The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20
Heard Over the Sea

Tringganu. which. although one OF the
states ceded by Siam To Great Britain
! under the Anglo Siamcse treaty, had
! always preserved It's Independence and
had refused TO acknowledge tho suzer-
J hintY OF Siam. has now joined the Fed
Grated Malay states. Sir William Tay-
lor. the British resident general in the
Federated states, has been i'm Singapore
IN connection with the transference.
! Object'ng TO a grant made by tho
I municipality OF Cape Town toward the
| Union celebrations. Abdur Amman. the
| leader of the colored community de-
clared that mo colorcd man could feel
! happy enough to sing God Save the
| King on Union day. TO welcome the
prince OF Wales knowing that they had
been dlsgraccIully robbed OF something
| they would have shed their blood for. "
Al the opening Of the Bara BaukI
weaving school. in India Sir John
liewetL praised the work Of the Saliva
: ton army in reclaming the criminal
tribes by teaching handloom weaving,
which had been of the greatest assist
ancG to the government. The Bara
BanEi weaving movement promises to
establish the handloom Industry strongly
throughout the United Provinces.
1t Is stated in the Constautinople
press that. IS result OF the recent de-
iiberations Of the cabinet, inquiries viii
be sent to various European shipbuild-
ing yards as TO the terms for the con-
struction of two dreadnaughts. two ar
mored cruisers. four dcstroycrs, ten tor
lCuO DodlS ana Ten BnnnOdtS.
Attention has been called In the Bel
Gian parliament TO the fact that 50 per
cent OF children I'm some parts OF the
country cannot read or write but the
government declares that compulsory
education is an infrlngcmcnt on the
rights of freedom OF action.
Owing to the persistence Of the heavy
snowfall number of wolves and wild
boars have left the woods In the vlcin-
ity of Clcrmont- -Ferrand, France, and
"A In mi tr1u NJ tln Will
zins the inhabitants. No fewer than
fifteen wild boars were killed in The can
ton Of Pontgibaud alone recently. In
one instance, the famishcd wolves penc-
trated into a farmyard and devoured
the watchdog.
Parsians derive great satisfaction
from the fact that the Academy OF
Moral and Political Sciences has award
cd NJ, Lepine. the project of police. its
grand prlx. valued at $500 in recognition
OF his splendid work during the days
Of the great flood. ''honoring in him all
those who placed under his orders.
have co-operated with the same devo-
tion in the relief work which he has so
splcndldly directed
IT is learned that Paris is 10 have an
other distinguished American statesman
liam j. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan is to he In
Paris I'm July. and is scheduled 10 make
an address before the annual meeting
OF the Young Mems Christian associ-
alton.
The Japanese press is unanimous in
welcoming the governments bill for le
Galzing the ownership OF land by for
eigners, At the same time il insists
upon the necessity for reciprocity.
I'm aid of the funds OF the British
Cotton Growing, association, collections
arc To be made of a penny per month
for fifteen months. from April /. from
all operatives i'm the mills and workshops
In the cotton districts OF Lancashire.
4 peasant woman named Redon. al
IaVallc. France. who concealed Go In
loaf OF bread 10 prevent the money
being stolen, while she was AT market
had tho loaf spaiChed from her by a
dog, which ate IT,
The February trade returns show that
the value OF cotton imported into Eng
land was over $4,000. 900. which was
$500 900 less than for the same month