Plot to kill the Czar.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 40, 17 May 1907, Page 5

Plot to kill the Czar.

EIGHTY PERSONS ARRESTED, London, May 14. A St. Petersburg correspondent states that eighty conspirators, who had resolved to operate simultaneously in three groups to kill the Czar, were arrested, after th'rty-four —including a number of reserve officers—had arrived in twos and threes at Czarskoe Selo, the seat of one of the Czar's palaces, near St. Petersburg. The conspiracy is due to the fact that the Czir and the Premier (M. Stolypin) are determined to adhere to representative institutions, the success of which would imply that the terrorises’ occupation is

Tram Fatality.

Sydney, May 14. An electric tram collided withjt cart in (he city. One passenger by the tram, an elderly man named Foster, was killed and two other passengers, as well as the driver of the cart, were injured.’ Lloyd, the driver, and Warwick, conductor of„the tram, have been arrested on a charge' of being drunk while on duty,

The Islands of the Pacific.

CONSERVING BRITISH INTERESTS. London, May 14, At yesterday’s sitting of the Imperial Conference Mr Deakin submitted the following resolution That in view of the probable completion of the Panama Canal it is desirable that possible means of strengthening British interests in the Pacific should be adopted. Referring to the islands of the Pacific, Mr Deakin sketched the history of the subject for twenty-five years. He denied that Australia was greedily grasping after territory. He said that Australia steadily resisted the loss of islands in the Pacific, some of which had been actually included in the British dominions, Australia from the first had urged that the islands should be brought definitely under British jurisdiction, but the Colonial Office’s remote and unsympathetic attitude allowed numbers of them to slip through their fingers. Mr Deakin traced the proceedings in connection with the New Hebrides Convention step by step. He referred to the reply made by Mr Churchill (Under-Secretary to the Colonies) to a question in the House of Commons, as utterly misleading. He mercilessly analysed the Colonial Office’s policy in affirming the Convention behind the backs of Australia and Zew Zealand, without their being either represented or consulted. He referred to the effect the completion of the Panama Canal would have upon the future of the Pacific. Sir Joseph Ward concurred in the resolution. He reviewed the loss of Samoa, declaring that America and Germany would not have occupied their present position had New Zealand’s advice been taken. He explained that New Zealand now controlled a considerable number of the Pacific islands, and was keenly alive to the importance of the British Government taking a warmer interest in the protection of British interests in the Pacific, which was becoming a much busier ocean than was previously expected. The development of trade between Canada and Australasia was increasing yearly. The completion of the Panama Canal would alter the whole face of the Pacific, Sir Joseph Ward insisted on Australia's and New Zealand’s right of being consulted before the conclusion of Conventions relating to the Pacific, because they alone were aware of the special conditions and circumstances importantly affecting the questions.