HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11811, 21 December 1912, Page 5

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Peess Association-.) KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. Received December 20. at 2 p.m. Loudon. December 19. \t the King's instance the Committee of'the King Edward Memorial have substituted the site between I all Ma I and the Column for the Green lark site. An equestrian statue will lie erected there, and the statue <>i Lord Napier of Magdahi transferred to Trafalgar Square. FRENCH PRESIDENCY. Paris. Decern I km- 10. M. Bourgeois has declined candidature for the Pre.sidenov. and it is expected that M. Poincare will be elected again. FI'TFRE OF THIBET. Calcutta. December 19. Prince Chung has arranged for the repatriation of Chinese troops m Lhassa. Thibet's future is engaging the attention or the Indian, Chinese, and British Governments. RAJAH HUMBLES HIMSELF. Calcutta. December 19. - The Rajah of Marajole, prominent in the Midnapur case, has apologised to the Government for participating in a disloyal movement, and has withdrawn the charges against the officials. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. Received December 20, at 2.40 V- m - Washington. December 19. Mr Taft. in a message to Congress, advocates the remodelling of the American Constitution enabling members of the Cabinet to have seats in the House of Representatives and the-Senate, as in the rase of the British Cabinet. AVIATION. London, December 20. " The national aviation subscriptions have reached £350,000. THE POWER OF MONEY. Received December 20, at 10.5 p.m. Washington, IJeeember 20. .Mr Pierpont Morgan gave evidence before the House of Representatives Committee set up to investigate the money trust. He said all the money in Christendom and all the banks in. the world could not form a monopoly sufficient to control money. Mr Morgan denied wielding a vast power in the present-day financial undertakings. He emphatically asserted .that i he had not sought any such power. He did not mind competition in money affairs, but preferred combination. TO INSPECT PANAMA CANAL. Washington, December 20. President .Taft has left to inspect the Panama Canal. SORDID INDIAN TRAGEDY. '"'." London, December 20. In the Agra trial in Fulham's case the prosecution has closed. Mrs Fulham and Clark reserved their defence. Clark explained ,that he used the powdered glass for poultry, but evidence proved >that Clark had purchased arsenic, atropine, cocaine, and hydrochlorate.

MR T. MACKENZIE SPEAKS OUT. Received December 20, at 11.5 p.m. Loudon, December 20. At a meeting of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Mr T. Mackenzie strongly protested against English party politicians' criticism of the colonial "defence system- Mr Mackenzie said the Daily News condemned the 'hysterical criticisms of New Zealand's compulsory service. UNATTRACTIVE LOANS. . London, December 20. The Daily Mail says the Westralian and New South Wales loans would doubtless have been attractive enough had the times been more propitious. MERCHANDISE MARKS BILL London, December 20. A Merchandise Marks Bill has been privatelv introduced in the House of Commons. It provides that all imported foreign articles should be marked "Not British," thus avoiding the advertisement of the country of ongm, while goods of British and colonial manufacture should be branded "British- Empire make." MILITANT SUFFRAGIST. London, December 20. Norah Lackey, a suffragist student, was fined £25 or three months' imprisonment for giving a false fire alarm. The wires of several public telephone bureaux at Nottingham were cut. This is attributed to the suffragettes. BATTLESHIP IN COLLISION. London. December 20. At the inquest on the body picked np in *he Derna's boat, the evidence of, the Centurion's officers stated that the unknown vessel earned no sternlight They saw the masthead light six mmntea before the collision, and thought the vessel was approaching. The man's neck was evidently broken in jumping into the boat. MARITIME STRIKE THREATENED. London, December 20. The .shipowners deny that members of the Sailors' and Firemen's U™° n fnllv concurred in Mr Havelock Wilson's circular. Ninety per centum are at sea, and are unaware of the increase of wages.

WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. Received December 21, at 8.15 a.m. London, December -!0. On the amendment to leave glebes to the church a heated debate took place, and it was rejected by 2,, to 111. Thirtv Liberals abstained from voting. There were prolonged Opposition cheers at the result. The clause was guillotined and carried. . The Disestablishment Campaign Committee at Cardiff indignantly protests to the Government against the surrender of the national endowments without consulting the Welsh Parliamentary party. It also resents the action of the English Liberals in forcing the Government's hands. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS CASE. London. December 20. It is understood that the Committee inquiring into Stuart Samuel s contract case considers it should be referred to the law courts or a special tribunal. TORY DODGE." London, December 20. The Times' Toronto correspondent savs that the British Unionists must convince the British peoP* e of . th % J™' perial value of preference and not impose the responsibility of advocating a policy upon the oversea dominions. The Dailv Chronicle publishes the views of Messrs Fisher, Deafan, Hughes, and Miller on Mr Bonar Law's proposal, and savs that they hesitate to declare xhemselves so emphatically as the Canadians regarding friction and danger to the Empire's unity from the.proposal, but thev do not see any practical purpose in "the "new Tory dodge.'

PLAYING WITH FIRE. i -- Paris. December 20. Four children, who played wipi matches at Bonneville, were burnt to death.

ROYAL RELIGIOUS AND OTHER REJOICINGS. Salonika. December 20. _ Th= Kings of Greece and Bulgaria and other rovalties attended a To Detim in the Tsars name to-day a: the Russian Chapel. . The King of_ Greece has banqueted King Ferdinand.

INSURANCE AND THE DOCTOR? Rece.ved December 21. at 11.5 a.m. London. December 20.

The National Praotitiotiers' Association has circularised the doctors askiniz whether the more worthy _ members would encourase the intimidation being exercised to prevent doctors serving under the Insurance- Act.

A SERIOUS RUSSIAN INCIDENT. St. Petersburg, December 21. The case of the monk Illodor. closely confined in Nijni Novgorod, is as-

suming sensational proportions. Several newspapers havt- been prosecuted tor publishing IllodorK pronouncements, and 8000 followers Lave notified "the Synod of their intention to leave the orthodox church. The Synod has decided to unfrock Jliodor. whose followers are pre.s,ing the Duma to secure the monk's pubiic trial. SOUTH AFHICAN CRISIS. Capetown. December 21. The Hon. .1. B. I". Hertzog. interviewed, .slates that he challenged the Cabinet to disagree with the principle of Ins- d-claration that, ''where South African and Imperial interest;; conflicted. South African eame first." None of them disagreed with til sviow. Some of his colleagues desired him to write tht- Hon. Louis Botha regretting his utterances and undertaking not to repeat them, but he had not the slightest- regret and would never write n letter which would cause him to lose his self-respect. Mr Fischer announces that he remains in Mr Botha's Cabinet.

PERFECTING WAR INSTRUMENTS. London. December 20. The War Office has satisfactorily testod Major Cox Taylor's automatic road chart and automatic range-finder. SCULPTURE SCHOLARSHIPS. London, December 20. For the British School of Home. Sculpture scholarship, of a value of £2OO, and tenable for three years, the entry of Australian and New Zealand students has been extended to April 5. HONORING A GREAT AMBASSADOR. London, December 20. At the memorial service in connection with the death of Mr Whitelaw Reid at Westminster Abbey, 2500 persons were present. Prince Arthur of Conna light represented the King, and Sir Edward Grey, the Ambassadors, and Lord Morle.y'and the Right Hon. Air Harcoiirt attended. MEXICO WARNED. Received December 21, at 1 p.m. Washington, December 20. Mr Taft has despatched another uf'timatum to Mexico, warning President Madero of the danger of not protecting American citizens. It is recognised, according to the State Department, that the time for intervention has come. SAN DOMINGO QUIETENING. Washington, December 20. The condition at San Domingo is reported to be much improved.