HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 58, 14 July 1913, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS

BULGARIA'S TREACHERY

[By Electric Telegraph-—Copyright] [Sydney Sun Special Cable.] Belgrade, July 12.

Bulgarian written orders have been found after the rout, showing that Bulgaria was completing war preparations when the Government was pretending- to settle the disputes with Servia by pacific means.

THE SCENE IN THE COMMONS

London, July 12

The Strangers' Gallery of the House of Commons was full when two men produced pistols, creating consternation. Several members rushed to the staircase of the gallery. The men at first gave wrong names, hut subsequently admitted their identity.:No charge is being preferred ..against them. .s '

' T7NEASIXESS, IN, IRELAND.' Uneasiness is' felt regarding the troops in Ireland. It is feared that if Home Rule is favored many officers and men will resign and join the Unionist forces.

The workers in the shipyards are armed with guns, distributed by clubs in the outlying districts. FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES. A thousand Moro Island natives fortified a great crater in an extinct volcano at Bagsok:' iir Seven ; hundred American troops and Philippine scouts, with machine trying to dislodgo them. Then? has been'«ome fierce fighting on the precipitous sides of the crater.

BOARD OF TRADE REGULATIONS (Received 8.41 p.m.)..

London, July 12

New regulations have been issued by,the Board of Trade to enable their officials to prosecute fraudulent misdescription of goods, the Government defraying the cost of an expert.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. A professional report shows that the mortar in Saint Paul's was perished and the rubber fittings disintegrated. The dome, weighing 32,000 tons, is resting on the piers which wove merely made of Portland stone.

THE COST OP LIVING. An official statement shows that the price of wheat, barley, oats, bread, meats, milk, cheese, and eggs is dearer in 1912 than previously. The price of butter is the highest for nine years.

THE DOWN-TRODDEN POLES. The Commission, representing twenty-four million Poles in Europe, which was sent to interview the Ambassadors' Conference, request that steps bo taken to secure a measure of freedom. It is claimed that martial law practically exists in Russia and Prussia; the Polish language is prohibited; examination by torture is practised in the courts, all of which demoralised the individual who in connivance with the police was permitted to rob and murder with impunity.

BELGIUM'S GOVERNMENT. Brussels, July 12

Tho clanger of a European conflict has induced Belgium to provide a complete transfer of the scat of Government to Antwerp in the event of an invasion.

CANADA AND THE CHINESE Ottawa, July 12

Canada purposes to negotiate for a treaty with China, limiting Chinese immigrants to 450 annually.

SAFEGUARDING WHITE GIRLS. Saskatchewan, July 12.

The, Supreme Court upheld the right of the province to legislate against the employment of white girls by Orientals.

OBITUARY. New York, July 32 Aubrev Boueicault,