, 1909-10-02
ELEGRAM Ms.
81 D NTATION

'@ So SNN'Nh
several feet If water, the Inhabitants seeking
refuge upon the roofs Buildings md tridyes
have been swept away and railway commu-
nicatiOn is interrupted.
The Birmingham s~ntfragettes have instruct
ell solicitors TO write to the Home Sec1e airy
regarding their treatment by the Governor
and Doctor of the jail, allowing three days
for suitable amends, otherwise they viii in
stitute an action for damages.
Sir Henry H-sketh Bell has been appoint
ed Governor of N~orthe44nNigeria
The Standard says theiAis friction between
the government and the Sea Lords respect
Ing the %latters' proposal to increase the per-
sonel of the navy by seyent en- thousand.
Admiral BrdgemaL threatens to resign if
the increase is refused, and Sir John Fishers
position IS again difficult.
The Lord Mayor will open a subscription
IN support OF Captain S otis Antarctic Elk
petition.
The Lords have passed the second read
ing of the Irish Land Bill, with q formal
statement of their intention to amend it in
the committee stage. Lobby gossip says
that if unsatisfactory, especially regarding
compulsory purchase, the Irish will refuse to
accept it, whatever the Government may do.
A Melbourne despatch says it is officially
stated that the preference tariff has checked
British imports.
A Calcutta telegram announces the arrival
of the Clan Macintosh, therefore the des-
patch from Rangoon reporting her having
been blown up at sea is untrue.
The French Government viii erect a mo
nument to the victims Of the Republique
upon the spot where it fell.
Advicos from Stockholm say the Govern
ment have failed in their strike pacifcation,
and q renewal Of the general strike is feared,
The police are to be increased.
The Spanish forces continue to defeat the
Moors in minor engagements, but are unable
to force a decisive battle, and the campaign
will probably be prolonged
HUNDRED are being daily eXiled from
Barcelona without a hearing and without
taking farewell Of their relatives.
Plots have been discovered against King
Peter Of Seryia and Prince Nicholas of Mon
tenegro. Many persons have been arrested
and officers Of the army have taken flight.
The pIotters desired to end the dyna ,ties
because King p ter and Prince Nicholas
did not oppose Austria's annexation Of Bos-
MIA aud Herzegovina, and they furth CT
designed to unite Servia and Montenegro.
A despatch from Hardin says the Russians
levied upon a German factory for nonpty-
ment of taxes under the Railway Admins
trutiou. The German Consul hoisted the
German il g, barricnded the doors and
thrashed the Russian official Proceedings
have been discontinued
Copenhagen, Octr lst-Al the Defence
Laws adopted by the Rigsdag were sanction
ed yesterday by the Klng,and will be put in
to force as soon as possible.
The Extraordinary Session Of The kigsdag
closed on the twenty fifth, and the Ordinary
Session will begin on the fourth.
Bishop R ordam is dead.
Herr Tuxen, the painter, has been appoint
ed Professor of the Royal Academy and sue
ceeds Herr Bache, who has retired.
The st. Thomas is expected to arrive at
Dover on the third.
London, October 1st-The race for the
Jockey Club stakes at Newmarket yesterday
resulted as follows Duke Of Portland's
Whaleron first, Mr.. Kankin's Carlowitz Sc
cond, Duke of Portland's Primer third.
The new battleship Neptune. the eighth
Dreadnought, was launched at Portsmouth
Yesterday, and christened by the Duchess of
Albany. Her bulkheads are SO strong that
she is believed to be unsuitable even by a
tornado and her armament ia the most now