BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14657, 26 January 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN

CANADIAN CADETS. TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. Jan. 24. Arrangements have been' concluded ior a visit of Vancouver cadets to ! Australia. They leave here on July i 10th. ' ROYALTY IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Tho Duko of Connaught and party viewed the city from tho top of the highest ofiico building in the world. A cruwd of New Yorkers awaited their descent, and the visitors experienced eomo difficulty in making their way through the concourse. In the evening a. ball was given at tiie, Ambassador's (3lr Whitclaw Roid's) residence, at which three hundred society leaders were present. FRANCE IN .MOROCCO. PARIS, Jan. 25. Received 11.15 p.m., Jan. 25th. Tho Senate Committee's report on the Moroccan agreement emphasises the need for private enterprise to help the Government to make the protectorate a success. It protests against the abuse of secret treaties, espocially tho appending of secret modifying clauses to publio treaties. BRITAIN AND PERSIA. ST. PETERSBURG,' Jan. 25. ' Tha British Parliamentarians of all sections are visiting Russia with a view to strengthening good relations. They were warmly welcomed, but the Labour party hi tho Duma does not participate in tho festivities, owing to both countries oppressing the Persians in their fight for freedom. REBELLION IN TIMOR. SYDNEY, Jan. 25. The Thursday Island steamer Empire, from Timor, reports that the natives have i-ebeiled. Eight Portuguesa residents were killed in tho fighting, which lasted for mora than « week. Tho cause of the, outbreak is unknown. Tho Empire brought official messages for transmission to Macao, asking for tho assistance of three hundred troops and a cruiser.