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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 56, 20 October 1911, Page 6

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HOME AND FOREIGN

(By Electric Telegraph.--Copyright.)

(United Press Association. ) (Received 20, 12.5 p.m.) Paris, October 19

After prolonged negotiations the Trans-Atlantic Shipping Companies have renewed the existing agreement for five j ears.

T,ic newspapers indicate ’that a hitch has occurred in the Moroccan negotiations. It is believed that Prance is unable to contemplate the cession of territory by ciming the French Congo in twain, widen will mean the interruption of direct communication wffch the coast. If this difficulty is surniouhtod, negotiations can easily be concluded. Berlin, October 19. The “Frankfurter Zeitimg” states that France wishes to withdraw part of the compensation previously offered. This is likely, to, wroqk-..the .negotiations and create a new situation. Pekin, October 19.

Official accounts describe tiic fight at the Hankow railway station as a move skirmish. The Imperial troops captured three rebels, and a quantity of ammunition. Four torpedo- boats have arrived at Takau. It is estimated that 21,000 Imperial troops and seventy guns -have been despatched to Hankow. The provincial authorities at Canton arc importing large supolios of arms and ammunition. . Berlin, October 19. A wireless message received from Woihaiwei states that fighting lias been resumed at Hankow.

(Received 20, 12.55 p.m.) Ottawa, October 19. There is general dissatisfaction throughout the Dominion as a result of the census. Many towns are planning to hold their own census. The men employed were political appointees, and many wore unfitted for the task. It is claimed that whole streets in one large town were left uncounted.

New York, October 19. An aviator named Rodgers landed at Dallas, in Texas, having left Fort Worth in the morning. He covered the distance at the rate of a mile a minute. Ho is confident ho will reach San Francisco. Mrs. Pankhurst, the well-known English suffragette, was the principal speaker at the Women’s Suffragette Convention at Louisville, Kentucky. She claims that the American women are becoming more insistent daily on the exonsion of the franchise. A delegation was present from every State in the Union.