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Waikato Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5156, 13 November 1912, Page 5

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Ambassador's Retirement New York, November 12. It is i eported that Mr James Bryce, British Ambassador at Washington, has resigned and is returning to England. London, November 12. Though Mr Bryce’s resignation is nt officially announced, the newspapers state that Sir Cecil Arthur ! Spring Rice will succeed him. The Evening News declares that Mr Bryce’s blunder in connection with Canadian reciprocity sealed his fate. Washington, November 12. Mi iii-yci-'a impending retirement is bJi vid In I,ark liie abandonment of An f ! -''can arbitration. Rtccivcu 8.40. p.tn., 12th. Washington, November 11. Mr Bryan, Ur.it; d States Ambassador to Japan, lias resigned. Progressives in America Beet ived 8.40 p.m,, 12th. Washington, November 12. A movement to reorganise the Republicans on Progressive lines has been launched, headed by Senators Commins, Kenyon and Hadley. Mr Roosevelt asserts that the battle has just begun against the furious opposition of the political “bosses.” The Progressives secured four million votes, an unparalled feat in the annals of the American Government. The Progressives will support any party ready to legislate on progressive lines. Fatal Railway Accident New Orleans, November 12. Thirty people were killed at Yazoo, on the Mississippi railroad, in a collision between a freight and a passenger train. The victims were so badly mangled that identification is difficult. Spanish Premier Assasinated Received 8.40 a.m., 13th. Madrid, November 12. Senor Canalejas, the Spanish Premier, has been assassinated. Madrid, November 12. j Canelejas’ assassin was Manuel Ferrao Marlin, aged 28, who is believed to have been incited by fiery speeches at Sunday’s annual demonstration over Ferrer’s execution. Canelejas was entering the Ministry of the Interior when four shots were fired, one striking him in the right ear. The body was laid on a table in the central hall, where King Alfonso knelt in prayer.