, 1909-02-10
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fr.on Gibraltar c~nrrects The despatch Of the
Attn. Captain Qualtrough was convicted,
sentenced to six months suspension from du-
ty, degraded sen numbers and detached from
the Georgia.
The anti Japanese agitation affecting Ne
braska, Nevada and Oregon is serious, but
is inferior automatically to the situation
created by similar sentiments in Canada.
Japan is comparatively calm, the inspired
press contending that the true American
sentiment is not reflected by the agitators.
Advices from Caracas say the Bermudez
company is negotiating privately TO avert a
rupture Of Mr.. Buchanan's negotiations,
Congress has resolved that no eha4g IN the
government of Panama will he made this ses-
sion, that is to say the subject has been relega-
ted to Mr.. Iaft's administration The admnis-
trati0n's proposed appropriation Of five hun
dred million dollars has also been ob5tructed,
but something will be granted upon account,
with an intimation that people must be pre-
pared for a stupendous cost.
st. Vincent, 6th-H. NJ, S. Brilliant ar
rivel 4.15 p. IA.
Colon, 8th--U. s.. S. North Carolina, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft and party aboard, and
s.. S. Montana sailed for New Orleans six
P. m, Sunday.
London, Feb. 9th-At a meeting of the
National Ride Association, Lo.d Cheyles-
more minated there Was a possibility Of re-
consideration Of the declinarIou Of the invi-
tation by the United States o. account Of
~therunusttal colonial attendance at BisIey at
the-iubllee moe' my.
,Yhe Mauretania from New York arrived
in four days twenty hours, havi g averaged
twenty five aud one fifth znots,a record, wulch
&c ottyiI o1. al To her ne " DrOnpii9r
It is stated that the Clbinat nas agreed
TO build six new Dveadnoughts.
In the final curling match for Strathc0na
cup at Glasgow the Canadians scored 3Z1 and
the Scotchmen go.
NJ. Bians, tho wireless operator OF the
Replblic, on landing, ued before the crowd
OF newspaper reporters, cameras and hero
worshi pers. He has been summoned TIC tho
Marconi ompany's Offices to receive a testi-
monial watch and chain, ana vii then 80 to
Peterborough, his birthplace, whsre Tire Ma
yor and City Council will receive him 9th
cially AMI present him with al Illuminated
address ut the Town I'LL. Tt IS also pro-
posed to make hia 3 freeman Of the ely
Mr.. Alan, a shipowler, has refused the So
cialist nomination for the vacancy caused
by the death Of Sir Andrew Torrance,
Liberal VI. P. for Glasgow Cen5Eal.
The Socialists are now urging Ar. Bernard
Shaw to accept it
The King and Queen left for Berlin yes
terday.
The Berlin correspondent OF the Daily Elk.
press describes a socialist. plot to mGr their
reception by holding thirteen simultaneous
meetings of unemployed end distributing
thirty thousand upon the streets through
which their majesties would pass, after list
ening to lnfammatory speeches. Pho authori-
tios ARE annoyed by this counter demon
s%tration, the officials are doing thoir best,
and the newspapers show various degrees Of
eordiality. The weather is fine and favour
able for the display of decorations, which are
elaborate and tasteful, especially in Inter
Den Linden.
A Paris despatch states that NJ. Catulle
NAndes has been found dead in the railway