YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8317, 16 May 1905, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

A SUMMARY. The following ia a summary of news wkicij did not appear in yesterday's "Star":— The Newfoundland Arbitration Tribunal ■will meet in Paris in June. The claims of six hundred sailors for loss of wages and of deprived of establishments on the French shore aggregate twenty million franoa. *** The " Times " reports that Charles . Casey, business agent of one of the Unions involved in the Chicago strike, wrote confessing that a strike breaker was beaten to death, being assaulted by orders of the Union. The assailants received fifteen dollars for tha assault. % Mr Balfour'a speech has dTawn expressions of bitter anger from th& Russian newspapers. They confess that they are helpless at present. (Some declare that Russia must enter iiito commercial relations with Afghanistan, and others say that th& Ameer is no longer independent. V • Mr L. M. Shaw, United States Secretary of the Treasury, speaking at th© International Railway Congress banquet at Washington, declared that America had never yet levied retaliatory tariffs. America did not criticise others levying protection or revenue duties, provided they Sid not discriminate against America. Advices from Rome state that the Roumanian Note demands the recognition of Roumanians living in Turkey as subjects of a distinct nationa.ity, and requests an answer by May 23. If the answer is unsatisfactory Roumania will break diplomatic relations with the Porte. Roumania's demands arose through the arrest of two Roumanian officials in the Yonina and Tievalence. V Advices from Saigon state that forty ' natives, armed with swords and knives, attacked the forest village of Bienhoa. Sharpshooters killed sixteen, wounded ten and captured the remainder. The leader, a notorious agitator named Ongme, was wounded. H© declared that Buddra entrusted him with a mission to heal the sick, expel the French and govern in concert with the Asiatic sovereigns. A National Interests and' International Conciliation Society has been formed in Paris. 'Scientists, writers, artists, politicians and lawyers of all countries of Europe and America are eligible for membership. The objecte are to promote the internal prosperity of all nations and international amity. The presidents are: — MM. Berthelot, Bourgeois, and Etournelles for Fiance, Lord Marlborough for Britain, and Mr Andrew Carnegie for the United States.