NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 33, 2 August 1911, Page 7

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

GERMAN EYE ON CANADA. SPECIAL DIKECT STEAMSHIP SERVICE ADVOCATED. Berlin, June 4. General Liebert, a member of the Reichstag, contributes in the Post an urgent appeal to his countrymen to realise the splendid opportunities for German trade enterprise in Canada. He says: "Germany must make Btrenuous efforts to increase her exports to Canada, to achieve the conquest of the Canadian market. It would pay to send agents and commercial travellers to Canada to study the special trade conditions of that country and ascertain the needs of the population. A regular, frequent steamship service from Hamburg and Bremen to the Canadian ports is also essential. "There are only 27,000 Germans living in Canada, and the number may not increase much owing to an almost complete cessation of emigration from Germany. But German capital can be invested in Canadian railways, mines, real estate, and industries, whereby the way may be paved for extensive German commerce in Canada." SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD I GIFFORD. | AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS AT TWENTY-FIVE. London, June 6. Lord Gifford, V.C., died suddenly last night at his residence, Old Park, Chichester. He had been receiving medical attention for some time. Lord Gifford was»born in 1849, and was the third to hold the title. He entered the army in 1849, and won the Victoria Cross when he was 25. j The Cross was awarded for a long series of useful services during the Ashanti campaign of 1873-4, and more particularly for exceptional bravery at the' taking of the town of Beequah on February 1, 1874. Lord Gifford had organised a body of scouts at the beginning of the campaign, and, with his little band, ranged ahead of the army and ferreted out the intentions of the enemy. With his scouts, Lord Gifford was through the stockade at Beequah some time before the troops stormed it. :He was successively Colonial Secretary ■of; Western Australia and Gibraltar, re•tiring in 1880 to attend to his affairs at home. GREAT TREASURE-FIND. FORTUNE IN GOLD UNEARTHED IN HONDURAS. / New York, June 8. The Evening Sun publishes a despatch sent from San Diego, California, by treasure-seekers on board the steamship Eureka, who say that their expedition to recover a great cache of gold hidden on the coast of Honduras has been successful.

The treasure was hidden by the crew of a Chilian cruiser, and has been variously estimated to be worth from £3,000,000 to £13,000,000. A former resident at Honduras, who knew the details of the story and the location of the treasure, induced Mr. Henry Krelling, a San Francisco business man, to fit out an expedition.

The Eureka left on her mission several weeks ago, the plans of the expedition being kept secret, because the law in the Central American Republics prohibit the exploration of gold. The message now received from the treasure-seekers says that the expedition has been a success in every way.

MURDERED BY BOY PIRATES. j DESPERATE FIGHT WITH A FLEET OF BOATS. Berlin, June 6. Two juvenile pirates, named Ernest Voigt, a sevcnteen-year-okl ship's apprentice, and George Ticni, a chemist's assistant, of the same age, ran amok in the Elbe yesterday, and killed one person, before they were captured. They first boarded a large fishing smack which was at anchor, and fought one hand 011 duty. They overpowered the man and threw him into the river. The seaman, who was a good swimmer, succeeded in reaching the shore. Then the boys hoisted the black flag at the vessel's mainmast, and sailed seaward, Voight acting as navigator. Captain Schoemer, the skipper of the smack, missed it when he desired to go aboard, and, on learning that it had gone down the river, he hired a motor-boat and went in pursuit. The pirates fired with rifles at short range and killed"Schoemer. The owner of the motor-boat, who was driving it, abandoned the chase and landed the body, afterwards notifying, the police. Meanwhile, four fishing yawls chased the pirates, who kept them at bay with their rifles, and succeeded in wounding five persons. A Government despatch steamer finally chased and overhauled the smack, and a detachment was sent on board. The two boys were overpowered after a fierce struggle.

RULER AT FOURTEEN. Home, May 15. A. dispatch of yesterday's date from Addis Abeba announces tile Lid j Jeassu, the grandson of the Emperor Menelik and the heir to the throne of Abyssinia, has been solemnly proclaimed Emperor! The coronation ceremony will take nlace later. Lidj Jens™, the new Emperor of Ethiopia, otherwise styled Nciis is fourteen years of age. He is the°son of Shoagoash, Menelik's only daughter, and Ras Michael. lie attended the European school at Addis Abeba, the capitaJ, and can speak English, French, and German fluently. The young Emperor was to have made a tour of Europe, including a visit to London, three years ago, but the trip was abandoned owing to the precarious health of Menelik, the late Emperor. Lidj Jeassu was married two years ago to Princess Romani, a granddaughter of the late King John. Bhe is now ten years old. I'fmnr," <-vTT>Tv-r> HIS WALK BETRAYS HIM. , , m ' """mm A hobble-skirted person walking on Fifth Avenue, New York, the other night, attracted the notice of a crowd and a policeman standing at Thirteenth street. "What's the matter with you?" asked the policeman. "Nothing with me," came the answer in a deep bass voice. "Kindly chase this rabble away." The policeman shooed away the crowd of newsboys, and, grasping the hobbleskirted person by the arm, led the way to the Tenderloin station. There the prisoner declared his sex, and said he was John Underbill, forty-seven years old. a clerk for some bankers of Wall street. lie was held on a charge of vagrancy. Besides the hobbled brown plaid skirt Underbill had on brown silk stockings and a peach basket hat that concealed

ills lack of hair. When he was held he asked to telephone to Miles Walsh, of East Ninety-third street, who, he said, was a produce merchant. After he had got the number on the 'phone he asked to speak to Miss Walsh. He told her that he was arrested, and asked her to bail him out. To the policeman Underbill said he had been dining with a friend, who suggested the disguise. Undevhill was discharged when arraigned in the night court. JONAH AND THE WHALE. j'jgj. - p* New York, May 31. The Rev. William D. Grant, who refused to believe that the whale swallowed Jonah, who said that Moses had a fit of the blues when he wrote the Ninetieth Psalm, and who criticised other beliefs of the Presbyterian Church, has been found guilty of heresy. The Pre?byterian General Assembly has suspended him from the ministry until he has renounced his- errors. Judgment of the extent of his Teunuciation is left with the local Presbytery to which Mr Grant belongs. The members of the local Presbytery acquitted him of heresy before the General Assembly took up the case. It is believed; therefore, that Mr Grant's retirement from the ministry will not be for long.