, 1908-01-15
Z. 0. NJ.
ST. CROIX STATIC

OI. OhOIA OlA1lON.
London, Jam 1lth.-The Transvaal WELD
of gold in December was 593, 526 ounces.
which is 28,459 ounces above the previous
maximum. its value being 2,47S,5 500 pounds
sterling.
A flaw in the Transvaal immigration act
renders the sentences for deportation of
British Indians illegal, but the sentences for
Their refusal to register are sustaine q. The
act will be amended to make it more
drastic, the Government being resolved to
control Asiatic immigration.
The Viceregal Commission sitting at Dub
lin to inquire into the disappearance of the
State Regatta from Dublin Castle last July.
has adjourned promptly upon the withdrawal
of Sir Arthur Wears, Ulster King of Arms.
alleging that the limited scope of the inquiry
precluded a proper investi CATION of the in
situations which resulted i'll the Govern
ments decision to remove him, as COM
inundated to him in October, aud there is
much surmise regarding what is exclud-
ed from the Commissions inquiry. The
correspondent of the New York Herald
intimates it will prove to be the great,
est scandal of the last quarter of a cen
fury. Mr.. Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork H6r-
aid of arms, Sir Author Wears stepbrother,
publishes an open letter, stating that the
public conscience will only be quoted by the
fullest inquiry.
A tripartite war for the control of the
shipping trade is indicated by the combine
ton OF tue Hamburg American and North
German Lloyd lines, to oppose the Cunard
and White Star Lines in the North American
and Asiatic trades. The combination, it is
stated, has been promoted by the Kaiser.
The British passenger trade is protect
ed by the law, fixing the minimum
cabin passage above the fares which
are already below the limit according to the
Accommodations of each steamer. The Post
Office requires the Cunard steamers to con
tinue to call at Queenstown for mails, thus
preventing their arrival at New York by
daylight on Thursday.
A despatch from Berlin reports that
thirty-tiFe Socialist meetings have been held
in that city, besides others in the country,
preliminary to an Interpolation in the
Landtag demanding manhood suffrage. Yes
terday morning the Socialists demonstrated
before the Parliament building, greeting
Prince Won Bulow's arrival with ironical
cheers, aud the police dispersed them amid
Kisses During the debate Prince Won Blu
low said demonstration would not make the
slightest impression upon the Government,
which considered manhood suffrage not good
for the state, and secret voting would not be
permitted. The motion was thereupon rejected
without a division. Rioting followed, the
police charged with drawn sabres and q
number of casualties occurred on both sides,
but the scattered mobs, consisting chiefly of
unemployed, re-gathered in the square be-
fore the imperial palace; the entire police
force was then summoned and fighting. oc-
cured in many streets especially at the Kur-
~fuerster bridge.
The Belgian Government replies that King
Leopold does not desire any personal profit
from the reservations under the Congo treaty,
which are expected ultimately to amount to
one million sterling annually, to be consecra-
ted to philanthropic educational and hospital
works; and unless the treaty is ratified the