BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14349, 15 November 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. COUNT TOLSTOI FOUND. MOSCOW, Nov. 13. C-onnt Tolstoi has been discovered in . Seliamardinsky Monastery, in the province of Kaluga. No one was aware of Ilis departure except his groom and coachman, who were required to prepare tlie carriage. TOLSTOI'S CONTEMPT FOR MONEY. ' ' Roceived X 1.45 p.m., Nov. 14th. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 13. It is uude;'£tood that his refusal of the Nofoei prize, and renunciation of royalties, including an offer of £IOO,OOO for his rights in all his books, has caused an estrangement between Tolstoi and his family. The peasants regard his retirement as a belated repentance of one of the Or- - thodox Church's bitterest foes. Received 9.10 p.m., Nov. 14th. • THE STATES AND MEXICO. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Washington is confronted with more delicate situations than ever before. As a result of occurrences of the last two days, the Governments of Mexico and the United States are making every effort to restrain citizens from acts "of violence and smooth away difficulties. CANADA'S IMMIGRANTS. OTTAWA, Not. 13. From April to July 155,548 imnugrants arrived in Canada against 54 ; - 699 in the United States. The month of July, with 75,000, established a. record for a single month. LOST FOR FORTY YEARS. BERLIN, Nov. 13. Tho "Schwaztal Zeitung" gives details of a tragedy which has just come to light. Two Germans, .;aptured in the war of 1870, were forgotten : .nd languished in captivity for forty years in French Guiana, whither they had been deported by mistake. They have now returned to Germany. Both their wives were alive but one re-married four years ago. A movement has been initiated to claim compensation from the French Government. THE AUSTRIAN NAVY. VIENNA, Nov. 13. The Hungarian Delegations have adopted the naval estimates. A GREAT CURIOSITY. BERLIN, Nov. 13. A pillar of natural gas near Hamburg, has been burning for nine days and attracting tens of thousands daily. There aje three immense jets and they are visible and audible miles away. MONTE CARLO SENSATION. PARIS, Nov. 13. • W. Daambrough won £64.000 at Monte Carlo during a month. His innings reached £93,000 but then he lost £12,000 daily, and decided to leave. PARIS, Nov. 13. • The cellars of the Prefecture of Police and the Palace of Justice, and the subterranean passages • of the Gare d Austerlitz, are flooded. The situ- ! ation is causing anxiety. TURKISH TROOPS IN CONFLICT. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 13. The Druses, who occupy a strong position east of Sofia, inflicted heavy loss on the Turks by means of dynamite bombs. Dysentery is spreading among the Turkish troops. BILLIARDS. The billiard match between Gray atd Lovejoy concluded with Gray's cicora 9000 and Lovejoy's 6455. Giay niada breaks of 306, 713, 436. The makers of the tables, and the makers of the bails presented Gray with 210 guineas. PORTUGAL. Reuter's Lisbon correspondent reports that the amnesty includes Sen nor Franco and his colleagues. (Senhor Franco was arrested on a charge of abuse of power during his dictatorship in 1907.)