NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15183, 30 June 1911, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

The following items have appeared in the Australian papers employing the independent cable service:— WASHINGTON, June 20. General Wood, chief of the United. States Army, proposes .to recruit a. citizen toldiory of the nation entirely apart from the National Guard. 'His idea is to give j ail' college graduates, at least the rudirmonts of military knowledge by enlisting 'Jiem in tho .ray for a term of six months or a year after their graduation. \ June 21. A memorable event in the history of ' the United States will be celebrated on July 21, when the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Bull's Run will occur. Veterans representing both the Federal Mil Confederate armies will assemble on the historic field to commemorate the ovent. Efforts are being made throughout the United States to secure this year something like " a safe and a sane" celebration of the Glorious Fourth of July. The Legislatures in several States have passed bills undfir which heavy penalties will bo impo6ed upon those who cither manufacture or sell dangerous fireworks for America's national celebration. Speaking in the Senate to-day on tha Canadian reciprocity agreement, Senator Gallagher asked if the United States did not owe moro to England in the way of , reciprocity than it did to Canada, because of .tho Freetrade market that Britain had always given America and the rest of the world. Senator Nelson declared that his only hope of benefit from the agreement was that it might lead to the annexation of Canada. NEW YORK, June 20. The judges of the Higher Court have concurred as to the legality of the conviction o£ W. B. Winslow, a. Christian Scientist, who recently got into trouble over his faith-healing business. Winslew's brief was a remarkable document. It -was full of Biblical quotations upholding the right to heal by prayer, and instanced Winslow's conversion of a drunkard, into a faith-healer. It referred also to the statute under which the defondant had been prosecuted, and declared, ':If this statute is constitutional 1 it ' would make Jesus a criminal!" LONDON, June 20. A representative of the Cunard line of mail steamers, is at present in San Francisco inquiring as to what' opportunities there will be for a Pacific route after the opening of the Panama Canal. The Methodist Conference, sitting in Winnipeg, Canada-, has passed a resolution strongly condemning the " lie temere " decree. A committee has been appointed by tho conference to further the project of a tempeiance hotel in Winnipeg. BERLIN, June 20. Although freely admitting his guilt, a man, wlw is now* under sentence of death for robbery and murder, stands a good chance of escaping the penalty for his atrocious crime. The prisoner gives his name as Robert Kinzle, but serious doubts have arisen as to whether he is reallv the person whom lie represents • himself to be. After reading the accounts of the crime published by the newspapers, Kinzle's aged parents, who are living in America, were not satisfied that the murderer was their son,'although the particulars given regarding his birth wcre.uiite correct. As far as they knew, tb son Robert was in Calcutta when tky last heard of him, and inquiries which tb».y made revealed the startling faet that he was still in India, and totally ignorant of the crime for which lie, or rather someone of his name, had been condemned. Tho Calcutta Kinzle, however, was able I to shed a little light on the mystery. He I has related that somo years ago his passI port papers were stolen, and the mferI ence, therefore, is that if the man now lying under sentence of death in Berlin was not the actual thief, ho at least became possessed of the documents and passed himself off as t.ie person to whom they related. Altlwugh making no attempt to conceal his guilt, ho positively refuses to say who ho really is, and as tho German law requires that a condemned person's identity shall be. established before his execution., it is not. improbable thai the culprit will eventually regain his fieedom, PARTS, June 21. if. Maurice Tabute.au, the French airman, lias made a rather startling allegation He declares that certain men prominently identified with the Labour movement offered him a large sum of money to fly over the racecourse at Cliantilly and frighten the horses running in

the race {or the Grand Prix on Sunday next.

[The disturbing effect on horses caused by aeroplanes in motion has recently been seen 'in England. Last month the Jockey Club, through Lord Lonsdale, wrote to tho Royal Aero CJlub, drawing attention to the way in which horses wero startled by aviators Hying over courses during tho racc meetings, and asking tho club to appeal to all airmen to refrain from making such flights. Tho committee of the Royal Aero Club hns accordingly appealed to tile sporting instincts of all aviators to support this very proper and reasonablo reqiuest, which, the committee said, had its full approbation.] MEXICO, June 21. In open defiance of the newly-constituted Government, and of the wishes of General Madera, several hundreds of fojnier insurrectos at Cuernavaca. have boen re-a.rm.ed by a bandit leader, one Zapata, and are preparing for a raiding expedition. SEATTLE, June 22. It is estimated that the value of the gold received from Alaska during the present summer will reach a total of something like £3,500,000. Recent discoveries indicate that the territory has taken a new lease of life in placer mining.