BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 3195, 9 June 1915, Page 24

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

LONDON, June 1. Immense destruction of cotton has occurred through fires at Manchester. Incendiarism is strongly suspected. June A. Washington reports state that President Wilson has wired to Mexico stating that unless her differences are settled in such a way as to achieve unity, America will be compelled to decide upon 'means for helping Mexico to save herself. ~' The Central Agency reports that Sir T. Lipton is immediately placing an order for a yacht for the America Cup. It has been discovered that the design for Shamrock IV has been disclosed to American yachtsmen, and Sir Thomas is determined to race a yacht built on lines which are a complete secret. June 5. Experimental shipments of South African frozen meat were readily disposed of in London during the past fortnight at satisfactory prices. An open verdict was returned at the inquest on the bodies of Herbert Horsfall Stanhope (a bank clerk) and Constance Julia Brent (wife of Mr W. H. Brent, manager of the New Southland Saw-mill-ing Company, New Zealand), who were found dead in a boarding-house at Hyde Park on April 23. MEXICO CITY, June 4. Ten thousand hunger-maddened Mexicans ravaged Montery, killing and burning right and left. The town was wrecked. Americans and other foreigners organised posses, and finally restored order. President Wilson’s latest Note demanding that the rival leaders proceed to the pacification of the country has been completely ignored. COLOMBO, June 6. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout Ceylon, owing to disturbances between the Cingalese and the Moormen. They originated during the holiday festivities at Candy. The troops at Colombo were called out, and order was restored. No Europeans were injured. TOKIO, May 31. Serious internal dissensions have arisen, following the Chinese crisis. The Opposition has arranged nightly meetings to incite the populace against the Ministry, and attacks on the Ministry also continue in the Diet, and the sessions are attended Iby large crowds, including women, who conducting a feminist propaganda.