, 1908-12-09

~S |SS"NO 'NSA'Ne oAA NRo C6llItt OtO
shri eking aud sobbiug
1t is stated that China will send to the
United States one hundred students annually
for four years, and thereafter fifty annu-
ally for the remainder Of the term of the
Boxer indemnity, a'total Of two thousand.
Eighty per cent will study manual arts, the
Others law and Government.
Advices from the Hague state that ne
demonstration against Venezuela was made
by the Dutch worships, ii was simply q prao-
tice cruise. Il is necessary to notify the pow
ers and parliament before establishing q
blockade. No official notice of United States
naval support has been received, but some
thing more effective is hoped than the mo-
raj support already promised.
A Paris telegram states that the French
Cabinet has resolved that President Castro
will not be allowed to land without making
an official apology for his mistreatment Of
III. TaigDy, The French Chars Il .Atfaires, IN
1906, ana teleSraphinG Instructions for iul-
flmeut Of the arbitral award, which Castro
ignores. The Venezuelan Consuls at Liver
pool end Hamburg nave passed through
Paris, en- route 10 Santunler.
New York, Dec. 7th-A despatch from
Curacao states the Dutch w~ars}ip Gclder-
land returned to WilIemstal after searching
several Venezuelan vessels, and the squadron
has orders to capture Venezuelan wursIps
or coast9uard vessels, and prohibit contra,
band trade with Curacao.
The British Ambassador has presented
Lord Northcote, the late Governor General
of Australia, to President Roosevelt NJ the
White House.
The death is announced Of Admiral CoaA-
Ian
Advices from Hayli state that General
Simon was accorded an Indifferent reception
at Port an Prince. All is quiet, and
the Committee of safety has been dis
solved. After assuming the chief exc
cutive, and attending II Te cum at
the Cathedral, General Simon refused to occu-
Ply the palace, and established his head quar-
ters at his private residence, VIII. re be received
General Fouchard and appointed him Chief
Executive. A proclamation states that the
~Goyernment is provisional pending a meet
ing of the General Assembly. General
Nord Alexis left for Kingston by the Ger
man steamer Sarnia; the British Chur96'l
Atfaires Iefusod to allow him to leave by
the Scylla, and intimatod that England
would not be pleased with bis arrival i'll any
British Colony.
Montreal, Dee. 7th-Protests have been
filed covering the election of thirty five
Commoners from Quebec, including Mesars
Brodeur, Lemieux and Fisher.
Jamaica, Lee. 7th- General Nofd Alexis,
ex- President of Haiti arrived here yesterday.
Trinidad, Dec. 7th.-German training ship
Charlotte arrived Saturday evening.
London, Dec. 8ih.-Tho King has allan
doned al intended country visit andNreturn-
ed to London on account Of q cold and rheu-
matism and will soon 60 to the south coast
to rocuperate.
A Calcutta despatch announces the eXplo-
sion of the military magazine, eleven PERSONS
being killed and twenty six wounded the
majority fatally Reports were circulated that.
it was the result Of a plot, but they are "e-
clared to be untrue.
The Vienna correspondent # the Standard
telegraphs that the Austrian Foreign Office
authorizes the statement, that all the Pow
efs are. resolved upon peace, aud there are
40 insuperable difficulties, it being only
necessary to find a formula regarding sum
moning a conference.
The Times Vienna correspondent says
Austria is slowly drifting towards war
against the wishes of the 'Emperor Franci:
Joseph and the people, and Baron Won
Aehrenthal's removal would improve the
Situation.
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