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of Mr. Taft. The Iroquois Club, Chicago, warmly ebet red Mr Dickinson’s explanation why he. a Democrat, had joined the Republican Cabinet. He emphasised Mr Taft's affection for the (south, but pointed cut that the President was unable to select a southern Republican without perpetuating bitter sectionalism. Hence he magnanimously chose a Democrat who had voted against him. Mr Di. ■kin-on expressed the belief that th.- s.,uth approved his acceptance of the ofli. e. Canada s Defence. Sir Frederick Borden. Canadian Minister for Defence, states that the militia 47.500. The Dominion defence *-home for 1910 would, he declares, cost 1 1.222.W1P. and the first line of defence would consist of 100,000 men and tha . ond line of 200,000. •bulge Barren, -peaking at the Empire Club. Toronto, urged Canada to adopt a naval scheme similar to that of Australia. He described Canada a- spending ►r much on the land force as not to have c .-ent. for naval defence. This was like putting a one armed and one 1 "gged man into the prize ring. Standard Oil Triumphs, In the re trial of the ca«e in which the Standard Oil Trust was recently fined ,240/100 Jois. <£5948.000) for violations of the law against accepting re

bates from railways. Judge Anderson, of Chicago, directed the jury to acquit, this direction being the outcome of his obedience to the rulings of the Court of Appeal, which laid down the procedure. The New York correspondent of the ’’Times” reports that the ignominious collapse of the standard Oil case has caused no surprise in Washington, and confirms Mr. Taft’s view of the necessity for additional legislation. Trades Union Methods. The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia has upheld the injunction forbidding the American Federation of Labour to publish, in its organ "The Federationist.” the name of Buck’s Stove Range Company, of St. Louis, under the "We don’t Patronise’’ list. The (durt declared that defendants could not lie restrained from all reference to the company in its journal, but only from publications made in furtherance of the illegal boycott. Dr. Bell's Flying Machine. Dr. A. G. Bell, the inventor of the telephone and president of the Aerial Experiment Association of Canada, is experimenting with his tetrahedral aerodrome. named Cygnet 11.. which is the fifth built by the association. One of his associates, Mr. MeCurdy, made two successful flights. Met 'urdy’s aerodrome, which is named the silver Dart, aggregated 19 miles over an ice-covered lake. The Dominion Government has invited the attention of military officers to the experiments.