BRITISH AND FOREIGN
United' Press. Association—Per ■ -. - Tdegrapl£-Copyiiffhk & A GENEROUS MINISTER. '.M '>s > " LONDON, February 4J p •Sir £rey, new Minister ; : <®l Foreign " generously -returned Metropolitan W*st<!F - Board £3OOO, being; bis portion of the feea for' acting as aigj bitratcrr raider the Act of 1902. ' ' S\ AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION". >Jsft Mr Coghlan, New- South Wales Agent;General, in a letter to- the "Times," ds. | nies suggesting that the prejudice arisifflfr 2 from the Chinese question Lad influen6«s ißimigratioa to Australia. He had cited the pTejudice iis one of the factors affacting the price of Austalian secnritieai in London. .He reiterated his complain^ l ;agaisisf the afctifcuder of the "Times" tralian financial "correspondent. ; ; DONATION TO >''U3OBMPLOYEDj Latfy Strathcona has given 10,000' .guineas to the Unemployed Fund, with the stimulation that 9000 guineas must be devoted' to- the «anigration of ■ deserving workers to Canada. Received >9:35 p.miy Fefamarr sth. ■. A GREATT WELCOME. •_. LONDON, February 5. The Earl''of Aberdeen's stale entry iiito Dublin was, remarkable for has enthusiastic e! come. THE EDUCATION PROPOSALS. The Archbishop of Canterbury, ih a letter to a correspondent, expressed the hope that the Government education proposals will be such as the Church can perhaps reluctantly accept. Under no circumstances within the range of prastical' possibilities wonld passive resistance be justifiable. If the conscientious conviction of churchmen is violated they must strenuously try to amend the - law. I
: JENEZCELAN DISAGREEMENT. . Februnry 4. Diplomatists at Caracas have protested against M. Taigny's treatment. '" ' 1 THE JAPANESE WAR- TAXES. : _ if " TOlxlO, February 4. • the Constitutional Party in the JapunDiet- support the Bill to convert war tajijeis: into a permanent impost. A majority is assured for the Bill. INCREASE IN JAPANESE NAVY. . TOKIO. February 5. The tonnage'of "the" .Tapaiiess Xaw will be incjeys-idj to 4CO.CCO by 1308. . I GERMAN NAVAL ACTIVITY. ( BERLIN, February 4. Ihe German Navy League, has made a frenzied appeal to the people to support the .voting of a big navy increase, p(sinting out that the bigger the fleet the greater the workmen's certainty of daily bread. A great shipbuilding yard will shortlv he established at Imbeck.
THE LATE KIXCt OF DENMARK. COPENHAGEN. Febnmrv 4. Queen Alexandra, who will' attend the
funeral of her late father, the King of IKumark, has arrived at Copenhagen. A GRAVE CRISIS. VIENNA, February 4. M. Andrassy has submitted to King Joseph the Hungarian coalition's proposals for peace, reducing the original demands for nationalisation of the army to a minimum, and merely desiring that the King's declaration of his supreme rights over the army shall henceforth be exercised in accord with the Hungarian Parliament. King Joseph declined the negotiations, and a rupture of the absolutist regime is imminent.
THE TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION CAPETOWN. February i' One thousand members of the irregular cops who fought in the war, met at Johannesburg and affirmed adherence to ihe cardinal principles of the Constitution. Messrs Simpson and Karri Davis spoke.
RELEASE OF MADAME HUMBERT.
PARIS. Febra;irv -4. Madame Humbert has been iu;ndiiui;j;d3v released from prison.
REVIVAL OF THE BOYCOTT. PEKIN. February 5.
The failure of Congress to remove the Chinese grievances* has caused a revival «>f the American boycott. At Pekin sever ii Americans holding high positions in the Chinese service have been dismissed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12896, 6 February 1906, Page 5
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