GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 57, 2 March 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) New York, February 29. Passengers arriving at Laredo, Texas, from Monteney state that 2G prisoners were executed in prison there following on the revolt and light with prison guards. Over three thousand prisoners occupied the gaol but the revolt was confined to a few hundreds. It is reported from San Antonio, Texas, that thirty-five oilwell workers were drowned through a bhrge sinking while crossing Lake Lamchuam, over the Mexican border. No details are yet procurable. Nineteen sticks of dynamite were found attached to a Boston-Maine freight train. It is believed that the outrage was attempted by strikers at Lawrence when ,the train passed that point. j; . Ottawa, February 29. Three thousand citizens at Toronto were present at a united mass meeting protesting against the grant of Home Rule to Ireland. A resolution was passed asserting that Ireland if it were granted self-government would become the centre of conspiracy of

the Empire. Berlin, February 29. At the trial of Wollf Metternich and Buies, a Roumanian, charged with card-sharping the letter asserted that rouge,et noir was a game of skill and offered to give ,a demonstration. The judge accepted as banker. The game was played in open court and had the contest been genuine the judge would have lost fourteen hundred marks. , London, February 29. The governors of the cancer hospital report that while radium is valuable for the treatment of cancer it does not replace operative measures. Horatio Bottomley’s examination in bankruptcy has commenced. He stated his scheme ought to give his creditors £20,000 yearly. The weekly newspaper John Bull, he said, sometimes made £2OOO weekly. The “Morning Post’s” Washington correspondent reports' that the StateDepartment asserts its sovereignty over the Palmyra Island as part of the Hawaian Group. Owing to rumours adverse to the claim being made a cruiser visited the island. The American Government, he says, does not intend to relinquish its sovereignty over the island. In the House of Commons, the resolution moved by Dr Chappie, member for Stirling, in favour of Home Ride for Scotland, was carried by 22. G votes to 128. Mr McKiahon. Wood, Financial Secretary of the Treasury, said too much work was cast on the House of Com- : mons, 'and 1 that the' federal system was! a logical necessity, but 'he was ■; * i ° , j -, .' ■ •! 1 *• • i ; unable'to pledge the Government regarding the time when the change should be made. Mr Bonar Law, leader of the Opposition, declared that there was no evidence of a real desire''in Scotland for this reform. The grievance was purely a liot-hou^e'growth. Paris, February 29. [ The protecting Powers ]haye' decided to strengthen theif’forces id Cretan | waters. Three French cruisers have been ordered thither] with instructions, to land a detachment if necessary to g protect Mussulmans. Washington, February 28. Representatives’ of commercial organisations in the leading cities are urging Mr Taft that no trans-contin-ental railroa companies should be permitted to operate steamship lines through the Panama Canal. The representatives advocated free toils through the Canal, or tolls favouring American shipping. Panama, February 29. The Secretary for State, Mr Knox, who is touring the South American i Republic, addressed a public gather- • ing. Ho asked for broader confidence and closer sympathy between the ReP publics. He assured all the LatinAmerican Republics that the United States’ goodwill policy was without any sinister motives although often misrepresented. The'opening of the Panama Canal would show out in greater relief the wisdom of the Monroe doctrine.