, 1908-06-03

riots, and this offsets their irritation yer
the Iatsu Maru affair. The Chinese EN-
press Las received the Mikado's gift of q
yacht as a reco2ui ion Of appreciation
of China's assistance during the Jaranese
famine Of 1906.
Advices from Bari in Italy state that a
German, arrested as n vagrant, confessed hat
his resources being exhausted he was await
ing the arrival of the Kaiser, whom he n
tended to murder. The plot was, However,
baked by the change i'll the Kaistr's plans.
Constantinople dispatches report that $50
casualties have occurred at Vathy, in Samcs,
where the rioting continues. Turkey is
sending reirforcements and has demanded
the recall Of the Greek Consul, who is charg-
ed with promoting the revolt.
De patches received in st. Petersburg
state that anarchy prevails throughout Per
Ma, the Government beng unable to comply
with Russia s GemGnd to stop and punish
the border laids. Russia does not desire to
occupy any Territory, but prefers to punish
and retire, like England in India.
Advices from Seoul report that during the
present month fifty three engagements have
taken place between Kort ans and japanese,
$40 insurgents bong killed and thirty
Japanese, although the latter were out-num-
.bered five to one; it is expected that order
VIII NC CHlOIC 0IAtN (HtNS DuO
is a suspicion that this official view is optim-
is ic.
Baltimore, Maryland May 20th-Cedrino,
formerly chauffeur to the Queen OF Italy
and n racer Of worldwide rcputatiou,
vas thrown from a motor Yesterday while
finishing the worlds fos, est mile in fifty
seconds. The machine skidded and the wheels
collapsed, with the result that Cedrino was
thrown, biz neck broken and his skull smash
ed when he struck the ground forty feet
away.
London. June 1st.-Twelve British, thir-
teen French, and six German, Belgian and
Swiss balloons started on Saturday with over
a hundred passengers, including several
society ladies, from Nottingham. The Brit
ish balloon Valkyrie, plotted by Pollock,
won, descending within three hundred yards
of the winning post at Maidenhead. The
band of the Royal Horseguards played as
each balloon started. This sets q new
fashion for sport, aud fifty concluded the
weeks international revelry.
Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht Shamrock
fourth, in her maiden race, has easily beaten
White Heather, in spite of a had start, and
Sir Thomas regards her as q remarkable
boat, and all observers were impressed by
her performance.
A telegram from Rome states that NJ.
D0idSIdDSC { I1IG IILIlC Cttiib u
of about ten miles in a total of fifteen
minutes, aud descended upon "a signal
being made, ibis is % European record,
inferior only to Wright's alleged twenty five
miles in the United States, which, however,
wa unofficial.
At Ghe1t the Englishman Mr.. Farman
few nearly a mile, carrying a companion, and
N. Archdeaeon wins the bet made n year ago
that such a performance was impo. sible with
il the year.
Lord Tweedmouth IS suffering from ner-
vous prostration Mr.. Whiteley, the Treasury
whip, is retiring, and other read j%ustmeLts 1t
is believed VIII necessitate a further recon
stIuctien If the Administrat on during the
Whitsuntide recess. Mir. Asquith, however, be-
trays no worry and the Government seems to
be going strong. Mr.. Balfour is making
very little Roadway by his tactical criticisms,
and the Unionists are not prepared for Wis
count Miners programme Of constructive
tariff reform. The King is putting n surprising
life into the social season. The idea of a new
triple alliance is fading away, except i'll Ger
many, where it is causing much agitation