MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 273, 20 November 1901, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

PE« PRESS ASSOCIATION. Washington, November 18. Mr Pierpont Morgan's trust is strenuously urging President Koosevelt to abandon the reciprocity policy. The Chamber of Comrn'rce unanim- , ously support tho President. I London, November 18. Violent fe«ling is being shown in the Galway election .campaign. The com-mittee-room of Mr Horace Plunkett, one of the candidates, was wrecked and a supporter fatally stabbed. Arthur Lynch, an ex-colonel in the Boer forces, who is a candidaie, conducts his campaign from Paris, fearing arrest if he returns to Ireland. j

J Lord Lansdowne has directed lord Paunceforte to sign the new AngloAmerican Isthmian Canal treaty. Lord Eanfurly, in a letter to the St. James Gazette, says that the Koyal visit to Australasia was of inestimable and far reaching value. The absence nf stiffness was a pleasant surprise, and more frequent visits are desirable. Shanghai, November 18. An e<?ict issued by the DowagerEmpress eulogises Li Hung Chang, and orders the erect ; on of an arch in his native village. A Marquisate is conferred on bis eldest son. Received 20,1.0 a.m. London, November 19. Cholera is raging in Java, and 120 cases are reported daily. Received 20, 1.2 a.m. Berlin, November 19. After a suppar at Insterburg Lieutenant Blatkowitz struck Lieutenant Hildebrand*-, who was helping him homeward. A Court of Honour considered the case, and decided that a duel was inevitable. Blaskowitz was killed, and a court-martial sentenced Hildebrandt to two years' imprisonment because the result had proved fatal. Washington, November 19. The German Minister has assured President Koosevelt that tbe reports that Germany was seeking coaling stations in South America and the West Indies were baseless. Received 20, J.lO a.m. London, November 19. , Mr LoDg, speaking at a Unionist banquet, announced that a Water Board Bill woull be introduced providing for the purchase of the London Water Companies' rights on equitable terms, which wowld be eettled by competent hands. King Edward and Queen Alexandra open Parliament on January 16. Received 20,1.18 a.m. Shanghai, November 19. Prince Ching is being instructed to proceed with the Manchurian treaty. Washington, November 19. The Commission recommends the Nicaraguan canal, as cos' ing one-fourth less than the Panama route.