, 1909-08-28

and rain fell several times.
Copenhagen, Aug. 27th-Ch HE Of the
General Staff Goertz has been appointed
Lieutenant General and Commanding Gen
eral of Iceland. Major General Geroten-
berg, has retired on account Of age.
Colonies Berthelstn and A. L. Hansen have
been appointed Major Generals, ard the
last named has also been named Chief Of
the General Staff.
The deaths are announced Of Lieutenant
General Bohnson, a former Minister Of War,
and Professor Emil Hansen, Director Of the
Carlsberg Brewery.
A procession is to take place on Sunday,
protesting against Herr Christensen's APP
pointment as Minister Of Defence
The third discussion upon the Defence
Bills in the FoIketing began on the twenty
fourth, md it is hoped it will be finished by
the end Of the week.
London, Aug. 27th-I In the House II Com
mons 1lr. Asquith announced the results Of
the Conference on imperial defence recently
held. The only new point Of interest relates
is the remodeIing Of the Pacific heet, which
Canada and Australia are anxious should be
Of appreciable strength. The remodeled
feet consists of three units the East Indies
Australia and China squadrons, each com
posed Of an armoured cruiser Of the Indomi-
table type, three protected cruisers of the
Bristol type, six destIoyers of the River
class and SIX submarines. 1t has been an
ranged for Australia and New Zealand to
present the Empire with vessels of the
Indomitable type instead Of the preferred
Dreadnought, and these ships will form purt
of the Pacific feet subject to the APP
proval of the Canadian Parliament. Ii
has been agreed that Canada should start
building cruisers Of the Bristol class and
destroyers Of the River class using both
Pacific and Atlantic ports for construc-
ton work.
Mr.. Lloyd George has introduced in the
House of Commons what he culls Il deyel-
opment bill, empowering the government to
make grants for the development of agri-
cultural aud rural industries, harbour trans
portation and similar enterprises. The bill
bestows4 authority for the government to
acquire land compuIsorily, aud make roads
upon which there will be no speed limits,
especially for motors. other traffic paying u
charge for the use of the roads.
A rum III j. circulating among politicians
that Sir Nilfred Laurier is to be offered the
position Of first Governor General of South
Africa.
Lieutenant Shackleton's Antartic ship MIN
rod has arrived at Plymouth,
The Admiralty is sending four cruisers
to participate il the Hudson-Fu.ton c4lcbra-
ton ut New York,
The Cricket match between Australia and
Middlesex at Lords resulted in q draw on
account of heavy rains. Middlesex made 307
for FIVE wickets.
At Rheims yesterday NJ. Paulhom's great
record OF the previous day was eclipsed. M.
Latham encircled the track fifteen times,
trayersing nearly ninety seven miles in two
hours eighteen minutes.
The Zeppelin third has started from Fried
richshufen for Berlin via Nuremberg, Leipsic
and BitterfeId, a total distance of four hun
dred and fifty miles. The operating crew
are the only passengers.
NJ. Bourtzef, the Russian revolutionist,
publishes in the German Socialistic paper
"Vorwarts'' a Photographic facsimile OF the
front page Of what he declares to be a
special handwritten newspaper issued only
for the Cars information, containing month
by month exact unvarnished details of
atrocities perpetrated by the Russian Police
in the Cars name. The document bears
blue chalk marks, said to have been made
by the Gar to show he had read it.