased protective tariff, giving each colony the right to impose special duties within its own borders. RESIGNATION OF MINING REPRESENTATIVES. CAPETOWN, March 13. The representatives of a group of goldmining campanies, controlled by J. B. Robinson, have resigned their membership of the Chamber of Mines, Johannesburg. A BOATING FATALITY. , ' LONDON, March 13. The ..esip.sizing of a, boat at Ban try' Bay drowned four oi the crow ol tho battleship Duncan.