ASIA.

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ASIA.

Fishing Fleet Destroyed. A disastrous typhoon is reported fr<*tn the Japanese I-land of FTatsu. involving much Joss of life and damage tu property. The typhoon cam< down very suddenly while the fishing fleet was at sea. Before they could back to port 35 of the boats v ere wr<jked. while three hundred and fifty fishermen employed on the tlee* were drowned. Infant Emperor. The infant Pu-Yi croutieu Finperor of China at the Rosa! Pa’.ace to•lay. the coronation being attended wi h great ceremony. The Emperor Lxldled to the throne without as.-istnee. and rviviwd th* k* tow- of the princes and officials. An Imperial decree issued in P■ orders the convocation of a Parliacvr’ m nine ye-.r> from 27th August las* The Changcfil Shah. l'«.e >hah s pr<viainaiK»n -bin*: ( u Constitution and refusing to -um»>wn Parliament has again b<xr« p’a*K*r\'.ed u Teheran. it u- beiivtred that ‘hi »n as becx

taken with a view In testing the earnestness of British and Russian representations. Ihe Shah subsequent ly disclaimed responsibility in cimiie. ticn with the rrplacarding of the proclamations abolishing the Constitution, and promised to adhere to the pledges he had already given. Unrest in India. Sir Andrew Eraser, Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, against whose life five attempts have liven mxfcle and have failed, has survived another plot to murder him. He is sailing shortly for Tuticorin, on ihe south-east corner of India, leaving that post on his homeward voyage to England. Three Bengalis. aware of this intention, proceeded to Tuticorin by an earlier steamer in order to make another attempt to murder him before he left India. They were arrested, however, and many incriminating documents found in their possession were seized.