BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12668, 2 May 1905, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United' Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. EARTHQUAKES- .. ia : 7 LONDON, ; April Earthquake have : been' felt throughout Switzerland and. Italy. 'Houses aodhistoric monuments tare; been übadly damaged at ChaiTUtfiTX and. ArgwUere. , THE HIGHER CRn3CIS3£ . The London elders of the Preatytenan Church have issued a maiiifmfo against tits dangers Of the higher criticism. THE DEFENCE OP HONGKONG. Frwh ituM have been monnted at Stone cutters Island, Hongkong, and the harbour has been mined. - ' ROYAL ACADEMY BANQUET. The Agents-General -were present at the Royal Academy banquet-. The Prince of Wales congratulated the Academy oil admitting officially recognised colonial students to Royal Academy school* withont TawiTnatmn. Hl€ dficisiOD, IIC 6&ld, IFXTUId j be received with gratitude and satisfaction W their brothers across the seas. the pahs salon. Mr Bertram MackennalPs statue in bronie .oli a dancer and" another statue in marblel : has been accepted by the Paris Salon. Received 9.30 pan., May- Ist. AFFAIRS IN BULGARIA. LONDON,'May 1. The proposal to transform Bulgaria into an independent kingdom meets with little opposition from the Powers, if the Bulgarians are content to abandon their' Macedonian aspirations. GERMANY AND MOROCCO. M. Tattenboch on bong interviewed by, Renter at Tangier implied that Germany's policy was to restore Morocco to the status quo before the *Anglo-_Frenc2» convention. He disclaimed any intention to negotiate a commercial convention. Germany claimed equal rights for other nations and insisted upon the integrity of Morocco.. ILLNESS OF PADEREWSKI. NEW YORK, May 1. M- Paderewski has been attacked by cerebro spinal meningitis at New York. THE ROYAL TOUR. PARIS, May 1. After exchanging visits King Edward dined with President Loubet at the Elysee. No toasts were proposed. His Majesty the President witnessed an operatictheatrical entertainment. NORWEGIAN POLITICS. Received 9.52 pan., May Ist. CHRISTIANA, May 1. j Norway has rejected the Prince Regent's" offer to submit the terms of union to revision, and insists upon the recognition of Norway's right to appoint consuls before even consenting to negotiate upon the demand* of each kingdom, with the right to decide upon the future form of nationalexistence if the negotiations fa - AFFAIRS IN CRETE. ATHENS, May 1. The consuls insist upon the removal -of the Greek flag from public buildings and the hoisting of the Cretan flag. - The international troops that were sent rescued the Gendarmes and captured the Boukolies. ITALY AND AUSTRIA. ROME, May 1. Gxmfc A. Gohichwwski, Minister of Foreign Affair* for Austria, and Signor Tittoni, Mnarterpf Foreign Affairs for Italy, met at Venice Tind confirmed existing agreements, espfeiaSy the agreement undertaking to maintain; the statu# the A?rfa»iV Each statesman complimented the ot&er on Ms «adhnasen in the cause tH pic«.