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said there were fifty other witnesses 70 lie
examined in proof that if wonau got hvr
right, the disorders will cease.
In the House of Commons Yesterday, Mr..
Asuuith said he recognized that hundreds
of thousands were near starvation through
unemployment, but lie was unable to
undertake removal Of permanent caus-
es until the next session. Three hundred
thousand pounds viii be provided for relief
funds, the Admiralty viii hasten orders for
two ard c lalf mi lions for sd .pbuildIng CON
st1uc'ion in respect to fourteen waraLips,and
the War Office viii recruit twenty four thou
sand men for winter training Of special re-
serves. The LaJourites, however, are still
unsatisfe3.
The White Star Line has sold one million
AMI a quarter sterling four and Il half per
cent denentures against the construction Of
two vese's tor Their New York and Channel
service, VIII Oh are 10 he The largest vessels in
the word, forty four thousand TONERS. The
balance il to be paid from earnings.
Princess Alexandra Victoria Cf Schleswig
Holstein has arrived IN Berlin for her mar
riage with the hai>er's fourth son, Prince
August Wilhelm.
n. Alfred Picard has been appointed
French Minister OF Marine vice N. Thomson.
After NJ. Iswolshy's departure from Paris
the French Foreign Cfi,e announced that
IuiaaliN was negotia ing with Turkey 10Y all
oIe1s;v and defensive alliance, which had
always been Prince Fer dinand's D. e.erence,
lut Au7triGs prcc!pjt0ncy had forctdhs hand,
exciting the Bulguia beyond restraint, while
Prince Ferdinand's agent was actually il Con-
stant nop'p. Bulgaria desires to revert 10 her
original purpose OF consolidating the Balkan
states and strengthening Turkey, aud il IS
r,.,,rtcI tbs n.,IrnJtl ,tc Ia,a d,Al, Gopn1Sc-
ful, and de egates regarding details are to
be appointed.
Count Esteihazv, OF behalf Of Baron Won
Aehrenthai, says Austria and Other mt Gus
have couNsel.ed Servia to stop the eXccsses
of tne popllace a4aiust the -Au,t,ians, which
are showing noe enerey han heretofore.
Austria has received neither programme
nor invitation to tie Conference and would
attend OILY t Bosnia ard Herzegovina were
excluoed. Regarding them q satisiac DRY
result OF nego,'uticrs witt Turkey is antici-
rated, therefore Germany also viii not par;i-
c,pate. Otter dispatches, however, say the
Au~stro-Turai4h neg tiation, have ceased, he
Porte declining to recognize annexation as an
accomplished fact.
Vienna dispatches state that Austria has
apolopized to GIcnttnegro for the mi,treot-
ment Of It's agent, and says the reGrettable
incident was cue 10 mistaken identity.
Ihc Belgrade correspondent OF tie Times
says Scrvla's decision 10 demand territorial
compensation for Austria's annexation of
Boalia and Herzegovina is irreyoJoblo.
Se1v.a and Montenegro are vitnlly interest
ed to demand that Austria withdraws from
the lower part Of Bosnia, thus JON ng their
frontiers. ! his is the clief obstacle to peace,
neither party be ne amenable.
Tie Gear has summoned Count Witte to
undertake TN important financial and Ioliti-
cal MISSION.
The Toronto University has conferred the
degree OF L L. ID. upon Viscouut Miner d.
and Lord Roberts. Yiacount Mine made
ou address.
St. Lucia, 22od-H. NJ. S. Scylla leaves
for Dominica 5 P. IL.
Copenhagen, Oct. 23rd-Tbe Folket'ng
has elected Hem Christensen as first Vice
President, vice Herr Klaus Berntsen, appoint
ed Minister Of the interior, and President
HerrJhomsen Statsrev;sor, vice Herr Nielsen,
sppolnted Minister Of Agriculture.
The st. Jan left Rot and the ST.
Croix left London yesterday.
London, October 23rd.-Seventeen suf-
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