BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14659, 29 January 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN

THE ROYAL TOT®.. COURTESIES TO FRANCE. Press Association—By Tol.—-Copyright. MALTA, Jan. 20. The ICiug conferred the Grand Cross of the Victoria Order upon .Admiral Lapeyere and Knight £ammandership3 On other French officers." ' The Iving telegraphed his appreciation of the French fleet's greeting at Malta. ENGLAND AND THE STATES. OFFICIAL VISITORS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Duke of Connaught spoilt forty miniuea at tlie White Hou.-jo, informally chatting 'with President Taft. He nicer wards received a return visit from President Taft. who whs accompanied by a single aide-de-camp. Mr Bryee, tho British Ambassador, was a'sn present. The American Cabinet officers were presented to the Duke, who later visited the Press Club, where he -was greeted uproariously. In a short address, tho Duke of Connattght said he hoped that- England and tho United States would always be the best of friends for the good of the world. RHODES SCHOLARS. LONDON, Jan. 26. The annual report of the Rhodes Trustees states that there wore 176 scholars during, the year. Their work was sound but not brilliant. The selection apparently duos not reach the highest types of scholarship in Germany, Amer.ca, and tho coloniey, this being caused .by the all-round physical and intellectual conditions irr> ; p ok eel. ; DUKE OF FIFE ILL IN EGYPT. (Received 0.5 p.m., Jan. 28th.) LONDON, Jan. 27. Doctor Anderson, physician to the ! Princess Royal, has been summoned to Wady Haifa to attend the Duke of Erie, who c-aught a chili, and liis condition is serious. EARTHQUAKE AT HOME. j Earthciuake shocks have been ex- i perienced in Derbyshire and in Mon- , mouth \ alley. Hundreds of residents of the latter quitted their homes and remained in the streets till daylight. No damage was dono. PROGRESS OF SOUDAN. CAIRO, Jan. 26. Dr. Ingram, Bishop of London, consecrated Khartoum Cathedral on December 2/th, the anniversary of General Gordon's death. Many high Copt-is ecclesiastics and leading Moslems wore present. The Duke and Duchess of I ife were not present. OCEANIC CURIOSITY Vi AStIINuTON, Jan. 27. Advices from Alaska state that steamers frequenting northern "waters report an extraordinary change in tho Japan current.- One vessel was carried twenty miles out of her course, and another fifty-five miles. No explanation is forthcoming. Shipping are being wiivlessK- warned. SAVAGERY IN EUCADOR. QUITO, Jan. 26. -he rebel General Petro Mentcro, recently a popular hero, who -was captured on January 22nd, Vcs lynched by the angry populace at Guayaquil. His body -was dragged through the streets. It -was then beheaded and