, 1909-07-28

SOlV6'l ~ D6P u 1Ouj oE0dUuUuSu us Ia April,
to be completed in 1912. and one Of the two
big ships of this years programme is to be o
cruiser surprising the Invincible and In
domitable. he deprecated comparison with
Germany, and it should be remembered that
during the last three years England had
been striving to restrict her ornaments, and
Germany had outbuilt England by
three ships, and it was not safe to
continue thus. Mr.. Asquith, replying
to a Labourite protest against the in
crease OF expenses, said the programme had
not been adopted in a spirit of aggression OF
provocation, but,after anxious months of de-
liberation, as the only one compatible with
imperial safety; England was still ready to
agree regarding a limitation of ornaments.
The Government secured a majority of 1872
in q full house.
In replying to another enquiry, Mr.. AS
quith said he regretted that one hundred
members Of the Women's Freedom League
had waited an aggregate OF three thousand
hours for an interview with him. They had
previously been informed that he regarded
an interview as useless, and he understood
they were now asserting their legal right,
which was dependent upon the decision Of
the courts. He would, he added, receive for
communication any new facts which he could
elicit personally.
The police had to rescue NJ. Bleriot from
hero worshippera. The Daily Mail prize
was presented him in a silver cup, Mr.. Hal
dane making the address at q luncheon of
celebrities interested in aviation. The Aero
Club will present him with a medal like the
Wrights', and Colonel Wyndham with q cup
on August ninth. Experts regard his flight
as u remarkable triumph for monoplane
construction, the machine being wonder
fully mall and much heavier proper
ti~onately to it's plane surface than any 9TH
er, nevertheless it accomplished the first
flight to q given destination across a large
body of water, surprising the Wrights' long
er and higher flights, which were without
an objective and within a restricted area.
It is stated President Fallieres will meet
King tward at Marienbad on August
eighteenth and en- route the King will meet
the Emperor Francis Joseph at Ischl on the
tenth.
A Barcelona telegram says martial law
has been proclaimed and o general strike de-
clared against the Moroccan war. The
trouble is spreading.
A Stockholm despatch says forty thousand
person engaged in the paper, WOODEN and
cotton industries have struck work.
A despatch from Hamburg says General
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nation of the presidency, because of the OPP
position to the treaty arrangements between
Colombia, Panama and the United States.
General Reyes regarded the refusal to re-
cognize the independence of Panama as use
less and injurious to the prospects of com
pensation which the United States is ready
to make. He will emain in Europe indef-
niteIy and shortly send a manifesto to the
Colombians.
New York, July 27th-A Bogota tele-
gram says General Cervantes is to be
Minister of War, vice General Holquin,
who will be successor to General Key
es, and the army is to be reduced
from twelve thou sand to four thou
sand.
A political meeting at Guadalaiara was
dispersed by rioters; the police were over
powered and the military summoned, four
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