, 1908-12-19

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St. Lucia, 16th-A very largely attended
end influential public Meeting was held
here yeste rday to protest against the imposl-
ton Of a property tax. A committee was
appointed to draw up a memoria to the
Secretary of State, to ask him by wire to
stay action pending receipt Of memorial, to
interview Governor to ask him postpone
proceeding with bill until reply to memorial.
is received, and to wait on the unofficial
members of the Legislature asking them to
take such action as may delay or prevent
the passing of the bill.
London, December 17th-General Booth
of the Salvation Army has been operated
upon for cataract, no anaesthetic was admin
istered, cocaine alone being used. The opera
ton is believed to have been successful.
The Times publishes a letter from the
King to Mr.. Andrew Carnegie thanking him
for his many benefactions to the land Of his
birth, and the care and foresight with which
he has protected them against misuse. His
Majesty therefore asks Mr.. Carnegie to &C
cept the accompanying portrait.
The Foreign Office has appointed Mr.,
Kellard as British Consul at St. Thomas, but
the appointment awaits the recognition OF
the Danish Government.
la the House of Comm ons Mr.. McKenna,
replying to Mr.. Owen Phillips, said the Rear
Admiral of the cruiser squadron had already
been directed to report upon the suitability
of the new dock at Trinidad for naval pur-
poses, and further steps would be considered
upon receipt OF that report.
The Times correspondent at Picking says
the National Finances and currency are dis
ordered, through the decline Ill silver I'M
settling the rate of exchange, and loans
are necessary. but confidence has been
shaken by the misuse of the existing loans.
England and Russia have sent congratu a.
tions to the first Turkish Parliament, which
assemblies today.
The Russian Douma has debated q credit
for the benefit Of prison employees who have
been the victims of outrages while on duty.
A deputy, opposing it, criticized the prison
administration so violently that the Rightists
protested. III. Rosanotf then declared the
Rightists were worse thun the coDvicts.
Upon the demand of the President, M.Khom-
yakoff, M. Rosanoff a~pologizcd, bat the
Rightists withdrew and demanded II further
apology. Nj. Khomyakoff thereupon resigned
and the credit was adopted.
A Berlin despatch states TINT the Kaiser
has received the Roosevelt exchange profess
sors, who were presented by the Unit d
States Ambassador His Majesty converseu
animatedly for an hour, and there were no
traces of his reported melancholia.
1t is reported that President Castro WI
spend in Berlin all he intended to spend ID
Paris, in add ion to his original allotment
for Berlin. His hotel is crowded by trades
men, contractors and Oncession-seekeIs it is
also reported he has had conferences with
officials. He sits for hours at his meals and
his digestion is rot like M invalid
When the facts reported below were brought
to his notice, he said he disbeliCVed them
because they are not reported III his tele-
grams, and referred his IntcrvleWers to the
Venezuelan Charge d Affaires, where they
are similarly incredulous regarding Hollands
procedure, it being, they declare, inconsistent
with. q civilized nation to do such acts of
sheer piracy, without q declaration of war or
Blockade. Moreover it is injurious to the
foreign creditors of Venezuela. The For
eign Office h%s thanked Pr, sident Castro for
his telegram to the Kaiser.
New York Dec. 17th-According to ad-~
vices from Caracas, General Castro's rule
has apparently been ended by a popular
rising. All statues and pictures Of Castro
have Seen gathered from public places and
burned upon the Plaza Bolivar, the lottery
building has been pillaged and the Office of
(ostrO'o ornon Unconstitutional" sacked. the