HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9656, 9 October 1907, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[B*' Elsctrio Telkobaph—Copyrioht.) , (Per Press Association.) I Received October 9, at 7.22 a.m. , Berlin, October 8. Baton Vonschon, the German Anibassa- | dor at St. Petersburg, has succeeded Morr . as German Minister for c Foreign Affairs. , Herr Tschmschky will ; co as- Ambassador to Vienna. 1 6 ■ London, October o. , William Fyfe is building for Sir Thomas , Lipton: a cutter of the largest size, allowed , un<W' "Oft • international rules. Ihe vessel , for uext season ® racing in , the Home waters. i Mr Haldane (Minister for War) is placiiig in Knglapd orders for 200,000 Amy liorse shoes. The British imports for September have increased by £261,441; and the exports have 'increased by i>4,631,16f as complied With' the previous September. Kecteived October 9, at 8.22 a.m. London, October 8. Mr Ramsay Macdouald (tho Labor member for Leicester), speaking at Stepney (London), said ihat Socialism accepted the facts of' life, aiid one of these facts was that we were responsible for Kinpire and whether, we liked it or not, we must rulo the Empire. Socialism must devise a colonial policy tending to the world's iieace.' .Canada, he continued, would not tolerate Japanese immigration, and trado unions would compel Sir Wilfrid Laurier to''seek a modification of the CanadianJapanese ' treaty. ill' Macdonald concluded by averring his belief that the Australians were preparing a navy in order to light Japan. ' -Wood, the artist, charged with the murder of Sliss Dimock, was remanded in custody for a week. Detective Inspector Neil, in oposing bail, stated that the prisoner luid been placed among other men and identified as coming from the house on tho morning of the murder. Obituary—Professor David Masson. The ship Port Jackson, with the Warspite boys and cadets, ha& sailed. She will arrive in Sydney at Christmas, staying for live weeks, and returning via Cape Horn. Heceived October 9, at 8.33 a.m. New York, October 8. The re-trial of Thaw will begin on December 2nd. Copenhagen, October 8. Queen Alexandra is paying a prolonged visit to her relatives. A' dangerous German anarchist lias been arrested here. Received October 9, at 8.37 a.m. Vancouver, October 8. Many Hindus, expelled from the towns in Puget Sound into British Columbia, have been driven back into Washington territory, Idaho and Montana. They are homeless. Ottawa, October 8. Senator Cox, director of the Grand Trunk Kail way, speaking at Calgary, declared that millions of money were available for railway extension if cheap labor from other lands was encouraged. London, October 8. The statement is published that Dr F. A. Cook, who is supposed lo be organising an Antarctic expedition, has established a. base for supplies at Ktali, on the west coast of Greenland, hoping to make, a dash for the Norlh Pole. Constantinople, October 8. Two hundred Bulgarians raided a Greek village at Nevogano, in Monastir, killing ten women and several men. The authorities were forwarned, but neglected to take precautions. 1 Received October 9, at, 8.44 a.m. Paris, October 8.Admiral Girminct, interviewed in Paris, Said the battleship Dreadnought was a great mistake, especially as regaids nrmament, since the Japanese won the battle of Tushima not by means of heavy guns, but with shells of a high explosive capacity, producing enormous heat and emitting an immense volume of poisonous gases. Received October 9, at 8.46 a.m. Berlin, October 8. The Government has purchased a Zeppelin airship for £BOOO, and another one of 205 horse power, capable of carrying 18 persons. London, October 8. ilr B. R. Wise, formerly AttorneyGeneral of New South Wales, in a. letter to the Times, deprecates tile flow of slan. der against Australia here. A concession preference, valued at million, was not a bad reply to the slammed door.