, 1911-08-30

at BafgOed, and the Jews are returning from
Cardiff, where they had taken refuge, relying
upon the protection guaranteed by mass
meetings of citizens held in several towns.
Lloyds have increased the rate against Il
national railway strike this year to ten
guineas per cent.
The success Of the British strikers has
aroused the discomfort of German workers,
At Bremen, the lockers refuse to unload
British vessels worked by strike breakers.
The Saxon employers of metal workers will
lock out sixty per cent to-day, and the cigar
workers are negotiating demands.
A New York despatch says there is gen
eral unrest among railway workers in the
United States, especially among those Of
several companies Of the Hartman or Union
Pacific ~ystem.
A despatch from Perrin states that the
Bibby Liner "Warwickshire has si9nalled
that the survivors from the E'Fifeshire" have
all been rescued.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, in his preface to
the book "The case against free trade, ar
cues that the Empires future lies not in
the annexation of new, but in the develop
ment of possessed territory, and towards this
all efforts should be directed while the EN-
pire is still plastic. The Dominions, he says,
are willing, and the Motherland alone refuses.
They open the door to us and we slam it in
their faces. The Morning Post, in q leading
article, declares that Mr.. Chamberlain is
ChatEam's successor, and the only living man
able to arouse the imperial instinct OF Eng
liShmen.
In this VIZ, ks cricket Worcestershire
beat Nor thants by seventy three runs, Sur
rey beat Kent by nine runs, and Sussex beat
the All Indian team by ten runs.
Paris advices state that al military an
naval leaves have bpan StODpn6 md tha ar
senals are busy. The usual manauyres have
also been abandoned.
The London Times attributes LlOyds adj
vancing its war rates to Stock Exchange
spectators, and enquiries whether underwri-
ters do not want business having taken all
they desired long ago. There is no change
IN the situation, it says, to explain the rates.
Advices from Lisbon announce that the.
Constituent Assembly has elected Senior
Aliaga as first President of the republic.
Ottawa, Aug. 26th-Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
in a speech, has declared that if reciprocity
is defeated he will retire for ever.
New York, Aug 26th-The agent Of the
Lloyds' Brazileiro admits a change in the
management of the company, but discredlts
the kilograms regarding foreclosure of the
mortgage.
The Aviator Atwood has arrived here on
the twelfth day from st. Louis having flown
twelve hundred and sixty five miles, q
worlds distance record.
London, Aug. 28th- Ministers have gain
ed prestige by their trmness in the main
tenunce of public order, and h~exibility in
carrying out Cancellation during the recent
Disturbances; but their relations with the La
bour party have become strained, the latter
having leaned that a general strike, affect
ing all industries, is the Trades Unions most
powerful weapon. Mr.. keir Hardie, styling
rhe Governments efforts as Russian methods
of repression, will address the approaching
Trades Unions Congress advocating a single
national organization for concentration Of
all Trades Unions socialists. The lubour NJ.
Ps. who decline to adopt extreme views me
to be called moderates, and other labour
candidates are to be nominated against them.
A Newcastle -on-Tyne telegram reports that
an automobile, containing thirty three mem
bers of the Consett Durham Cooperative
Society's choir who were journeying to u
singing contest, when descending a steep
hill the brakes broke, and the machine, gath
ering great speed, collided with a tree. The
car was smashed to pieces, ten persons be-
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