BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14520, 16 August 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN

CANADIAN ELECTIONS. A RIOTOUS MEETING. Press Association—By Tel. —Copyright. OTTAWA, August 14. Mr l«m.cux, Cmiadian l'ostmastcdOomval, met Mr Jiourassa, the Frenehj Canadian loader, at St. Hyacinth, where the iirsfc big political gathering of the campaign was held. Mr Lc~ mic-ux was accused by Mr Bournssa of l>t-.Jig an office-seeker, and having sought the Speakership of the House of Commons while apparently fighting for principle only. A disturbance promptly broke out and the platform was partly destroyed. Mr Lornieux admitted the allegation with regard to the Speakership, but denied the other charges, and in his turn accused Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier of having betrayed the French-Cana--1 dians by his naval policy. SOUTH AFRICA'S PROBLEMS. LONDON, August 14. Mr Botha, on being interviewed, said that South Africa had a great problem to fuce, and it must be solved by South Africans alone. Ho emphatically denied that there was dissension in the Cabinet. His policy favoured immigration, but it was his duty to see +hat those who were practically starving in South' Africa were placed in a position to earn a living before thinking of outside immigration. GERMAN SHIP-BUILDING. BERLIN, August 14. The construction of three sister battleships has occupied thirty-one and a half to -thirty-three and a half month* apiece. This discounts the German official assertion of thirty-sis to forty months when replying to statements made in the English Parliament with regard to tjie acceleration of German I shipbuilding. Received 11.45 p.sn,, August 15th. HEAT IN GERMANY. BERLIN, August 15. The temperature is 104 in shade, and there are seriona forest fires. THE COLOUR LINE. NEW YORK, August 14. A serious race war is feared at Durant, in Oklahama, following on the burning of a negro who assaulted a white woman. A posse of white men found the negro escaping across country, fired a volley and the man fell, pierced by hundreds of bullets. Hia body was then burne4. AN AUSTRIAN DUEL. VIENNA, August 14. Count Karolyi and Count Steinberg fought a duel with 6Words, owing to Count Karolyi slandering the Austrian Army in a speech in the Hungarian Parliament. Count Karolyi was badly wounded.' THE PERSIAN REVOLTTON. TEHERAN, August 14. The ex-Shah is 80 miles from Teheran. A fight took place 70 miles from here and resulted in the defeat of his supporters. The leader Resides and the Sultana were killed. CHOLERA IN TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 15. Cholera is increasing alarmingly. There were 114 cases and 64 deaths in the last twenty-four hours, chiefly in the Jewish quarter, which is crowded with refugees from the recent great fire.