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twenty years, but this is less surprising than
the poor showing of the Lubourites, and the
revulsion from Mr.. Stuart may probably he
tue to the reduction of tho sugar duty,
which stimulates the local jam trade. Mr..
Stuarts espousal Of socialism was also in
furious. Mr.. Churchill believes lie profited
by the s~uffragett-s' methods.
1t is admitted that the Budget IS a per.
snnal triumph for Mr.. Asquith, bat the week
~ newspapers comment adversely upon
its mortgage to socialism and protection,
and its indication of the alternatives of a
Uuionist administration or financial disaster
Mr.. Lloyd Georges budget, it is pointed
out, will be more difficult than Mr.. A8quith's
by tbs tasks the latter has imposed upon
his successor.
NJ. Duve-n has presented the nation with
a wing to the T,te Gallery, comprising ive
galleries 70. the exhibition Of Turner's
works.
The April returns for the city AMI county
of London show that only twenty five per
cent of the old volunteer forces have joined
the territorial army, and with the rarest ex-
ceptions only for a single year Mr.. Haldane
estimated seventy five per cent. Hardly any
of the fifty units of all arms have raised the
necessary thirty per cent for publication us
territorial troons. Two hundred r~esign9-
tons have been received, even from the
strongest metropolitan battalion. The Scottish
or fourteenth county and the artillery battal-
ions are mere skeletons.
A Brussels telegram reports q widespread
revolt of the Congo natives, who refused
to collect rubber ind have attacked the
whites a"d burned the factories. Tie cas-
u+ltiss are sid to be- heavy.
A despatch from Madrid states that the
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was enrolled in the Spanish amy on his first
birthday. He was carried to the al
tar, dressed in the uniform of a private,
by his mother, where the military oath was
administered.
B-rlin advices state th"t rllnce ~ Eu-
lpnbury remains in confinement despite ms
LAWYERS efforts to show his detention Is I'M
iustiliable
Mulai Hafd's delegates have arrived in
Berlin with q petition for Germany to re-
cognize him as Sultan of Morocco, because of
his many services to foreigners, and the
mastery of the cities of Fee and Morocco
making him Sultan according to the law OF
Morocco.
A st. Petersburg telegram states that
during a debate in the DJuma NJ. hokoVt-
soft the Minister of Finance, exclaimed: Thank
God Rus aa has not a parliament yet. The
president or the DOulna IeSIttttU ohuU No
lacked the authority to prevent such an
unfortunate expression. NJ. Stoiypin, presl-
dent of the council of ministers, wrote the
president that he must retract or he,Stolypln,
would resign. After at first refusing, the Pre-
sident reconsidered and recalled the express
son and his prohibition of debate upon NJ.
Kokovtsoff's words.
Quebec. May 18th. The Canadian Pacl-
fc liner Milwaukee has coliided with anu
sunk Canada's finest vessel and lcebreaker'
the Montcalm, valued at half a million DOL
lars. The Milwaukee was bcached to save
her and her crew.
San Francisco, May ~11th-Admiral Evans
has hauled down his fag,and Admiral Thom-
as has succeeded TO the command OF the
battle fleet. At a banquet Admiral Evans
was rolled into the room in an Invalid cnar'
but was able to stand and make a speech
New York, May 11th-Advices from Ven-
ezuela say that no Veuezuelans babe Mr..
Russell. the United States Minister, farewell
upon his departure for the United States,
showing the diplomatic tension. No com
mnnicntion is held with Consul Motf"t at
Lagunira, and a warship may perbaps be sent
to take him away. The decree closing La
2uaira will probably remain in rec until
a week elapses without a new case OF plague.
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