, 1909-11-27

AOLO4L IbfG AAANO0 IL AOPOAu nav
ing encountered terrible weather. On Sat
urday the "Maracaibo" only ran 81 miles.
The yacht "Nourmahal' has not been report
ed.
London, Nov. 22nd.-The issues are so
confused that the political ~situGtiou can only
be described rs chaotic. The House of Lords
will vote on Thursday. Lord Roseb0ry's
curse and its effect upon tho popular YER
dict are uncertain, but it is asserted that Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain expects q UulOnist ma
jority over the combined opposition Of sixty,
while the Liberals anticipate u similar majo-
rity OF eighty,or double that number, il work
ing arrangements are reached with the La
bourites. The Sutfragettes declare they will
worry the Conservatives worse than the hi
berals.
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford III u man
ifesto to the electors of Portsmouth, says that
the fleet is not properly organized for war.
The battleship programme is inadequate,
cruisers and torpedo boats are deficient docks
are lacking, stores are depleted and there are
no reserves of coal; but, worst of all, deticien-
cies in the personnel viii soon be apparent.
Confidence in British naval supremacy is
shaken for the inst time since Trafalgar.
la some quarters it is expected that after
the rejection of the budget the House of
AOlIlllOIlS Will now an AlINA AiA bhIHtl1
which will pass unopposed aud That a disolu-
ton will take place before Christmas, to be
followed by q general election in january. A
Liberal victory would be followed by the
creation of life peers enough to destroy the
Lords veto.
The King of PortugsFs visit to Windsor
has terminated. Reports of his betrothal to,
an IRISH Princess are to be deprecated.
1t is expected the Bank of England rate.
will shortly be reduced.
A Copenhagen telegram announces the
death Of Peter Kroeyer, the painter.
A Vienna despatch says that, following
upon the promouon of many officer, to he
captains, they received through the mails
samples Of pills Captain Mailer died, and
an autopsy showed his death was from cy-
anide of potassium, and analysis disclosed
th1t the other p lis contained it; those officers
not promoted did not receive the pills. The
mystery is unexplained.
NJ. Paulham yesterday assembled FIVE hum
dred metres, He stopped hs engines ut a
height of seven hundred and Gfty feet, and
descended by his planes alone he declares
there is no mechanical limit to the height
obtainable.
New York, Nov. 22nd If he alleged
facts are proven the UuIted States will de-
mand PREPARATION for the Americans executed
in Nicaragua. The u. S. S. Dixie, Prairie
and Buffalo are preparing to suI for Panama
with four hundred marines, and operations, If
any. will take place through Cornto. HeM.S
ScyIla has arrived ut Greytown.
Twenty Of the Saint Paul miners have
been rescued miraculously, after a weeks
entombment; ninety-two are dead and one
hundred and ninety eight are missing, some
of whom it is believed are still living.
The Nourmahal was reported safe at San
Juan on the 18th.
A Curacao telegram says ex-President
Castro'8 agent has sailed for a consultation.
Adyices from Caracas report politics dis
turbed; the anti Comedies are active and
treachery is feared among the Comedies.
London, Nov. 23rd.-The attendance at
the House of Lords yesterday was more
numerous than at any time since the defeat
of the Home Rule Bill, The King Of Portu-
gal was among the spectators, and many
members of the House of commons were
behind the throne. The Earl of Crewe curt
" moved the second reading of the budget,
and the Marquis of Lansdowne, amid cheers,
moved the amendment already telegraphed.
The Commons, he said, had pushed their
claims until the budget had been such n