BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 5, 7 January 1908, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

; [PKESS ASSOCIATION.] NOT TRUSTING TURKEY. (Received Jan. 7, 8.28 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 6. The Porte has thrice offered to tak<*> the reform agents of Macedonia into its own Service, but the Powers decline. MISSING MONEY. PARIS, Jan. 6. t Enormous leakages of money &r& reported in connection with the separation of Church and State. A Senatorial committee \ has been appointed to make inquiries. THE STEUNENBURG MURDER. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. The trial at Boise City, Idaho, of J. Pettibone, one of the members of thecommittee of the Western Federation of Miners, for the murder of Frank Steunenburg, ex-Governor of Idaho, resulted in the prisoner's acquittal. [A man named Haywood was tried for the murder in July last, and was also acquitted. It was then announced that the cases against Pettibone and Moyer, another official, were to be dropped.] WON'T BE CROWNED. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 6. King Gustav, the new King of Sweden, declines to be crowned, considering it an unnecessary ceremony. THE MOTOR 'BUSMEN'S STRIKE. LONDON, Jan. 6. Nine hundred motor 'bus strikersmade a demonstration in Hyde Park. They resolved to apply to the Board of Trade for an inquiry. AN IMPENDING DIVORCE CASE, LONDON, Jan. 6. The Countess of Yarmouth^ who is Harry Thaw's sister, intends to su» for the nullification of her marriage. POLICING MOROCCO. LONDON, Jan. 6. The people of Texan object to the inauguration of European control of the police. The Moorish authorities, insist that recruiting must' begin, since the Sultan has sanctioned the organisation of a police force. M. CLEMENCEAU'S COLLEAGUES. PARIS, Jan. 6. The French Cabinet has been re~, arranged. M. Briand has been appointed Minister for Justice, M. Doumergue Minister for Public Instruction, and M. Cruppi Minister for Commerce. MUTUAL CONCESSIONS. PARIS, Jan. 6. The United States has reduced th& duty on French wines by 20 per cent., in: return, for similar concessions on. cotton-seed oil and some machinery. FINDING WORK FOR PAUPERS. LONDON, Jan. 6. The Local Government Board is compelling the Poplar Guardians to send ;all; able-bodied ? recipients- of outdoor relief to a farm oolony, where a modified labour test Trill be applied. KING CARLOS "CALLING." LISBON, Jan. 6. ' King Carioß of Portugal has aocepted President Penna's invitation to» visit Brazil in May. ■ THE PORT SAID STRIKE. ; LONDON, Jan. 6. Reuter reports that the Port Said coal strike has ended.