, 1908-03-28

l2O.OOO pounds. Sales OF securities were
mostly to Spauiar,l-. Rochette was former
" q waiter, and his frauds rival those Of the
Humbert case.
A Berlin despatch states that Herr Groe-
Der has apologized generally in Difference to
the embarrassment caused to the Reichstag
by the Journalistic strike, which will now end
tomorrow.
The following important speech by Prince
Bulow was not reported in Berlin. France,he
said, had no occasion to reprOach Germany
with a narI ow Interpretation of the A|geciras
Convention, ard Germany expects France to
execute it's mandate III a peaceful aud friend
ly manner. The Macedonian Question was
kept alive by a constant supply of fresh fuel,
but the possibility of a war would be un-
supportable and he expecte the European
concert would prevail over slight differences
of opinion. He regretted he was unable to
give the text Of The Kaiser's letter 10 Lord
Tweedmouth, but there was no foundation
for the insiruation Of an attempt to infiu-
ence British Policy. It is impossible, he
continued, to too often repeat the purely de-
fensivo character of Germany's navy and
policy, considering the imputations Of ag-
erosion towards England, "we desire to live
peacefully with Great Britain, therefore we
feel bitterly that some British publicists talk
of the German danger, and it is satislac-
tory to know that all attempt to create
q false impression regarding the Kaiser's
views has failed" Herr Won Schoen, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, limited that the
Conference in Berlin regarding the status of
the Baltic had no intention Of making it a
closed sea, and RUSSIA does not intend to al
ter the political status Of the Aland Islands.
st. Petersburg adtices report that the
Senate has overruled the appeals of 1877
Dominates sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment for issuing the Viborg manifesto
counselling the people to withhold receipts
and taxes.
New York, March 25th.-A despatch from
Port au Prince states that 5 officers have
been released, the last detained among the
recent arrests. The Government withdrew it's
objections to the refugees embarking and
everything has been settled except Hayti's
international policy. Hayti wishes the war
ships to depart but the Foreign Ministers
have notified their Governments hat their re-
tention is necessary, with q mini mum of one
permanently.
The first automobiles Thomas car, has az
rived ut san Francisco in II days en- route
to Paris in the race from New York. Some
of she competitors have abandoned the race
and the nearest car is several hundred miles
behind.
London March 26th.-H. NJ. S. "Hogue"
left Bermuda for Antigua on the Oath.
The latest bulletin regarding Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman gives cause for con-
siderable anxiety.
The tireproof curtain at Drury Lane The
atre reduced the damage to the auditorium,
which has not been ruined, but the stage
and scenery are irreparable. Forty. fire en-
gines and two hundred fremen succeeded
in saving the main structure.
Mr.. Macdonald, the Labourite member
for Leicester, has given notice of a question
regarding the methods adopted by the
Unionists to secure the victory at Peckham.
The newspapers say the result will be chal-
lenged under the corrupt practices act.
A johannesburg telegram states that Mr..
Henderson, formerly Mayor of Kimberley,
publishes a letter in the newspapers urging
q reduction in the prices of diamonds. M
Rhodes policy was, he says, to pay a
steady forty per cent dividend doubling
the price has enabled the payment of
fifty five per cent dividends, but it has mar
rowed the number of profitable sales to
wealthy Americans, and he urges a reversion
to Mr.. Rhodes policy, thus popularizing the
use Of diamonds and increasing employment
in the mines.
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