BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9840, 5 September 1903, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Blconio Telegraph— Copyright - United Press"? ' ' Association. > , London; Sept. 4. Miss May Goulet, daughter of the late C. Glen. Goulet, the American milliouaire, has been betrothed to the Duke of Roxburgh. , Colonel Svyayne is assuming control of operations in . Somaliland — General Manning shortly returning to England. Abyssinjan forces will cooperate in occupying the Milniil, Gerloguli, Galkayer line. { ' '-•'' ' • ' Sir H. Campbell Bannerman explains that, in his speech made on June sth, attacking Mr Chamberlain's fiscal scheme, wherein he declared that 12 millions of the population were- underfed, he used Charles Booth and B. Si Rowntree, the eminent Socialist reformers, as his authorities. They had proved that 30 per cent, of the population, of East London and York were underfed and oil the verge of hunger. If we applied (that" proportion to the whole population of Britain we would get the 12 miliions. ,(Received ; Sept..s, 8.36 a.m.). ._/v ■;■ , LONDON, Sept. 4iX . The Fall Mall Gazette congratulates Major-Geuerul. Hutton on securing the Federal Government's assent to his large scheme of defence. Since Australia is not obliged to lend troops for Imperial purposes it adds that there is all the more .reason to strengthen, the bonds with the Motherland. Operations in Sonmliland re-open in the middle of October. . Arnold, playing against the Gentlemen of South,. England, took. 8 wickets for 58 runs. The demand, for, copies of the Elgin War . Commission - report exceeded any since that of the .. Parnell Commission. The Commission, issued* the reports itself. They have already been reprinted twice, also the copy of the evidence. Consols are at 89|. Silver is at 2s 2 5-16d per. ounce. . Ina cricket match, Sussex v. Surrey, Sussex declared their innings closed with 600 runs for the loss of seven wickets. lianjitsinghji contributed 204. The ship Torrens, bound for Adelaide, collided with the steamer Capulet in the Thames., The, latter sank. The Tor,rens had her stem damaged . Sr NEW YORK, Sept. 4. A German who was arrested at Oyster Bay pointed a revolver ' at President Roosevelt. A detective accompanying the President seized the revolver ik the nick of time. •■;;■■ - ■ .■••«." (Received Sept, 5, 7.37 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 4. The Agricultural Bureau lias issued a report that the average condition of the cotton prop was 81.2 per cent., the'highest for ten years. Subsequent rumors that the cotton corner had' practically ended led tjo a. pandemonium, New York prices breaking badly all round. The market closed feverish and unsettled. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 4. General Dragomireff sacrifices £30,000 in resigning the ; Governor-Generalship of Kieff . He declared he was ashamed and pained, at constantly employing troops in massacring political malcontents and innocent civilians. Mi Sepleske, M. de Witte's ' trusted lieutenant hits succeeded M. de Witte as Minister of Finance. M. de' Witte's withdrawal and transfer to the Committee of Ministers is considered as a proof of M. Plelivc's influence eclipsing M. de Witte's. 1 ' VIENNA, Sept. 4. . Ring Edward was accorded a special • ,: audience by Count Goluchowski, Minister JJ of Foreign Affairs. ' Empetbr' Joseph cordially farcvfelled King Edward at the railway station. PEKIN, Sept. 4. A brawl occurred between fifteen French soldiers and four Americans. The Frenchmen used their bayonets, wounding two. :■ BERLIN, September 4. ... Metz is praetically Avithout water, owing to a dispute between the 'military and civil authorities. Tlie Kaiser wired the Stiidthalter of Alsacw a severe ceuI «ure which 1 wo? placarded throughout [Mets. . ; .-,. •' . , .