BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, March 3.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, March 3.

Mr Heymann, the representative of an 'Amsterdam firm, when passing the General Post Office here, was jostled by thieves, "who stole from him a case containing £10,000 worth of diamonds. Great Britain and Japan are negotiating for the protection of British trade marks. March 4. There were 141 deaths from influenza in London last week. The Prince and Princess of Wales will attend the tercentenary celebrations at Quebec during the coming summer. Noble, the burglar who shot dead near Gafcashead a member of the committee of the co-operative store who had been watching the premises, has been sentenced to death. The Queen will shortly join King JEdward at Toulon for a cruise. Several hopgrowers refuse to testify fcfoxe th« Parliamentary Commission, on $1© ground that it is entirely composed «f Freetraders. March 5. King Edward has started on a visit to Biarritz. The Queen is detained in England at present owing to a visit of her risfcer, the Empress-Dowager Marie of Russia. Earthquake shocks were felt at Andover, fJwindon, and Hungerford,

Mrs Margaret Alcott. once an actiess In Australia under the name oi Mits Leighton, committed suicide on the Metrol> >littm railway. Lord' Overtoun bequeathed £61,000 to religious and charitable societies, including £25,000 to the United Free Church. The Che-kiang railway loan dispute is settled, this being the last serious question between Great Britain and China. March 6. The site chosen for the Shakespeare architectural monument and statue is in Park crescent, looking down upon Poitland place. An effort is being made to raise £200,000 for the monument and in furtherance of Shakespearean interests. The Bank of Australasia's annual report recommends a dividend of 14 per cent. and a bonus of 8s a share ; £60,000 is added to the reserve, £18,000 is placed to premises account, £17,000 is absorbed in a 10 pey cent, bonus to the staff, and £16,000 is carried forward. Sir Edward Grey has cent to the Powers his proposals relating to Macedonia ss foreshadowed in his recent speech. March 8. The British imports for February decreased by £499,782, and the exports decreased by £123,631, compared with the previous February. King Edward has ariived at Biarritz. March 9. -it the instance of the Labour party, the Government has decided to auyoinfc a

committee Qf inquiry into the powers cf a magistrate to summon the military for the purpose of maintaining py;ice in trade ( disputes. PARIS, March 8. France unreservedly appiovea of the | Balkan railway schemes. I MONTE CARLO, March 3. the final of the Monte Carlo championship, and Wilding and Ritchie won the double championship. BERLIN, March 4. Herr Dernburg, 6peaking in the Reichfitag, stated that during the recent troubles in German Eaet Africa it -was , necessary to seize all the available food supplies either to feed the German forces ior to weaken the enemy. This had resulted in 75,000 natives being starved to death. BERLIN, March 5. Thirty thousand pounds' -worth of bank notes and shares were stolen from Herr Meyerstein, a resident of Giessen, while in a train at Cologne station. Herr Dernberg, in the Redchstag, admitted that grave abuses existed in the Cameroons in connection with the rubber trade, and he promised to try to protect the villagers by settling them in agricultural areas away from the caravan routes. March 6. The Kaieer has sent £1000 for distribution, among the detachment of the Cape Mounted Police who killed the native chief

Moienga in German South-West Africa last year. March 8. The Coiut of Honour at Potsuam sentenced Count Ilohenhau to removal from the list of officers and the loss of his decorations. The Kaiser confirmed the sentence. NICE, March 8. Simond and Ritchie defeated Wilding and Myers for the Riviera championship. MADRID, March 4. A placard exhibited in Barcelona threatens outrage when King Alfonso visits the town. LISBON, March 8. Investigations made here prove that five or six of the conspirators fired into the Royal carriage, and it is probable that those killed were not the actual murderers of the King and Crown Prince. Several witnesses affirm that the murderers escaped j unhurt. VIENNA, March 6. The Novi Bizar railway dispute is virtually settled. Russia withdraws her objections if Turkey also agrees, as feeins likely, to the Danube-Adriatic railway. ATHENS, March 9. A Bulgarian murdered the First Dragoman of the Greek Consulate at Salonica within 50 yards of the Consulate. The r'lr'^^r has escaped. sj !>! IKRSBURG, March 5. The C ' ■'• i , < rdoned fifteen persons who weiL- • yji 1 i.n.id at Gctes,-a for parti-

clpatfng in anti-Jewish pc-groms at Tirr.£ pol. CAIRO, March 5. King Menclik has imprisoned the chiefs who were responsible for the recent Bcnadir raids (Italian SomalilaiKl), and has appointed their successors. TEHERAN, March 5. Four persons who aie suspected of throwing bombs at the Shah have been arrested at the shrine of Shah Abdul Azim, where for centuries criminals have enjoyed immunity from arrest. NEW YORK, March 2. Mr Baugerten, a Swiss- Airerican -engineer, has offered to the American Government for £4,000,000 his automatic, noiseless, smokeless, and flashless gun. Mr Taft, in the course of a non-party addross at Brooklyn, urged Congressional action for empowering the President to use force to-.^compel the States to observe international treaties. March 5. Anarchists have threatened Archbishop Farley, of New York, and Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, with death. Owing to the serious increase in crime in all the large cities of the United States, the Immigration Commissioners are consulting the police with a view to cooperatkm in ridding the United States of alien Anarchists under the deportation law. March 9. Stockholders representing 40,000,000d0l have assented to the reopening of the Knickerbocker Trust, freeing 46,500,000 dollais of deposits, including 16,000,000 cash. The bank of Kansas City has been rehabilitated. The Republican Committee of New York State has endorsed the candidature of Governor Hughes for the Presidency. OTTAWA, March 3. Two masked robbers entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Winnipeg and tried k> loot It. The teller, though seriously wounded, used his revolver, putting both the robbers to flight. March 6. In the course of a speech in th© Dominion House of Commons Sir Wilfrid Laurier said he hoped that the Motherland and South Africa would contribute to the fund for the- purchase of the sites of the Canadian battlefields, thus producing a great effect throughout the Empire.