BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

West Coast Times, 20 April 1911, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

I*l XBUtG RAPE—PBS PRESS ASSOCIATION.') AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. BERLIN, April 19.—There is a movement in official circles here to summon an International Congress next year to consider the question of making an international language a compulsory subject in all the public schools of the leading nations. MEETING OF ROYALTIES. CORFU, April 19.—The Kaiser and Kaiaerin entertained Queen Alexandra and the King of the Hellenes here. THE RUSSIAN JEWELLERY ROBBERY. ST. PETERSBURG, April 19.—Four hotel waiters who followed the DeLiinins from Baku have been arrested. Twenty thousand pounds worth of the stolen jewellery has been recovered. THE MORROCAN REVOLT. TANGIER, April 19—The Sultan’s army has attacked and defeated the rebels, killing 40, and capturing eighty. BRIGANDAGE. ROME, April 18.— Brigands attacked a secluded villa in Ltmpio, Sardinia, kilted an aged noblewoman for refusing to reveal the hiding place of her wealth and afterwards tortured and killed her maid and sacked tho villa.

TWO MEN AND A WOMAN. VIENNA, April 18.—Two carters ■t Baja, Hungary, loving a farmer's daughter, agreed to tight a duel with heavy horsewhips the girl promising to marry the winner. They stripped to their waists, fastened themselves to posts to prevent their running away and belabored each other until the horrified girl ran for help. The combatants were discovered senseless. The duel was a draw. AMERICAN RECIPROCITY BILL. WASHINGTON, April 18.—The Republicans in the House of Representatives announce that they will vote against reciprocity. Their attitude is believed to indicate the sentiment of the Senate’s Republican majority. CHOLERA. VANCOUVER, April 18.—Advices from Honolulu state that there has been a recurrence of cholera and four cases are reported. DIED OF STARVATION. NEW YORK, April 18.—Dawson (Sty reports the recovery of the bodies of four mounted police who died of starvation on the banks of the Peel River. The men had eaten their dogs after the supplies were exhausted. The relief party buried the victims at Fori MaePherson. INCENDIARISM. BRUSSELS, April 18—An incendiary fire destroyed the Town Hall at Schaerbtck. Pictures and Gobelin tapestries valued at £BO,OOO were consumed.

AN AVIATOR KILLED. PARIS, April 18.—Captain Cararon was killed while aeroplaning at Versailles. ALL-RED SERVICE. OTTAWA, April 18.—Arthur Kidman, who has returned from London, says that the all-red service will materialise by the end of next year. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PLAGUE NEW YORK, April 18.—Strict precautions are being taken at Portland, Oregon, to prevent tho entry of the plague. BOXING FATALITY. NEW YORK, April 18.—William Luke, injured in a boxing match at Waterbary, Connecticut, _ last night, has died from his injuries. A MURDERER'S REPRIEVE. LONDON, April 18.—Mr Church- - ill, in reply to a question as to Steiner Morrison's reprieve for the Clapham ' Common murder, said that it did not imply that there was any doubt regarding the prisoner's guilt or the rightness of Die verdict, OBITUARY. .-.’ LONDON, April 18.—Colonel WalJeer, ex-Cbnservator of Forests in New Zealand is dead.