CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9162, Issue 9162, 11 March 1910, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(Br Electbic Telegram— Cop^bight.) (Peb Pbess Association.) Received March 11, 10.20 a.m. BERLIN, March 10. The Kaiser, accompanied by Prince Henry of Battonburg and several Admirals, inspected the Heliogoland, which has started on a cruise to advance German commercial interests. Mans' captains of industry and finance are aboard the vessel. SOFIA, March 10. King Ferdinand and Queen Eleonore have returned to Sofia from St. Petersburg. M. Paprikoff, Minister for Foreign Alfairs, who accompanied them, states an agreement has been reached with Russia for the preservation of tho peace of the Balkans and the maintenance of concord among the Balkan nations. ST. PETERSBURG, March 10. At the trial of Tschuikoweky, charged with making revolutionary speeches, a verdict of not proven was returned and he was acquitted. The defenco ehowed that the records of the Government witnesses were the work of police mjnions. Madame Breschowikaia, aged 78, who vas tried at the same time, admitted having expressed revolutionary sentiments and was exiled to Siberia. ATHENS, March 10. The Military League demands the expropriation of the landlords in Thessaly, r otwithstanding tho parties guaranteeing Moslems' rights. LONDON, March 10. King Edward has arrived at Biarritz, in the South of France. Received March 11. 9.15 a.m. LONDON. March 10. Mr Lloyd-George has received an illuminated address and a greenstone naper-knife from his Welsh admirers in New Zealand. A feature of the army pageant at Fulham in June will be representations of the battles of Minden. Dcttingen. Corunna. Barossa, and Badajoz by members of the regiments which participated in the actions.

The Civil Service Estimates are £66,068.102, compared with actual grants last session of £62,888,302. They include £14,064,677 for education, £9.220,000 for old ago pensions, £400,000 for the development fund, and £40,000 for the Prince of Wales' visit to South Africa.

A Toronto correspondent reports that the American tariff Commissioners have returned to Washington. He adds that there is no reason to believe that Canada has promieed tariff concessions, though there are likely to be negotiations later with a view to a reciprocal treaty. In the meantime it ie expected that President Taft will proclaim Canada to be entitled to the minimum tariff, though that will necessitate straining an Act of Congress. Received March 11, 11.30 a.m. NEW YORK. March 10. The Now York Herald's Yokohama correspondent states that the police have arrested seventeen clerks and workmen at the Yokosaka naval arsenal for purloining several thousand pounds worth of platinum and other metals since 1902. OTTAWA, March 10. The Dominion House of Commons by 129 to 74, passed the Naval Bill.

The Canadian Northern Railway is inaugurating a line of 21-knot steamers to Bristol from Canada, beginning in May.

VIENNA, March 10. Obituary.—Dr. Lucgcr, the anti-semitic Burgomaster of Vienna. PARIS, March 10. It is stated that Duoz's defalcations at French religious institutions will probably total £400,000. LONDON, March 10. The Rev. Shakespeare, secretary of the Baptist Union, speaking at the Free Church Conference at Hall, advocated a united Free Church of England consisting of the various Nonconformist Churches as autonomous sections. The suggestion was referred to a committee.

BERLIN, March 10. Dr. Spiecker, speaking at Berlin, supported a resolution in favour of international peace. Ho declared the time was coming when Britain and Germany would unite to withstand the competition of America in trade. LONDON, March 10. The verdict in the inquest on Watson, the pugilist who died after a boxing match, was "Accidental death." The medical evidence was that death was due to a lacerated artery of the brain.