, 1908-08-12

has been given provisions and water Mt Will
lemstad, but her passengers were refused
permission to land. Public works for the
relief of the employees resulting from the
stoppage of the Venezuelan trade have been
started.
Advices from Auckland announce the ar
rival of the United States feet in thirty
three days from San Francisco, including
a six days stop at Hawaii. 1t will remain
at Auckland until Saturday next, and q gala
week has been arranged, ceremonial visits
and salutes Of officials are being exchanged.
The Canadian Pacific railway employees
strike has settled down into a stubborn
trial of strength. The Company are
employing japanese and also women as car
cleaners.
The German training cruiser "Freya' has
collided with aud sunk the fishing schooner
s'Gloucester" near Halifax. Nine of the
schooner's crew were lost, being carried
down under her sail.
Demerara, 10th IN d. G.. Garravay.
Comptroller OF Customs, died here Saturday
evening.
ST. Thomas, 9th.-Communication with
Demerara restored.
London, August 11th-Mearns, the Scotch
champion, attempted to swim the Channel,
and reached within three miles of the
French coast after fourteen hours, when lie
collapsed and it was necessary to remove
him from the water to save his life.
The Times, commenting upon The arrival
of the United States feet at Auckland, cx-
presses legitimate pleasure at such a display
of naval skill and force by the nation which
above all others is Lpg;and's natural ui;y III
the Pacific and indeed all over the world, 1t
remarks upon the proven groundlessness of
the apprehensions regarding the cruise. and
that The United States should feel itself
lucky to be so secure at home as to venture
upon this ex experiment..
Tn Daily Telegraph says only good can
come from such an historic incident, which
classics the United States as a cosmic force,
and since It's interests are SO closely inter-
twined with England's it sensibly promotes
the principles of the Hague Conference.
The fetes al Auckland continue.
At the CEt!!:c Athletic meeting at Dublin,
McGrath of New York threw the hammer
one hundre and seventy six feet, the worlds
record.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that during the
recent naval manoeuvres the crew Of one of
the destroyers, being dissatisfied with their
~rations, and making other complaints, threw
the gunsights and signal boo overheard,
they have been arrested and will be tried by
a court martial.
FFeSlOenL rall1efeS QauBnt6r was mafrled
yesterday to her fathers secretary, NJ. Lanes.
The civil ceremony, which took place at the
Hotel De Vile, was attended by many of the
officials and several were also present ut the
nuptial mass at the church of LaMadeleine, but
there was no special m no decora-
tons and no DISCOURSE.
The Kaiser has arrived at Cronberg, for
which place King Edward started yesterday.
Both will be guests of the Prince and Prin-
cess of Hesse at Friederichshof Castle. Tho
North German Gazette says both peoples
desire untroubled relations between the SOW
ereigns OF such mighty empires, and despite
all indictments to hatred both peoples want
peace, adding, W offer King Edward a
respectful welcome and hope he will retain
peasant Impressions of his visit"
the newspapers of Denmark have sus-'
pended issue indefinitely, except a few social
democratic Journals. The bookbin lers and
!ocVpflnters are also locked out and declare
they VIII stay out indefinitely. The masters
threaten a general lockout in the shipbuild-
ing, metal, textile, leather and other trades.
dispatches from Teheran state that q de-
cree has been issued postponing Indefinite
y the assembling of Parliament, and that