HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8295, 25 September 1903, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

[By Electric Telegbafii.—Copyright.]

Per Pkess Association.

Received September 25, at 7.32 a.m. London, September 24. Lord Milner's reply has not been received, and the Times hints that Mr Balfour may apply pressure to overcome Lord Milner's possible reluctance to accept- office when needing rest.

The Birmingham Tariff Committee has become an Imperial Tariff Committee, with Mr Cliamberlain as president. Mr Turf, .Unionist, who has just been elected for the Rochester seat, strongly advocates fiscal inquiry, while opposing further taxation of food. Sir H. Johnston, •Liberal, who opposed him, opposed any fiscal charge though last year he favored a slight protective, duty, differentiating in favor of .Imperial products. Sir R. B. Finlay has concluded his opening of Alaska boundary case for Britain, and Mr Watson is opening the American case.

Belgrade, September 24

Owing to the recent elections King Peter has requested the Cabinet's resignation. New York, September 24. The Colombian Congress' obstruction of the .Canal Treaty is inducing settlers on Isthmus to import arms with a view of founding a separate stato. They are receiving assistances from American freeLanoes.

Received September 24, at 8.45 a.m. ' London, September 24. The jaunting car wherein "skin the goat" enabled the Phoenix Park murderers to escape has been shipped to Philadelphia for exhibition purposes. The promotion of Lieut.-General Enerton to the command at Bombay implies further changes in ■Somaliland. Letters from I hut quarter indicate grave muddling, waste, and indefinite plans. St. Petersburg, September 24. The Novoe Vremya, commenting on the Gomel and Kishineff outrages, blames the Jews' exclusivenees and malignancy towards the Christians, and urg«s the abolition of peculiarities that make the Jews compact and hostile in the midst of a purely Russian population. Morocco, September 24. There is great satisfaction amongst the natives at the Sultan of Morocco dismissing all European employees.