BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13273, 30 April 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copvright. ; SIR JOSEPH WARD. | " LONDON, April 28. Sir Joseph Ward and party return by the o.s. Mcoltan, which will' sail on May 24tfi. ' THE FLOGGING OF NATIVES. The Colonists' Association of Nairobi (British East. Africa), liaye re-elected Mr Grogan President, and urged Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to appoint an inquiry from Home regarding the flogging incident,' and ether grievances. THE "STANDARD " APOLOGISES. The Highways Committee of tlia late London County Council: has withdrawn its libel action against the " Standard," which apologised and paid the costs of.the action. PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. •lih.9< Prince of Wales, in laying the foundation stone of the Uew house for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts of the Empire, referred to the Society's success in supplying their fellow-countrymen in the colonies with religious opportunities which were impossible in the earlier days of the colonies' life without tlie.generous-'support of the Home Church. , MESSAGE IN ST. PAUL'S. ■ LONDON, April 29. Sir Joseph Ward was-.visiting St. Pawl's to select a site for tlie Seddon monument, when he met -a party of schoolboys.. Sir J. G. Ward readily resppnded to an invitation to speak and the crypt rang with a five minutes' message of advice and lione. . REDUCTIONS AT WOOLWICH, * There will be 3285 discharges at Woolwich a.rsenal during the nest half year, until the personnel reaches a.-minimum of 10,000. WITNESS FINDS HIS DIARY- ; The New Zealand witne?,S: in the- Briic.e case recovered the missing diary at- the bottom of his luggage, where it had been overlooked. The trial is expected to open' in the autumn. LIBERATED. Reuter's Salonika correspondent states Chat Mr Abbott's son, who was taken captive by brigands, has been liberated. FRANCE AND HER COLONIES. PARIS, : j April 29. A French Colonial League lias been, established to develop an enlightened interest regarding the colonie.% to promote a clear and healthy pacific opinion at home, encourage the colonists, and thus tend to increase the prosperity of. France's- dependencies. IMPORTS' AND EXPORTS. OTTAWA, i April 28. The increase in Canada's imports for . the year ending March 31st. amounted to £950,000, and the exports to £1,500.000. GERMAN FEARS ALLAYED. BERLIN, April 28. Sir Edward Grey's denial of the British alliance -with Spain, coupled with the heavy participation of British capital in the German • loan has had a. reassuring effect in public feeling in Berlin. REASONABLE, SOCIALISTS Tlie. Socialistic speeches in i,lie Reichstair, in. reference to the military estimates, were remarkably conciliatory; This is ir.tsrpreta.ted to mean, that- the Socialists consider that the moment is unsuitable for weakening Germany's position relative to foreign countries. THE KIEL CANAL. BERLIN, April 29. German estimates provide £7,500,000 as the first instalment for widening the Kiel canal. The work is to occupy .eight yearn and to cost £11,000,000. THE JAMESTOWN EXHIBITION... NEW YORK, April 28. ' President- Roosevelt- inaugiTofed tlis Jamestown Exhibition. He" delivered a. historical arid patriotic address Snip.' briefly ■dwelt o nthe modem problem of the legitimate control of corporate wealth. He predicted that the United States would never become a Government either of plutocracy or mob.