, 1910-03-12
ST. GROIN STATION.

accused OF having Spl6Q upon d HISn p4"10u
person by private detectives.
The Minister Of Public Works has submit
ted to the Folkotin5 a bill for building a
bridge over Masuedsund TO cost eight and .
half millions.
The soldier who stole twelve thousand
crowns has been arrested at Antwerp.
The st. Croix left Copenhagen yesterday.
Among her passengers are Apotheoary
Boye and three Gand4rmes Sergeants.
London March 11th.-Lord Rosebery'8 re-
solutions represent the results Of his consul
1atlons witt MAN. Lords, therefore they ore
regarded as representative.
The NalaI estimates enlarge the personnel
by three tho lslnd men, also the complexion
by 1911 Of docks for the lar gost o@ttlesnlps,Lo-
Dated at Portsmout ana the Midway. This
IL regarded us satisfactory by ali except the
Extremists. 1t is a.sum0d the five large ar
incurred ships are ali TO be Drealnought5 ad-
ditional to the four contingent Dteadnou9hts
and any Colonial contributions. Criticism is
not ~approhendel except alphabetically from
the Ra lical Mini5teraii8ts.
The Civil Service estimates are sixty
six millions, iueludin5 nine million two
hundred thousand pounds for Old age pen
sions, and, adding the usull consolidated
FUND charges, the aggregate expenditure IS
one hundred and seventy one millions, an
increase Of ten millions.
The Government have asked the House
OF commons to vote supplies for SIX weeks
instead Of SIX rn0nens, as customary. and
there is no couc. 4lmant OF their intention to
k ep the power OF the purse in ORDER to
ommand the aituatou, ready for o fresh
constitutional crisis, which may he expected
in May when the Lords reject the veto
resolutions. If supplies were voted
over this period Mr.. Balfour could take
Office, but he Is unable to do 50 II compelled
to ask the Common for supplies.
The Conservatives are indignant over
what they consider q shabby trick in . long
policy of evasion onl chicanery, and this is
freely expressed in the newspapers. The
WHIPS have issued circulars lmpres5in8 the
necessity for constant atten lance
London and Copenhagen dissent from the
treatment of Commander Peary by the Am
erican Congress, and at the Albert Hui seats
have been applied for twice over before Che
date OF his lecture. 1t is understood he Will
submit proofs withheld from Congress.
The French Senate is considering the ia
riff under urgency, and protectionist senti-
ment is very stroh9.
The recent defalcations have directed at
tention to the shrinkage of the property Sc
auestored from the religious congregations,
which, originally estimated at one thousand
million francs, has realized under one hum
d.ed millions, which has mostly been alb
sorbed in administration e~xtravagance and
thefts.
A despatch from Berlin says the Presi-
dent of the Geographical Society does not
see why Lieutenant FiIchner should be
regarded as intruding in the Antarctic, there
being no monopoly of the poles, AID geogra-
phical problems heretofore have been solved
without regard to the sensibilities of any
nation. English, French, Americans and
Swedes all entered the districts Lieutenant
Filchner has selected regardless Of any
spheres of influence and were tacitly
acknowledged, eight years ago many ez-
petitions were arranged simultaneously.
Enormous transfers of real estate have
taken place within the week of grace between
the passage and taking effect Of the unearn-
cd increment law. Owners accept reduced
$500 Io.,- 4hN nTop,on with