EUROPE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 21, 26 May 1909, Page 6

EUROPE.

Very Mnbh a Prisoner. Tte ex-Sultaa, Abdul Hamid, is not allowed tc bare writing paper cr tc ecmmunicate by any means with his fernsex supporters or wish tte outside world. Ncbcdy is permitted te approach within fifty miles of tte house in which te i» eendned. Two Scapegoats. Tte Crar ha® ordered the release of General Steessel and Admiral Nietegateff irexs tte fortress cf St. Feter and St. Fasd, ea tte greund that tte health of lx th is serivasiy affteted. The Air Line. Tte Zeppelin Airship CenEpany. whieh tes teen formed in Germany for earryisg cwt a passenger serrire by s-eaas cf airships ecastrueted by Count Zeppelin. the iinixus aeronaut, rrtlause the cost cf tte project fc-r as aggregate cf (CO trips per anuuis, with three saipe, isetestre cf wages and atse-rasatkn charges, as £SSGSi. _ Tte easy teute expressed is wtetter tsere will te s-iESisteEt passengers availabte tc cover tte carersss. Each step will have a crew «f fire, and Lire aeocsßrLodatien for fl® rassengera. ■i War i.sffiee sutejniy is expected for tte prln'hpa; line freaga B.x-.-e.terf to Lucerne Tte Sorrowful Secretary. v Tte disiilaeks’xeiLt caused l-v tte failuro cf every strike pntenfoed by the Gcaerai Coteederattea of Lateur. which for mentis past has Mufisngly profeamfl to be able to paralyse soekry ard Gcremtest, explain* tte cciiar-s* cf the postal strike in Paris. M- NfeJ, eeeretary of tte Cctifederatic*, ac-dressi.Bg a Miners' CbusEres* at Less, sorrowfully admitted that' tte ergatesatkn i&erejy existed cn paper, and urged tte worfcas to make it a reality. Tte speech is interpreted as the swan sc-tsg cd tte present revolutiesiary sgitatfon. " " = Fc-rty-six sere pcstal afinkers aavo tea dismissed. Cid Age Feusioms tn France. Tte Parliamentary Committee cd tte French Senate prote-ses i-i cid age peatttn* system, cased o® earners contribute is-g a maniai'us cf 5„- yearly and easplcyere adding 5. yearly for each emplc-yee.' Upon ttese auntxfbutk®* th* Treasury? will provide pensions c*f £lO 13 S anntsal-” ly after C 5. Speetal claims for the ekk and infirm are proposed. It is estimated that tte exptcy-i-rh ecnirxbutießs will amount to five au-uk.s sterHng per annum. Improving Paris. Tte Municipal Council cf Paris te ccnHderißg a scheme previcing for the expenditure cf thirty-two wiilk-n* sterling upon the widening cf tte stsects in tte vkinity el the Central Markets, the re-eoastm-tian cf schools, and tte imprevm mat of tte pecrer gcaifcrs a tte «»ty. j

' The Berlin “Fort" tannte Britainwith her inability to — i-*- 5 - the twoPtrwer standard. and with Hooriy watching the HkU Seo. while the real danger Uy in the Mediterranean. where Britain* vital iateresto were bet ng neglected. The Mediterranean coaatrtee woaM •non be powerful enough to make Britain feel that she had no Mediterranean . —————— la Cane of Aeeddenta. Daring the systematic search of Yilgii Kiosk now 'proceeding. ten thousand •f the latest pattern magarine rifles were Siooover&dThe Patent DUtenlty. ' Reie-hstag has ratified the patents treaty with America, under which it will not be necessary for a patentee ia either country to erect manufactories in the other in order to preserve his rights. The Minister for the Interior, Herr voa Bethmann-Hollweg. expressed the hope that this reciprocal protection of patents would form the basis of an intomaseoaal patents Law of the future.