, 1908-05-20

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per hundredweight beng placed upon for
eign hops, designed to exclude American
hops. Special trains brought nm army OF
growers and pickers from the hop counties,
and fifty thousand marched from the Veto
ria embankment to Trafalgar Square, where
it was enthusiastically resolved that the
Government should check the dumping
which was running a British Industry.
During the debate upor the Town Plan
ming Bill in the House of Commons, MI.
Burns stated there were fifty thousand
empty houses in London.
A sluggish season has been stimulated by
q court held by their Majesties, which
was among the most brilliant OF the
present reign. The new ballroom at
Buckingham Palace, with it's four new
entrances, was used for the first time,
and directoire gowns and old lace were fea-
lures. A state ball has been ordered for the
end of the month, and elaborate prepare
tions are being made for a gala performance
at the opera, in connection with the visit of
President Fallieres. Il is expected their
GLajesties VIII give q garden party at Wind
sor in connection with the Pan Anglican
Congress; a brilliant dinner and party recep-
ton will be given at Wilbourne House, in
honour of Mr.. Asquith, end the Liberal
hostesses are rebuilding their activity.
A despatch from Peshawar states tibet
General Wlllcock's pickles have repul4ed
assailant8, losing ten men killed and twenty
four wounded. Neatly all General Will
cocks white troops have been sent to a
Cholera Camp, following the death Of tWoD-
ty seven men Of The Roy al Munster fusilljers.
The Cologne Gazette derote4 an entire
page to warming the world that Germlny's
policy is not one of peace at any price. The
0ri 1niE ~ .atyojG4H aG InCOIppH and lG OttrI-
bu;ed 10 irritation at the disregard shown of
the Kai3 rs s~usceptil i!itie3 regarding Moroc-
co aud Macedonia.
The Japanese Minister has signed the
Yalu timber agreement after China refused
to accept substitutes for his signature.
ST. Petersburg dispatches state that the
Budget Committee have rejected the Minis
terial proposal for the construction of four
bat tleships. The Council of the Empire has
debated the construction Of the Amoor rail
way, apropos Of the adverse report of
Count Witte that its cost ial been
under estimated by ten millions 8 1r,Ing, and
the FinanciGl strain would be unhearable;
aud os the neighbouring regions were settled
by Chinese and Japanese, ii was therefore
imprart cable to restrict contracts to Russi-
ans, nevertheless its construction has been
{. Jored forthwith.
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has been officially announced that Brazil
Will not sell any battleship to any buyer.
New York, May Is, Advices received from
Caracas say that President Castro's organ
publishes an article praising President
Roo5ovelt's abandonment of his big stick me-
thods in consequence Of President Castro's
policy. Regular payments, it says, are made
upon the foreign claims, despite the inter
ruption of revenue caused by the plague
regulations. All transhipments for West
ern Venezuela are ordered to be made at
Porto Cabello instead of at Willomstad, in
retaliation for Willemstad LAYING quaran-
tined q vessel from an unaffected Venez-
ueIan port, and Porto Cabello will clear no
vessels for Curacao.
London, May 19th.-In the House of
Commons yesterday Mr.. Churchill answered
MIR, Bowerman that Messrs Armour had not
called for new capital, and had no intention
of retailing meat in England in accordance
with the Smithfield Market charges.
The Suffragettes are planning to hold a
monster demonstration in Hyde Park in
June, and it is expected three hundred
thousand persons will participate, coming
from all parts of the Uni ed kingdom. Seven
proc ssions from the various railway stations
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