, 1908-11-11

anglo German relations and to The Pope.
AGvioes from Wilemstad stpte that the
Hoeue hns. informed TIE Local Government
that t1e Treaty Of 1894 has been revoked
cccorojng TO Hollands .ultimatum. Gu
racRo is therefore 8 free Fort for war mat
Iials, md revolutionary movements will not
tie lindeltd. The revocation of The Treaty
colcc'ns Ntle2ue'a acne. Tie Dutch
warshns viii cruise on tie Venezuelan
COST ut wil.rot blockade ut present.
Quebec, Nov 9th-As a result Of a judicial
investigation % officials in the marine de
~Poliment have been suspended for being
concerned i'll an understanding with certain
contractors t. pay q bonus to said officials
and TO cyercharse The Dominion.
LonGou, Nov. 10,h.-The King spent his
h~1rtLd"y ri SerGrirglan, and among tie
House rarty were de Prince and Princess
Of Wales, 1he Queen Of Norway, HE Ruas;sn
snd Austrian Ambassadors, ana he recently
married melni ers CT the Cabinet, Mr.. Nchtn-
IA, M. %lu,clill and Mir. Runciman, with
Their wives.
Nr. Asquith, in lis speech ut the Lord
Mayors banquet last evening ,said that ii was
almost eX"c'Iy a year since the Kaiser deiv-
cred bis Gui oLal! speech, and many rcmem-
E6rCd his emphatic words fer Teace, t WAS in
lLtl : i'I.i tICb Il.E Ebb NJEit & 10 NtNt WIZ.
al, even cEd specially with Germany, end if
othus were Of . similar spirit thtn peace
YVES assured, whatever the apparent Diff
cu,tits. 1t would lie unsutaG!e 10 speak
Of the isolation Of any power or Of hostile
continuation among the Trustees Of ciyjiiza-
ten, lat ever was Ergiand's iafucrca
stronger CT her nayy more adequate TO any
~CCnrOv&E'e lesrols i'ity, and /! was uniytr-
sally known TRAIT LnGi2nd has established
End viii maintain her maritime supremacy,
III o?Cer To safeguard tie empire beyond
TIE possibility 81 attack Mr.. Asqaith's
tore, though not ressimistic, was grave,
giving tie impression that the stu
alton in tie Balkans is unsatisfactory.
: Mr.. Ackelna slcle IL SIMILAR terms rc1aid-
ing the navy.
The moc: ssion in Tic Lord Mayors show
Of cuth 1P, poets, and musicians associated
vi i the history Of London IRON CLaucer 10
Milton, inc!uding many Shakespear;an
characters, was a brilliant pageant, ana the
elaborate and d,Velsc costumes aroused great
enthusiasm, and high approval of Nj. LOUIS
PalkeI's o. Goniz@tiGn WAS expressed,
Tie Times publishes the first authentic
statement Of tie cutting Of the CuIIinan dia.
mono, which olig raly weighed enc and a
third pounds. Af'er polish ne, tbe largest
fragment weighs one bundled and sixteen
and Il Laif calats, is two and one THIRD inch
es long, enc and one eighth inches broad; five
times larger than the kohi noor, another flag-
lnent is t]ree times larger; those are cut with
respectivel7 seventy four and SIM six facets,
instead Of tie conventional fifty eight, with
the hal pest resu'ts,a and he most marvellous
hrilljancy surprising oy,r ~ other large stone.
Tie smallest of niue fragments weighs four
and nine thlrty-seconds caIats, besides about
one hundred ends.
The dea,lI is announced of Sir il. Duveen,
the art dealer who recently presented the
nation with a collection Of Turner'S paintings.
Tile Times publishes a page of letters in
sUl port of Nj. BenniEer Hoaton's agitation
for sonny chblcertms. His letter states i is
q question Whether electrical communication
was given to tie world for tie benefit Ct share
holders or humanity in general, and he pro-
poses to substitute Government ownership for
the cable rings, beginning With q conference
of tie European POST Masters General for
the establishment OF q European penny rate.
Among the writers Of the letters are the
Dukes of Abercorn and Rutland, Lords
Cr1zon, Spencer, Tennyson and Esher,
Mr., Joseph Chamberlain and others. In the
aggregate, the Times says, such support
could not be mnrela!led for any other move
poent Int If is dubiOus recardino IFS fnll