, 1908-08-08

New York, Aug. 6th-Advices from Will
lemstad, Curacao state that the Dutch Min
isterS NJ. De Reus, has been released from
quarantine and will sail for Europe by the
steamer Christiansted to Trinidad. The
: passengers for Maracaibo have returned, not
having been allowed to land from the Am
erlcan steamer Zulia.
The Now York Times editorially intimate
shat the cession of Curacao to the United
States is possible.
Copenhagen, Aug. 7th-The King and
Queen on their journey in western Jutland
have been everywhere received with euthu-
siasm.;,
The Plantation Company has subscribed
ten thousand francs for shares in the ST.
Croix Telephone Company.
Doctor Knud Hansen, formerly of the
IngoIf has been appointed Communal Phvsi-
clan for ST. Thomas.
All attempts to mediate between employers
and employees have been in vain, and it is
expected that all the compositors will strike
on the tenth so that no newspapers can APP
pear.
The st. Jan arrived Oh the first.
London, Aug. 7th.-The Cotton Growing
Conference was held yesterday under the
presidency Of Sir Alfred Jones, who well
coined the delegates. Colonel Seely said
the Earl of Crewe would have liked to be
present and added that whatever could be
done at the Colonial Office to help q system
of national cooperation between Lancashire
and the West Indies should be done. Sir
Daniel Morris gave All interesting adore s
on cotton growing. Such progress, he said,
had been made that the industry was now
regarded as likely to be permanent in the
West Indies and pointed our that for the
first time for many years the whole of the
West Indies, were able to carry out their
industries without any contributions from
the mother country. Mr.. Emmott, the De-
putty Speaker, welcomed the delegates on
behalf of the House of Commons; that
House, he said, had a benevolent feeling
towards their cotton growing efforts, but its
members not interested i'll the cotton trade
would say it must cultivate se!fhelp and not
look too much for help from theGovernment,
which could not do q great deal.
A service at ST. Paul's Cathedral closed
the Lambeth Conference; the Archbishops Of
Canterbury and York and two hundred Bis
hops being present. The Bishop of Missouri
preached. An encyclical embolying the re.
suits of the Conference is to be issued.
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says France refused the
Kaiser's proposal to meet President Fallieres
when returning from Reval.
Newzealand has refused to participate in a
subsidy to the Canadian Australian Steam
ships, arguing that their calling at Brisbane
makes the route valueless to revive the San
francisco line.
Burley Hall, the residence Of the Hon.
Frederic Guest, has been destroyed by fire.
MI. Winston Churchill and others worked
all. night to save historic articles, but many
were destl Dyed, including letters of Oliver
Cromwell.
The electricians of Paris struck without
h'tice. In the restaurants candles in bottles
were used, and the theatres dismissed their
aud eDcts, lut after two hours, wolk was re-
eumed, this period suticing to mark the
electric ans dispproval of the Prefec.'s
election of the trades unions from =
the labopr exchange on the ground
that4lt was municipal property used for an
unpatriotic agitation instead of for labour
discussions.
The Kaiser has sent Count Zeppelin a
telegram expressing his regrets and sympa-
thy."1 and all Germany, he says, thought we
could congratulate you upon an epoch-mak-
ing achievement; nevertheless what you have
accomplished should be recognized as of
the highest order and thus should comfort
you in the catastrophe.
German national ,1v;1a ,ooLaa NorDt ZaDna-