, 1908-06-20

ufgeu tne congress to. ceclare that THE
church would not marry any divorced person
during lifetime OF the survivor (applausel.
The old age pension bill has passed ~
second reading in the House of Commons
unopposed, amendments being deferred mn
til it reaches the committee stage, wh4n nv
are expected.
In the mathematical tripos at Cam
bridge University the senior wrangler-
ship has been divided between Abbot
son of Pembroke, and Brodetsky of
Trinity. BrodAtsky's father was q panper
Immigrant twenty years ago, and would ba
ineligible nnde the existing Alien law. He
IS now an itineraut haberdasher lodging 10
a mean street in the East end Of London.
Brodetsky's education was free, through
winning scholarships, and lie now hollis four,
worth two hundred and fifty pounds.
Paris advicce announuo thot pro,idouG
Fallieres will start for Russia and Scandinavia
on July tenth on board The battleship Yer
lite" with a strong naval escort under Ad-
mirAl Peyrere.
A despatch from Berlin states that it is
untrue the Kaiser will visit the Sultan Of
Turkey. The anti-German campaign in
such reports, Of B itish origin, is de, racated.
Dispatches from Madrid report that
Senior de Ia Cierva, Minister of the interior,
was stricken III the Senate Chamber with
nephrlt1s and was removed in a serious con-
dltion, but is now improving.
st. Petersburg advices state that the
Douma has adopted the Government bib
for the double tracking of the Siberian
railway.
kilograms f ON Seoul report that the
imperial estates, except the palaces occupied
by the Emperor and ~eX-IImperor, have been
transferred to the national treasury, thus
limiting the resources available tor political
intrignes.
Fifty fishing boats have beeu wrecked of
Kagoshima III Southern Japan, and $50 of
the crews ale reported to have persisted.
Dispatches from [, heran state that the
Shah received the delegates from the Nation
al Assembly, WHO protes' Ell against his vio-
latlon of twelve articles of the fundamental
law, and declared that unless he observed The
e,notitution it would be necessary for the
House to djourn and inform the people that
their demands had been refused. The Shah
replied that the Kadjar Dynasty had con.
quered the throne by the sword, which be
inherited, and that he will at be displaced.
by agitators, anarchists and revolutionists
but he promised 20 give q more formal
answer later.
London, June 18th-The race telegraphed
yesterday was the Ascot Handicap. The r-
suits of the race for the Ascot Biennial stakes
were as IolIOWs mite Eagle hrst, R01ne
Claude second, Eaton Lad third.
London, June 18th-Sir John Gorell
Barnes, in granting a divorce to the wife of
the nephew of the Earl of Leicester, the
Hon. Reginald Coke, upon the ground of Der
husbands remarriage following a divorce in
Nebraska, declared the American proceed
ings an absolute nullity, and he wished it
were possible to prevent these American di-
vorces serving as q basis for bigamous mas
riages.
Advices from Seoul state that Mr.. Bethel
has pleaded that he had apologized for his
article praising the assassin of MI. Stevens,
and was aware only of portions of the All
cles published. Japan had promised to sub
sldlze his lie wspaper, but a fuller knowled 9s
of the conditions had compelled him to take
on independent course.
Intelligence from Fez says Mulai Ha-
fd has married his cousin, and ANNOUNCE
ed to his Cabinet that he forbade all
European innovations this includes the ex-
cluslon Of automobiles from Morocco.
A despatch from Teheran states that the
Shah's promised answer to the delegates has
not been delivered, and the Assembly COM
plains that he will not heed advice.