, 1910-04-20

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hurrying thither.
Washington, April 16th-TIe suffragettes
formally thanked President Taft for his
address and informally apologized for their
discourtesy.
New York, April 18th Hundreds greeted
LordKitchener on his arrival here yesterday;
he Will sail in the Oceanic on Wednesday.
His brother General Walter Kitchener will
arrive on Monday, aid on Tue day he will
visit West Point. Several public dinners and
other inequalities have been arranged.
Ottawa, April l6th-Replying to a ques-
tion in the Senate yesterday, Sir Richard
Cartwright, Minister of Trade and Com
merce, said the bill giving the Railway Com
missionJu Jurisdiction over the cable companies
rates would be given a public hearing in the
Senate. Senator Wilson thought it would
have been better if the hearing had pre-
coded its passage by the House of Commons
Earl Grey announces that the King has re-
piled that he las no objection to the use of
the word Royal in the titles of FraternaI So
c%ieties,f for exampleRoyal Guardians.
London, April 18th.-IN the House of
Lords to-day the Earl Of Crewe VIII give
notice of the Governments veto resolu-
tioDs. The time Of their debate remains
unsettled.
To-day also the NationaIists will meet to
adopt their budget policy.
It is not likely that the second budget
will be introduced in the present Parlia-
ment. The situation is calmer now that the
mysteries have been removed.
1t is thought the Lords will seek to post
pone the crisis by reference to a committee or
discussion Of Lord Rosebery's proposals.
The effort to avert another general election
with a tariff reform budget overshadowed
NV +ha vatO ond Hnn,a R1Ia Il tbOu0bt uco-
less, and the Conservatives do not like the
prospects.
MI, Balfour Is seeking to raise the ques-
ton of the cultivation of beet and discri-
mination against The imports Of foreign
wheat.
Mr.. Redmond's personal share in the VIC
tory outshines AIr. Asquith's.
The Atlantic Transport Liuer"Minnehaha, -
from New York for LoDdon, has gone ashore
on the ScilIy Islands, all hands except the
crew have landed at Dryer Island. Assistance
has been sent.
The Observer says that Lord Kitchener
upon arrival will represent to Mr.. Asquith
his reason for wishing relief from the Medi-
terranean post and heading the Imperial
Defence Committee. The prospect is not
agreeable to some highly placed persona
ges.
A Paris despatch says that Madame Du-
rand, a suffragette, who is campaigning for
election as a deputy, introduced an imbecile
up Ii the platform, saying the law permits
him rights as an elector and a deputy, which
it denies to women. This Disguised the
audience, but it was pacifed by Madame
Durand's statement that the imbecile was
incapable of app eciating the proceedings.
Henry Farman has low with a rassen-
ger forty miles across country, q record.
At Bltterfeld, Saxony, the balloon De-
litsch assembled into a thunderstorm and
fell with great violence, four persons were
killed, struck by lightning,
A Shanghai telegram says the mission at
Changsha has escaped. The Gunbonts en-
route are delayed by shallow water, and it
is reported the Thistle has collided with a
junk carrying missionaries, many have been
killed, all foreign owned buildings except the
British Consulate have been burned, and all
buildings rented to foreigners looted.
The Governor of the Province has been
killed, and anarchy prevails.
New York, April 18th-Lord Kitchener,
who inspected West Point on Saturday. said
he was gratifed to observe he was justified