, 1911-10-28

and Mr.. B%ottomIey NJ P. 's'e
1t is expected that the executives of a..
four railway Unions will on Monday nronoao
a resolution rejecting the report of the PoT
way Commission.
A Melbourne telegram states that NJ.
Fisher. the Federal Premier, in the conrse -
a speech, declared that the Commonwealth
should cooperate with the Motherland -
preserving the freedom of he seas. 50 tbat
in cooperation with the United States H..
might say to TIA Sc threatening war, Won me-
not allowed to do it with impunity.
The Archduke Ferdinand, brother of tLo
Herr p~resumptiVe to the Austrian thro,a
has been married in Switzerland to fLo'
daughter OF a civil engineer, assumed tho
name OF Burg and renowned his succession
to the throne. The Emperor has reconsid-
cred his prohibition Of 1903. and oronta1
him an annuity of forty thousand crows
A Copenhagen telegram says fifteen hmm
dred persons attended Dir. Cooks lectnra
WINE enormous crowds jeered outside tbs
D"ll'IHS' MI Hansen arose and denouncoI
~. oCoh as a most impudont swipdIAr
lcIeerS) COOK was unable to conclude his.
vIndlca' lon, and d. parted under an escort 80
ponce his hat was knocked off and he was
bombarded with eggs. ""7
Lo'tel9 from DeiSIltzl, received ut NFalfo
report four thousand casualties were can.a
by the bombardnent, Mr.. Jones, the British
Consul, was wounded, the Consulate damaoad
and several refugees, Jews, British subjects
were killed.
In Rome q massacre at Benghazi is deniel
and it is officially asserted that tour HUNDRED
Turks were killed and eight hundred wound
ed. In Constant;nopIe it is claimed te
Italian casualties were two thousand two
hundred.
The Constantinople correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says, England, France and
Russia have united in a proposal that IiaIy
be allowed to annex Tripoli, Turkey c|aiphate
to be continued, the integrity Of the Turk
ish Empire to be guaranteed, the Balkan
states to be federated and Il loan OF fftyml-
hon pounds be granted for Turkish plbic
WoIks.
A>rfcas from China state hat Sianf4. the
capital OF the Shensi province, and formerly
capital OF the Empire, regarded as among The
Goyernm 4nt's surest ~strongholds, has surren-
dered to the rcyolutionaries ithout a blow.
The rebels have also captured Hukow and HI
nklang, the lmperiaIists making no serious re-
s%ls:ance. The capture of these towns indicates
that disatf -ction is spreading eastward to
HankoW, and interrupts communication with
Shanghai, ana the provinces south Of Shans-
hal are showing unrest under the spread of
report of the revolutionarios successes.
The Times Picking correspondent states.
that the financial situation is desperate, the
treasury having only one million taels, and
being unable to pay salaries or the Boxer ln-
%demnlty, whose postponement has not been
granted although asked for. Private treasures
are being hidden or taken away by their
owners, who are fleeing in muItitudes, even 70
Nukden, to seek the protection Of the Japan
ese, and the court is considering its remoyaa
The Government is seeking a loan Of twelve
million taels at eighty per cent, which is De
ing considered by the bankers upon the sti-
puJation that Yuanshikqi receives a free
hand.
caucus of the majority of the members Of
the National Assembly comprising the consti-
tutjonal and progressive parties, has formula
tel demands to the throne for immediate ra-
deal reforms as the sole alternative to the
disruption OF the Empire. The revolution is
regarded KS political rather than anti-dynas-
tic, and therefore it possibly will be appeased
by the appointment Of a truly responsible
Cabinet forthwith, that is, auchu princes
and other i~ncOmpetents to be displaced by
Yuanshikai, with power to choose his asso~
ciate Ministers, and also a Parliament with