NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 41, 11 October 1912, Page 7

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

The following items were published in the Sydney Sun last week : A patient named Farzr was taken to a hospital at Agon, in France, suffering from an internal complaint. The surgeon removed the man’s stomach and completely replaced it with a part of the intestines. In thirty days the patient left the institution quite cured, and celebrated bis recovery by getting drunk. He was found in the gutter, in, an incapable state. The Mexican President, General Madorn, speaking at a banquet on Saturday, hinted that the establishment of a dictatorship was the only solution of all the internal strife now prevailing in Mexico. “If the people will not support the Government,” declared General Madero, “they are not fitted for democratic conditions, and must be ruled, with the sword.” The latest exploit on the part of Bulgarian brigands is reported from llagomir, a town in the Geogheli district. A wedding feast, at which 3000 guests were being entertained, was interrupted by the miscreants, who swept down from the hills in force and surrounded the revellers. The brigands seized the newly-wedded couple and carried them off. Ransom has now been demanded and the worst is feared. Troops-are in pursuit. Portugal is in a parlous plight. There ,is .general decay in commerce and a marked slackness of business. Tile rich people arc leaving the conn- ' try‘and the poorer classes fire eiriigrat- . ipg/large The‘penitentiaries are overjeroivdod with people accused of conspiring ’against the''Republic, and in oni"'district 1000‘prfcofiers .ire in the gaols awaiting trial. Terrorism and violence in matters of administration Tire rampant, and the newspapers opposed to demagogism have been suspended and. their staffs ifnprisoned. uu-uyft a Mr Borden) tlio-Premier df Ca'nada, ‘ Who’' ‘WHS ‘ bdnqtiiitcd at Mon'fthal on 1 {,V 1 A ! . ' the occasion of the first anniversary of the defeat of the reciprocity- proposals,, Jiad an astonishingly enthusiastic: reception. Showers of roses-were flung at him, and lie was cheered again and again. In his speech he said that with co-operation in Imperial defence must come a certain voice by Canada in the interests of peace or war. He added that he was, awaiting certain information from the Admiralty, upon the receipt of which he would disclose the Government’s policy to Parliament.