CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10818, 8 December 1902, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Press Association. —Telegraph. — Copyright ■ . -MUTINY AT SEA. v LONDON, December 6. Captain Peattie, of the Liverpool ship Leicester Castle, reported at Queenstown that three Americans whom he engaged at San Francisco mutinied 300 miles northward of Pitcairn; Island. .They .shot him in the,; breast and arm, and killed the second officer. The three disappeared in 1 . a-, frail v craft during, the night/ They were doubtles's'drowned: ' '. ' . THE AFRIKANDER BOND'S NEW . ; ;... ~ NAME. ,' , '; ■ „ * - CAPETOWN, December 6. The # Afrikander -Bond's new game fi ttte South African Paity, a. mere. signboard to conceal the fact. of .its real aims.' The organisation is unaltered. . The'Bondwillire,inain as a subdivision for' 1 the -purposes of Cape politics. The more general organisation known as the Soutlu-Xfrican -Party is. already {seeking to foster the growth of the anti-Imperial party among the Uitlanders* at Johannesburg, but has met with little ■ success so far. ' * . RUSSIAN STUDENTS IN TROUBLE. ST. PETERSBURG, December G. , The Ecclesiastical Seminary v at Odessa has been closed. j> Fifty students haVe been t arrested owing- to violent disturbances. - CARDINAL MORAN.f , ' . SYDNEY, pecember 7. > Cardinal Moran. was enthusiastically welcomed. 'An imposing procession of Irish guilds, and societies marched through the' principal streets -to the Cathedral, whore a thanksgiving service was held. A liumber of , addresses of welcome" were presented, the heads of the Roman Catholic Church participating. •■ '■ ' - *> A SCENE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER « OF- DEPUTIES.. PARIS, December 7. In the Chamber in an interpellation on behalf of the Nationalists, M. Valle, Minister' of Justice, was accused of*, dismissing Magistrate Le Mereier for fear of the artest of the' Humberts,- the' notorious swindlers. M. Valle retorted that Frederick Humbert was, a Boulangist. M. Contant, a Socialist, shouted: "A lie!" M. Vallo thereupon 'left the Tribune. M. Yveton, insulted by M. "Valle's g-esfciire, xfras a"bout to assault hint. This caused the Nationalists and Radicals to leave their seats, and a scrimmage followed in front of the' Tribune, characterised by much hustling and shouting. The sitting wad suspended. Later the Chamber' expelled M. Contant and M. Yveton. M. Yveton sent his seconds to- M. Valle. THE KAISER ON LABOUR , AGITATORS. BERLIN,, December 6. A workers' deputation a^ Breslau concurred in, the Kaiser's recent remarks at .Essen. The Kaiser, replied Jbhat the, workers'for yeara,had allowed agitators -to dc^' lude them, believing r they must combine with Socialists, in order to obtain the amelioration of 'their conditions. That was a downright lie. " The agitators exploited, terrorised, and * enslaved, the workers' in order to strengthen- their own power. ' . / • LONDON, '- December 6. The Times' Berlin correspondent says ihat many apprehend 1 tha'f the political restilts of the appeal will be' altogether different to the Kaiser's desires.* ' ONTARIO AND PROHIBITION. . j . OTTAWA, December,' 6; • ' Tlie' referendum in Ontario did not yield 'a sufficient majority to enforce drink pro.-; " hibition. . , ■ - , -• - .« v ..ENGLAND'S POWER. , " LONDON, December 5./ Lord Onslow, , speaking at ,the South Africa Association's banquet to Lord Windsor, said the Government were determined that all the world fchould know a t whenever there was trouble in any part, an. J3m- ' pire was better with England, than for against her. . - . ' , . .• , THE PACIFIC CABLE. ' LONDON, December 5. In ' tlfe House of ' Commons Mr Austen Chamberlain detailed tests made in the Pacific cable, and added that the, results exceeded, the anticipations of expert cable witnesses. ' The cable committee had been indefatigable, .- ■ • ' Mr Chamberlain further stated that the tests between', Vancouver and Fanning Island showed* that<Bs letters per injnuts could be transmitted with, hand* working, and 180 with duplex automatic curb, working. ' " ' ... / v MACEDONIAN REFORMS. LONDON, December 6. ■ The Times' Constantinople correspondent says that; the Porte's reform in Macedonip.'' is inspiring no confidence- whatever in diplomatic circles., • ' ■ Advices from Vienna show that the principal objection to , the , scheme is that it has the absence, of efficient European control. . ' . « ' . ,; - . TAEIS, DeoenibGf 6. It is seirii-officially stated that France warned Turkey t,o 'execute premised Macedonian reforms in order to prevent an outbreak of a general movement, which ad- • vices from all side's otherwise, forpshadow in the near future.. ....