GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 15, 8 May 1914, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

SCENE IN THE DUMA, [By EIECTEIO TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT] Times and Sydney Sun Services. St. Petersburg. May G. There was au uproar in tiie Duma, the Opposition groups protesting against the intended prosecution of Teheidz© for propagating republican ideas from the Rostrum. On the President’s motion, fifteen Socialists weie suspended for a fortnight. Singly and in batches, Circassian princes and working men were removed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, assisted by guards, before a full house and a crowded gallery. SUPPRESSING THE PRESS. Pekin, May 6. Rigid Government regulations place the newspapers under police control, necessitating wholesale bribery to ensure a continuity of publication. The editor, publisher, and printer must be over thirty, with a clean record, and must he military or naval men, or an administrative or judicial official, or student. SON SHOOTS HIS FATHER. New York, May (>. General Hiram Duryea, octogenarian, and Civil War veteran, was shot dead by his insane son at Brooklyn. After firing seven shots, the madman summoned the police by teleobmie. When they arrived, he welcomed them to ids bedroom with elaborate courtesy. THE RULE OF THE AIR. Paris, May 6. The International Aeronautical federation is appealing to me I.uiopean Governments to abolish the prohibition against aviators flying over fortified places, and requests France to summon an international aiiatiou conference, to definitely settle the international aerial question. THE LOSS OF THE COLUMBIAN. [United Peesi Association.] Halifax, May 7. The search for the third boat of tbe Columbian continues. 'The crew of twenty are known to have left with little food and water, as, owing to explosions, they were unable to remain a sufficient time aboard the steamer. The total known to be dead are three. A number of incoming steamers aie aiding in the search. ' 'the HAYTI INCIDENT. Port Au Prince, May G. The National Ban has lent the Government the necessary amount to settle the British claim. ’Mr Jegef (Minister of Foreign Affairs) has resigned, owing to Cabinet difficulties over the debt. There was much'' consternation f.Ror Congress adjourned without maching a decision, as it. was thought irat the British Bluejackets would be landed. The Government, however, ordered payment, and the incident closed.