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on September first, and at Sydney on the
thirteenth, stopping ten days at each port.
The cruisers will not go to Australia. Mr..
DeaFin, the federal Premier, has replied that
he hoped that they would visit Hobart,
Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane.
In the House of Common yesterday Mr..
Birrell denied the rumours associating Lord
Haddo, the son of the Earl of Aberdeen, with
The theft of the regalia from Dublin Castle,
which necessarily occurred between June
eleventh and July sixth. Lord Haddo, he
said, left Dublin in March and did not re-
turn before December, and he hoped this
statement would put an end to the scandal.
Replying to u question why Lord Haddo had
not instituted a suit for libel, Mr.. Birrell said
the lawyers had cOunselled Il ainst it.
SIR Henry Campbell Baum rmann is re-
ported to be more comfortable.
Lord Rosebery has been elected Chancel-
lor of Glasgow University vice the late Lord
Kelvin.
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
Mail says that Mr.. Hill will shortly succeed
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid as United States Am
bassador in London. A Washington tele-
gram, however, states it is more likely
that Mr.. White, the Ambassador to France,
will succeed Mr.. Reid, and Mr.. Hill
upon reaching Berlin will probably ask
for indefinite leave of absence prepala-
tory to succeeding Nh. White. Mr.. Hilps
prolonged service in Berlin is not expected.
It is announced hat President FalIi6res
will visit the Gar about the middle of July,
and will then visit Stockholm, Christiuuia
and Copenhagen.
A Munich periodical publishes what it
alleges to be the text of the correspondence
between the Kaiser and Lord Twtedmoutb,
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The German Foreign Office, however, denies
its authenticity. The Kaiser, it is said, chi
ticized Viscount Esher's promotion Of An
glo-G German mistrust and pointed out that
Germany's naval power would be in
adequate to ever take the offensive, but
she was unable to avoid the duty of
defense and self preservation. Germany
and England had 30 political differences,
but merely peaceful commercial riyalries,
and q misunderstanding with Lord Tweed
mouth was impossible. The kaiser's po-
sition, it declares, is the same as expressed
by him twice at the Gull hall with an in
terval of sixteen years between the ex-
pressions, and his sentiments are unchanged.
Lord Tweedmouth 0ssented to these de-
claratiops, adding that the majority of Eng
lishmen held similar opinions and the era Of
misunderstanding had been c.osed by the
Kaiser's visit to London.
The st. Petersburg newspaper Novoe
Vremya publishes q sensational condemna-
ton of Austria's Macedonian policy. 1t
would be easier, it says, for England and
Russia to agree than for Russia to support
the Muerszteg programme. An Anglo
Russian entente would be analogous to the
Persian agreement, and advantageous to
Europe.
Washington, April 2ud- There is no ox-
element over the Venezuelan correspon-
dence, but Venezuela is blamed and also
some Americans, whose conduct Is consider
ed indefensible. The Santo Domingo Incl
dent has left the Senate r~esentful towards
President Rooseveit's initiation.
New York, April 2nd.-Advices received
from Port au Prince state that arrests and
executions continue, and General Coicou is
teri orizing the country. The French Lega-
ton is preparing for defense, after notifying
the refugees that it may possibly be made
quate.
A Washington telegram says intervention
is neither desired nor contemplated aud the
Revolutionists are not likely to succeed i'll
embroiling any foreign country III their
plans.
London, April 2nd.-Sir Henry jackson
passed a good night and is going Oh salts