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ford by two wickets. Cambridge scored 188
and 201 in their first and second innings, Ok
ford 2O7 in their first and 1873 for eight
wickets in their second. Drenching showers
fell yesterday.
In the House of Commons yesterday Mr..
Asquith, replying to Lieut.. Bsllairs and Mr..
MacNeil, said the Government were aware
of only unveriied rumours regarding naval
troubles; if the Government found reason to
believe that anything had occurred detri-
mental to discipline or the efficiency of the
feet, they would not hesitate to take prompt
and efficient action. He repudiated the sug-
gestion that antagonism arose from the re-
cent changes in naval administration, aud
warned all officers it was no part of their du-
ty to discuss or criticize naval policy, but
they should execute it tremendously with
each other, and loyalty to their superiors,
with a single eye to good service (applause).
The Daily News says the subject is not
yet ended.
The Daily Chronicle says Admiral Beres-
ford will have an opportunity of submitting
to the authorities or retiring. Mr.. Asqnlth
has announced he does not intend to give
opportunities for the passage of the daylight
saving bill.
The committee upon maritime risks during
war reports that it is not desirable the
Government should assume this burden.
Assum ng the adequacy Of tue navy ther4 is
no reason to believe that British sh4 ping
would be laid upon any large scale, and it is
not likely Insurance would be u-ohtainab.e
at reasonable rates.
1t is said the Suffragettas are secretly ar
ranging another aud larger dem, nstration.
The Lusitnnia, with new propeIlers, on her
first days run to New York made CAB knots,
q record.
All, Cardiff the gentlemen of Philadelphia
have defeated South Wales by thirty six
runs.
The Daily Mails fluid for the enter
tainment of the contestants III the Olympia
Games mounts to twelve thousand pounds.
Four Ann rlcans, while rracticiag IN the sta
dunn. left funds in a bag, which was opened
and the contents taken.
Berlin dispatches state that the victories
of their automobiles and balloons delight
the Germans, and the newspapers counsel
Eugland to build n fleet Of Aerial Dread
nodghts as the best antidote for her naval
troubles.
A Company has been formed, including
Krupps' Bankers, to esta' llsh q line OF
passenger airships between Berlin, Lon
den. Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg and
Copenhagen, and Mr.. Martin, the au-
thor of the novel "The Coming War in
the Air" is organizing a German Aerial Navy
League. Professor SchIemann, in an article
in the Kruez Z%eitung, characterlzes Count
Zeppelin's achievement rs a political as well
as a scientific event, and the Kaiser's en-
couragement of Count Zeppelin makes him,
The Kaiser, the founder OF the navy of the
air.
According to a Paris telegram Count
Delabault deplores that Germany has out
stripped France, and Count Zeppelin, he
adds, has 81 hamiiating surprise concealed.
France, he says, has not Only enormously
confined herself to a sin.le type Of airship,
but has hypuotized herself into the belief
that other pations are unable to rival France
Another Berlin telegram says the streets
are crowded III the vicinity OF the Court,
where the trial Of Prince Eulent urg is pro-
ceeding secretly. 1t is believed to have
been testified that Prince Eulenburg
attempted to tampor with a witness.
st. Petersburg udvices state that during a
debate in the Douma it was admitted that a
famine is impending, two thirds of the winter
wheat crop being a failure. In eighteen
provinces, two and a half million acres are
unseeded, and assistance is necessary both
for feeding and seeding.