, 1909-09-29
ST. GROIN STATION.

14OEllOl O%f 4 GNC0G3 luC 14iDCitl
whip, declares he does not expect a general
election within two years, and is making no
preparations, nevertheless it is the general
expectation that it viii tske place about the
New Year, The newspapers are d~eyoting
their most prominent columns to speculotions
regarding the action ii the House Of Lords
and its sequel. The last clause of the FL
nance Bill has cen passed, but several post
poned clauses viii prevent sending 1t to the
Lords before the twentieth ofOctoberI 1t is be-
loved thatAIr. Bulfour and theMarqGis ofLaus-
downe favor the acceptance Of the budget
by the Lords upon the understanding that
an immediate appeal to the country be made.
The moderate conservatives d sire to narrow
the issue to tariff reform versus socialism,
subo1dinating constitutional questions, which
the Liberals might win on q double is
sue.
In the debate up On the petrol clause the
Irish Party conten led the Government were
practically giving the petrol trade to the
Standard Oil Trust, and the Irish would be
unable to pay the proposed tax and there
Sore would cease to sell titus depriyiDg Ire
land Of the tourist traffic.
Sensational accounts are given Of the fore
ible feeding Of the Su1fragettes, who assault
ed the mattresses, resisted the keepers and
smashed he windows, until fually they were
handcuffed and placed in solitary e9niuo
ment. They declare teen treatment is Illegal
and viii sue he prison authorities for dam
ages.
Nova" formoay Il Newfoundland WhaIer, for
his Antartic eXpIora ion ship, and she will
reach the Thanh, nom Saint Johns IA Nov
ember. The personnel Of the expedition is
completed.
A Copenhagen despatch announces that
the Rigsdag passed the Defence Bill yester-
day. The resignation is expected Of Mr.. )
Christensen, the Minister Of Defence.
Lord Kitchener bus arrived at Saigon en-
route for Hongkoug.
A despatch from Caracas states flat the
Venezuelan Minister for ForeigH Att Irs has
definitely informed the British Minister Sir
Vincent Corbett that Venezuela caBnot make
any change in collecting the thirty per cent
additional duty on goods from the British
West Indies. Sir Vincent Corbett mas gone
to Trinidad.
Advices from Merilla report that the Span
ish forces are advancing easier and that the
Moors ore weakening. England, Germany,
Russia and the Uuited States will follow
the example Of France in disregarding
the Sultan's protest, but there is some
fear that the expedition against the tribes
men NAV become a war against the Sui
tan as a brilliant foreign success is ne
cessary to offset domestic troubles III Spain,
and being assured Of no intervention Spain
will demand an indemnity for the cost of the
expedition, occupying territory pending pay
ment, and notification to the slgnatories OF
the Algeciras Convention regarding the
trade in arms with Moroccan ports.
A despatch from the Hague states that a
Bailiff seized the Swedish submarine SyaIen
for not having paid a trawler a sum promis-
ed for towing when disabled. The Swed-
ish Charge d Affaires protested spiritedly
and the Netherlands Foreign Office apollo
gized.
Quebec, Sept 25th-The trades and labour
Congress has adopted a resolution that the
Dominion should abolish the Alien Labour
Laws, condemned Mr.. Leuiieux's trades dis
putes ct, and censured MI. Lemieux's ar
engagements with Japan, which permit
hordes of immigrant Coolies and undesirea-
bles. There are only two immigration offices
along eight hundred miles of border, and
hundreds cross unrecorded.
New York, Sept. 25th-There was c%ontinu-
GUS saluting for s hours upon the entrance OF
+ba British SduadrOn tt is exactly q decade