, 1908-12-05

N'HN 'N1 NNN W VIVA
OF q bulletin insulating that the United
States is preparing for annexation, &hich
is attributed to German bondholders,
who are fearful of an investigation of
their claims.
Washington dispatches state that the
United States will not take any hurried steps
regarding Haiti and Will act ouly if necess-
airy to prevent anarchy and protect foreign
ers.
SaintPierre Miquelou Ice. 3rd-A French
warohip has laui~d $50 murines for the
winter, and the new Governor has arrested
the leaders Of the recent demonstration in
favor of free schools. Further trouble is
anticipated unless concessions are mlie.
Copenhagen, December 4th-The mar
riage of Prince Hatuld has been fixed for the
first of May next, The wedding trip Will
be to the Far East, on u steamer of the East
Asiatic~ Company.
A group of VOL known men has issued au
invitation to erect II monument to the explo-
rer Myths Erickson aud his comrades, who
persisted with him in Greenland.
Mr.. David DeCastro has been recognized
as Consul for Nicaragua at St. Thomas.
Mr.. Guunar Hagemann has been elected
q momber of the committee for the West In-
dian section Of the exhibition to be held at
Aarbus next year.
The 3. y. St. Thomas leaves Copenhagen
on the eighth instant. Among her passen~
gers are Count Holck Winterfeldt and the
r reverend Mr.. Faber.
London, Dee. 4th-Tbe Amherst Library
sAto is attracting buyers from all parts Of
the world. Fifteen Cautious have boon sold
privately together, presumably to Mr.. Pier
pont Morgan, for one hundred thousand
pounds, and Il Mazarin bible for two thou
sand and fifty pounds.
Further particulars regarding the report
of Lord Rosebery's committee state that all
tho hereditary peers will form an electoral
body,to choose two hundred Lords of Pnrlia-
ment for a single parliament, thu Bishops
will elect ton spiritual Lords, eight for each
parliam ,nt, the two ArchbislIopa sitting dur
their tenure of their secs. Canada, Australia,
NeNZealand and South Africa arc to be re-
presented, and about one hundred and thirty
hereditary peers possessing certain quallfl-
cations will sit without election, tholr q0all-
|fication being distinguished public ser
vice. A Governorship or twenty years
membership of the House of Commons
will also be n qualification, thore Will also be
five Judges and three peers of the blood
Royal. The committee thinks that the do
mllant party III mo nOuSo vi NoihHh'hH
should be represented III the House OF
Lords, but makes no recommendation how
to secure this.
A gathering of members OF both Houses
of parliament, scientists, distinguished per-
sons and others has adopted a resolution
that women suffrage is contrary to the
bost interests Of the country, and appointed
q committee to arrange opposition to 1T. The
committee includes Lords Oromer, Dunra-
ven, Rothschild and Lister; ProfessorsCrookes
Dewar, Laukoster and Ramsay and Mr.. hlp-
ling.
The Paris correspondent OF the Times
says the French Cabinet will tomorrow lake
action as already forocastcd regarding Pres
ident Castro.
NJ. Miles Lncroix, the French minister
OF the colonies, has announced that d.
plomntic representations will be made
regarding the seizure by the British
Consular Agent at Tahiti Of Oenor, one of
the islands of the Low Archipelago, ninety
miles north of Pitcairn Island, which is re-
garded as a strategic point on the route from
Panama to Tahiti.
A Berlin telegram says the debate in the
Reichstag on the question Of ministerial res
ponsibi!ity has become ~listless, all parties
want reform, but The Socialists alone want
genuine parliamentary government. The
matter has been referred to a committee OF