Cablegrams

Western Star, 28 March 1911, Page 3

Cablegrams

NEW YORK, March 24

A report from Sab Antonio states thu't I lie United States intends to intervene in "Mexico in May unless the insurrection ns crushed. Six thousand additional men are preparing to join tin' American forces. The Deader of the RcvoMt*flWri|* a t Jurita declares that the insurgents' policy is to capture and to hold Chihuahua. They state that it ihe United States intervenes the insurgents will fight the- invaders,

A report has been received at Washington to the effect that Madera has issued decrees holding President jDiaz rvnonallv responsible for homrcftlo it insurrectionists are sfiot under Suspen eion of guarantees of personal safety All State officials adding Diaz will a |so bo held responsible as accessor.rf bo homicide. MEXICO, March 26

Throe Americans were shot at Grwlana after tho Mexico court marNEW YORK, March 24 V.i unusually severe shocE ol earthquake lasting twd*ty-ntne seconds pro .*f by a jolt, was experienced last night. No damage as re jorted

LONDON, March. 24 Before the Australian Chamber of com mcrce Mr F.amdlton Wiekw ta* ( J»P* on British, trade advised W 3 lyjgiiw commercial Houses ty™ a %S£Z ing I heir trade to study the requirements of each particular State or to specialise somo class ofgoodslaad to send skilled representatives. Wo push choir goods in Austaaliaas forcfoners are fdoing. CAPETOWN, March 23

The 'Cape Times,' commenting on Mr MoKenna's assurance of a suffidien-) oy of cruisers to protect trade route,, complains of the fewness of such ships on the Cape route, and states that further protection :s urgently reqldred. "CAPETOWN, March 2d

-Vdvicesifrom Rhodesia steto that an attempt has been made on the life of Lewarika, varamount chi" ol

Basotseland. The administrator minimises the incident, but admits that some Lodumas en% "oured ,t 0 depose Lewanika. Fifty Barotse police w a maxim guu have been sent to Ses bates

LONDON, March, 23 The Board of Trade is consulting ho Colonial office and the Tost Office concerning shipping combines in view of Mr Botha's resolution for the Imperial Conference. The Board has prepared memoranda f o r ; .the Conference concerning Mr Fisher's and Sir J. ft, Wards shipping resolu-

tttons. The 'Daily Mail's' Berlin correspondent spates that the battleship Kaiser will foe armed with fourteen inch guns OTTAWA, March 25 Speaking at Hamilton Clifford billon said that reciprocity would mean that Canada would have to relinquish her present powerful po-ition in British markets in ordyr to compete in, United States markets Americans would then capture rtfae British markets.

MEXICO CITY, March 25

The Government has resigned,, but

President Diaz has deferred accept ance on rejection of the resignation.

The reason of Ministers' u iUon, tt is believed, is that retirement of the Cabinet! will I'aeilUato .the establishment of peace- with political reforms The insurgents believe that the granting .of their demands ds Unmttnenit. Reports received from Presidio, Texas, assert that the insurgents' forces defeated Federal troops near Chihuahua City The Federal loss is reported to" be 160 Killed, NEW YORK, March 2t> A hundred and fifty persons, mostly girls, were killed as the result of a terrible conflagration at ih: Truing;Shirt Company's premises, Washington Place. : The fire started on the eighth) floor'. | 'Girls,, paniie-striok>en, jumped to the pavement and sixty were crushed by the fall.

Fifty bodies were found on the ninth door where the flames over Wo* the occupants. ibe 'building was not provided with a single outside lire escape. Tine crowd watched the girls leap, but were unable to help. A partner in the lirm of Harris and Dlanek escaped across the i-o o fs rescuing two daugh ters and a governess. A number of fell through windows inset in the pavement into cellars beneath A crowd cf thousands oi people watched a man and a woman emerge from a ninth top sU-.ej window. The man kissed the woman, flung ncr out at a life net, and leaped himself. Both wore killed Six girls climbed along clectnic wares- The strands parted and all WeTp ki'led. The brigade extinguished the flames within an hour. The walls ol the uu'ilding are IntactStudents in 'the adjoin ng law department of the New York University rescued forty people by bringing them across roofs to a neighboring house. The elevator men stuck to their posls and rescued scores oi people. j It is estimated that there were five hundred occupants in the building. OTTAWA, March 24 At a big fire in Milwaukee six firemem were killed, two others are dying tm ,l dlhera were injured owing to the root caving in.