BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 143, 15 June 1909, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] SHACKLETON'S RETURN. (Received June 15, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, June 14. Lieutenant Shackleton's wife met him at Dover, where he was accorded a great ovation. ACETYLENE SHELLS. BERLIN, June 14. Germany is trying acetylene shells for searchlights for naval purposes. The projectiles will float for three hours. NOT LOST. PARIS, June 14. A breakdown delayed the cruiser Jules Ferry, for whose safety on the return voyage from the Levant fears were entertained. HOSTILE TO THE TSAR. LONDON, June 14. A conference of the IndependentLabour Party instructed its committee to organise a , demonstration against the Tsar's visit to King Edward. THE TURKISH MASSACRES. BERLIN, June 14. A Consul travelling through the scenes of tho massacres states that 2000 agricultural labourers were shot like rabbits around the village of Hamidiek, and are still unburied. Other villages suffered similarly. At Antioch scarcely a. man escaped. KEEPING OLD MASTERS. LONDON, June 14. 'The National Art Collection Fu,nd, which was instrumental in securing Holbein's picture ''Duchess of Milan," has received from King Edward 100 guineas'as the nucleus of a reserve to make purchases in cases, of sudden emergency. THE "ALL-RED" ROUTE. OTTAWA, June 14. It is stated in Ottawa that- should the contributors to the Pacific Cable decide in favour of an Atlantic Cable as part of the "All-Red" route, the Canadian Pacific Railway is willing to permit the use of its right-of-way from Halifax to Vancouver for a special wire for handling this business.