CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9344, 20 October 1910, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electeio Telegkaph—Copyright.) (Pee Pbess Association.) HELPING CHINA. LONDON, Oct. 19. An influential meeting at the Guildhall, including the Bishop of London, Dr George Morrison, and Sir Robert Hart, supported the China Emergency Committee's appeal .for £40,000 for medical training colleges, £40,000 for theological colleges, and £20,000 for translation and publication of the best Western literature. GERMAN RIOTS. BREMEN, Oct. 19. A large crowd of the tramway depot assailed the police with bottles and stones. The police repeatedly charged with drawn swords. In the disorders throughout the night many were injured and many arrests were made. EXIT PERSIA'S INDEPENDENCE. LONDON, Oct. 19. The German and Austrian newspapers treat yesterday's British note as the death-knell of Persia's independence. SAMOAN VOLCANO AQTIVE. * VANCOUVER, Oct. 19. The steamer Makoura, arrived at Vancouver, reports that the volcano Sauaii, in Samoa, is active, and is causing destruction of sealers' property. A RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONIST. Rederouka, the Russion revolutionist, has been extradited at "Winnipeg on a charge of murder. American sympathisers subscribed 1000 dollars ; to defend the case, alleging political I motives behind the charge.