, 1910-12-17

land, for the absorption ana Tor appllcatl0A
to pubic purposes of the unearned mere
mrnt,which is now enriching SPECTATORS, and
a declaration that the operations Of grain
elevators are public utilities. Sir Wiltrid
Laurier Will receive them tomorrow.
New York, Dec. 15th.-Mr. Andrew Car
nesie has given ten million dollars 10 hasten
the abolition of war and establish Il lasting
worlds peace. President Taft will be Homo
rary President aud Senator Root President.
The Trustees are to have entire discretion
regarding procedure, and when success has
been attained the fund is to be devoted to
the suppression Of the next most degrading
evil. Mr.. Carnegie approves of the treat"
for arbitration of all disputes between Eng
land and the United States, which failed for
the lack Of three votes in the United States
Senate, and he believes that England re
mains DESTROYS for that treaty or q similar
one. Mr.. Carnegie's benefactions publicly
known amount to one hundred and seventy
nine million five hundred thousand dollars.
Copenhagen Dec. 16th-Tho Church Min
istry has granted three thousand crowns to
the Higher School,St CroiX.
Administrator Lassen Landorph has been
appointed Knight of Dannebrog.
Lord Mayor Oldeuburg has been appoint
Ell ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The lea ling Scandinavian Banks have
started a Bank in Paris called the Banquo
Des Paws Du Nord with "a capital of twenty
five million Francs.
Hospital Inspector Lehmaun has been
elected Bu~rSomaster, succeeding the late
Herr Knudsen.
The Supreme Court has confirmed the Up
per Courts sentence Of three years imprison-
mtnt upOn Nehemiah James.
The st. Thomas arrived III London on the
fourteenth, and the ST. Jan left there yester-
day. Additional passengers are Chaplain
Fuber and wife, Government Clerk for ST.
Croix Hansen, and Engineer Boserup,
London, Deer. 1Gth.-The Liberals have
secured two hundred AMI thirty SIX seats,
Nationalist sixty four, Fedrrals nine, La
bourites forty and Uulonists two hundred
and fifty seven. The Liberals have gain
ed one seat but the Labourites are un-
changed. The Liberals have carried the
hartford division Of Kent and Kircud-
brightshire, and the Uuionists the Tavistock
division of Devon. The Hon. Neil Primrose
has increased his majority for North Cam
bridgeshire. The final English polings will
be he'd today and a few scattering Irish and
Scotch on Monday will complete the elections.
The Earl Of Aberdeen, writing to q Liberal
candidate, has declared that his experience
in ireland has convinced him profoundly of
the absolute baseIessnoss of the alarm about
the consequences Of Home Rule, and the Dai-
~ Express severely condemns such express
siJus by the representative Of the KING I'M
der a political eXigeucy.
The aggregate popular votes are Unionist
2,ol3,933, Liberal 1898, 277, LabourIte ana
Socialist 1913, SOP; each has decreased.
Mr.. Austen Chamberlain, speaking at
Buxton, echoed the criticism Of the Morning
Post regarding Mr.. BaIfour's referendum
proposal. 1t was, he declared, no part OF tho
tariff reformers' original plan, and he would
not have made a proposal with 80 many OBJ
i~eetions and incOnvenIences.
Many Uuionists, realizing there is DO hope
of betteriug their position favour It policy Of
negotiating, for example Sir Edward Clarke,
in a speech, said it was essential AS o result
of this balanced election that parties should
confer with a view to settlement Of the con
stitutional question. 1t was ntolerabIe they
should be postponed by election after cleo
tion. and both the Veto Bill and the referen-
dun should go before the best men on both
sides and they should find a solution. OF